Originally Posted by
fly:yes/land:no
you aren't getting it. i am aware that you were not the one that posted the picture, however, you then defended the picture by claiming that any thread about the tdf is fair game for spoilers. this is not true. (fwiw, i already watched today, so i am trying to protect other people's delayed viewing of the stage). this thread was completely devoid of a spoiler before the pic and was about a completely different topic. the pic, or any mention of the winner and/or events of today are COMPLETELY incidental to this thread and its subject. to boot, there wasn't even a spoiler alert to go along with it. it's not whining and pointing fingers, its about respecting other people's desire to preserve suspense when watching the stage later. i guess people that don't want to know what happened shouldn't get on bike forums at all, or even the internet.
I get all that, and I'm sympathetic...to a point. When people read threads about the TdF, especially on bf's, you have to expect spoilers. Unfortunately, they are very common here, regardless of how many times people preach about "spoiler alerts". Common sense should tell you, don't read about the TdF if you don't want to know what happened.