Does anybody give a crap who wins the Tour De Farce this year?
06-26-07, 01:15 AM
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Does anybody give a crap who wins the Tour De Farce this year?
Friggin juicers! 
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06-26-07, 01:30 AM
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no, but im stoked that erik zabel won a stage at the tour of switzerland......i am kind of bummed out that ivan basso is not riding on discovery though. that kind of sucks....
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My enjoyment of the tour eclipses the inevitability of disappointing doping scandals, so I will watch knowing the top guys are doped to the gills.
We are already seeing the Giro fallout - Italian newspaper reporting possible masking agents contributing to low abnormal hormone levels in DiLuca and other top finishers. These levels are normally seen in pre-pubescent boys... https://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...un07/jun25news
We are already seeing the Giro fallout - Italian newspaper reporting possible masking agents contributing to low abnormal hormone levels in DiLuca and other top finishers. These levels are normally seen in pre-pubescent boys... https://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...un07/jun25news
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Originally Posted by botto
Congratulations on yet another well thought out and insightful thread.
How many days did it take you to write it?
How many days did it take you to write it?
Put up or shut up
06-26-07, 05:22 AM
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- but who won last year's Tour?
06-26-07, 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by elgalad
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Put up or shut up
Put up or shut up
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06-26-07, 05:30 AM
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Throw the stick!!!!
I'm not really looking forward to it this year. However, I could care less who is doping and who isn't. In my opinion they all are. What I'm sick of is that all they talk about is doping any more. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they dope. Not exactly breaking news. Now, lets see which one of them is fastest on a bike.
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Originally Posted by DrPete
I agree with the "shut up" part, but I thought we want him to stop "putting up."
Means either put up with it (in which case you don't need to say anything) or else shut up about it (self-explanatory).
Either way, this thread is pointless.
And at the end of the day, doping or not, I don't care who wins, I'm more interested in seeing a great competition and learning a few things from watching the pros.
EDIT: looking good with those 404s on the cdale
06-26-07, 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by elgalad
Must be a uniquely british/australian saying
Means either put up with it (in which case you don't need to say anything) or else shut up about it (self-explanatory).
Either way, this thread is pointless.
And at the end of the day, doping or not, I don't care who wins, I'm more interested in seeing a great competition and learning a few things from watching the pros.
Means either put up with it (in which case you don't need to say anything) or else shut up about it (self-explanatory).
Either way, this thread is pointless.
And at the end of the day, doping or not, I don't care who wins, I'm more interested in seeing a great competition and learning a few things from watching the pros.
In the US, "put up or shut up" in this case would imply that either the OP should race in the TdF himself or withhold his opinion on the matter.
At least now we can each say we learned something from this thread.
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06-26-07, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by elgalad
Either way, this thread is pointless.
06-26-07, 06:24 AM
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I've always like the Giro over the TDF, but I'm still looking forward to the Tour - it's one of our Sports most historic events...if you have such a negative attitude about it (and, apparently, professional cycling in general), don't follow it and don't talk about it (Certainly don't start a thread about it).
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Wow. It's either doping in cycling or steroids in baseball. I'm gonna have to start watching table tennis.
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Originally Posted by Gromit
Yes. I also like Paul Sherwen, Phil Liggett and Bob Roll [donning flame suit]
I could skip the Bob "Tour DAY France" Roll reporting... his commentary makes me cringe...
06-26-07, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by waterrockets
I just wish this point was threadless.
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Dave Z. ftw!
I can dream, can't I?
It's nice to be a newer convert to this whole bike racing thing. We noobs aren't as jaded and cynical as you crusty old farts.
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I can dream, can't I?
It's nice to be a newer convert to this whole bike racing thing. We noobs aren't as jaded and cynical as you crusty old farts.
Cheers
06-26-07, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Second Mouse
It's nice to be a naive convert to this whole bike racing thing. We noobs aren't as experienced and knowledgeable as you wise men.
Cheers
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I generally don't care who wins any sporting event I may watch. I just like to watch the action objectively.
