**** Tour de France 2017 ****

[Unexpected Item In Bagging Area]

I started watching as a kid in 1986, which was the first year the Tour was shown in the UK, and for many years after that it was exciting and rare for a Brit to even win a stage or mountains jersey. Different times!

[Highway Star]

Unexpected Item In Bagging Area said:

I started watching as a kid in 1986, which was the first year the Tour was shown in the UK, and for many years after that it was exciting and rare for a Brit to even win a stage or mountains jersey. Different times!

First two I remember were Chris Boardman's prologue win in 1994 and Max Sciandri in 1995.

[mcelliott]

Another boring stage today, hopefully the action hots up over the weekend.

Ever so slightly off topic - an interesting/uplifting article about the former Robert Millar.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/a-statement-from-c...

[lucido grigio]

Who else spotted 3 Citroen Paris Dakar type cars in a field near Langres yesterday ?.......

[wobert]

Unexpected Item In Bagging Area said:

I started watching as a kid in 1986, which was the first year the Tour was shown in the UK, and for many years after that it was exciting and rare for a Brit to even win a stage or mountains jersey. Different times!

Same here, which reminds me of this....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1IMjb6sU5Mg

[Unexpected Item In Bagging Area]

[lucido grigio]

Today's non Tour highlight.

2CVs racing along in the field next to the road the Peloton are using.

[spikeyhead]

First hard day in the mountains tomorrow, three HC climbs.

We'll have a very good idea by the end of the day who's in with a chance.

[smn159]

Geraint Thomas out with a broken collarbone

[ferrisbueller]

smn159 said:

Geraint Thomas out with a broken collarbone

Gutted.

[mcelliott]

Always been a crasher

[ferrisbueller]

Bonkers day of riding so far.

[mcelliott]

About time..... kudos to AG2R

[spikeyhead]

mcelliott said:

About time..... kudos to AG2R

^^^wot e sed^^^

Has been one of the most interesting days racing in a long time. Shame that GT is out.

[mcelliott]

Wow bling Mathews in the lead group wtf!!

[Katzenjammer]

David Millar is such a bore. He needs to talk the Sean Kelly "less is more" approach.

[NRS]

Technical plus attack!

[Chris Stott]

Scumbag move by Aru.

Props to Porte.

[ALawson]

NRS said:

Technical plus attack!

They appear to have eased off!

[mcelliott]

Chris Stott said:

Scumbag move by Aru.

Props to Porte.

So we now wait for mechanicals .