Tour de France 2014

“Cycling isn’t a game, it’s a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn’t play at cycling.”

~Jean de Gribaldy, cyclist. Sean Kelly’s directeur sportif.

It sort of falls down at the 'one' doesn't play at cycling. What is he, the fucking Queen?

I know this isn't the Giro but just had to share this shot, simply superb.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/ca6fab4eebb286fcfd5b2bc451aba033/tumblr_n570tkufnr1qzm248o1_1280.jpg

That is probably going to be my new desktop background.

^ epic

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Anyway, doping thread >>>>>>>>>

Where there is news of a certain Team Sky rider's biopassport case.

It sort of falls down at the 'one' doesn't play at cycling. What is he, the fucking Queen?

No he's not the Queen but he does understand language:

"Originally pronounced as it still is in only, and in dialectal good 'un, young 'un, etc.; the now-standard pronunciation "wun" began c.14c. in southwest and west England (Tyndale, a Gloucester man, spells it won in his Bible translation), and it began to be general 18c. Use as indefinite pronoun influenced by unrelated French on and Latin homo. "

homo. lol!

It sort of falls down at the 'one' doesn't play at cycling. What is he, the fucking Queen?

Not an uncommon expression for French speakers to use in English. The use of "on" in French is similar to the multi-use of "you" in English. "One" is the most direct translation.

On can be translated to both "we" and "one" (depending on context). I've never read it in the sense of "you" in English, but yeah, that makes sense.

Still though, homo.

Very pleasant scenery last couple days. Much green.
Bike race is ok too.

I think I've tuned in at the right time. Good racing!

Still though, homo.

"homo (1)
word-forming element meaning "same, the same, equal, like," before vowels hom-, from Greek homos "one and the same," also "belonging to two or more jointly," from PIE *somos (cognates: Sanskrit samah "even, the same," Lithuanian similis "like," Gothic sama "the same," samana "together;" see same)."

Merci.

placuit in oculis meis

Cheating Aussie.

Cheating Aussie.

Please explain?

Fucking ITV advert breaks are so long.... Not now FFS

Meh.

Ride to win.

Lazy 'stralian shirking his turn :-P

Please explain?

See above.

On can be translated to both "we" and "one" (depending on context). I've never read it in the sense of "you" in English, but yeah, that makes sense.

A native English speaker would say "you" instead of "one" to imply an unspecified individual. That was my point. Anyway we should stop before Schick turns this into a language thread.

I have your XBox games still BTW. Making it on Tuesday?

All very educational, thank you. Now fuck off and lets watch the racing.

Except I'm at work, so you lot watch the racing and tell me about it.

http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,17546_9385337,00.html

Please explain?

18:08:23

Clarke looks like he's about to take a bidon from the neutral service, but decideds not to take it after hitching a short ride. That could come back to bike him later when the judges take a look at it.

18:03:39
Simon Clarke attacks as Langeveld is taking a drink.

#tactics

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Le rep

So. The annual midweek slackers watching of a mountain stage of the TDF is set for next Tuesday the 22nd. Stage 16. http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2014/us/stage-16.html

TDF. Mountains. Beer. Talk utter bollocks face to face instead of on the thread.

Most likely venue Le Reej although happy to consider alternates.

I can't make it. Boo!