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Title: Brit wins Tour de France
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on July 22, 2012, 07:35:27 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/22/sport/tour-wiggins-froome-cavendish/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Congratulations.

Now we await the allegations of doping. ;D
Title: Re: Brit wins Tour de France
Post by: Siz on July 22, 2012, 07:54:02 PM
Yep. A very proud day.
Superb!

It has been a very enjoyable tour - some excellent entertainment and something to inspire a generation in the most positive way - including my very own prodigal son who now wants to BE Cav!

Simply brilliant!
Title: Re: Brit wins Tour de France
Post by: Recusant on July 22, 2012, 08:24:34 PM
It's great to see a rider from the UK win this race. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg87.imageshack.us%2Fimg87%2F1205%2Fwinedheers.gif&hash=049ea987d0c68a814892072ff9ce05e763794091)
Title: Re: Brit wins Tour de France
Post by: markmcdaniel on July 22, 2012, 09:13:32 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 22, 2012, 07:35:27 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/22/sport/tour-wiggins-froome-cavendish/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Congratulations.

Now we await the allegations of doping. ;D
Yes please. I have started a half dozen investigations that need some juicy allegations.
Title: Re: Brit wins Tour de France
Post by: Tank on July 22, 2012, 10:26:33 PM
Any other year this guy would be a safe bet as "Sports personality of the year!" But he chooses to win it in the year we have the Olympics in LONDON! Poor sod!
Title: Re: Brit wins Tour de France
Post by: En_Route on July 22, 2012, 10:36:49 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 22, 2012, 10:26:33 PM
Any other year this guy would be a safe bet as "Sports personality of the year!" But he chooses to win it in the year we have the Olympics in LONDON! Poor sod!

I imagine he  should still be pretty well a shoo- in given the uniqueness and magnitude of his achievement. Plus those sideburns.
Title: Re: Brit wins Tour de France
Post by: Siz on July 22, 2012, 11:46:11 PM
Quote from: En_Route on July 22, 2012, 10:36:49 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 22, 2012, 10:26:33 PM
Any other year this guy would be a safe bet as "Sports personality of the year!" But he chooses to win it in the year we have the Olympics in LONDON! Poor sod!

I imagine he  should still be pretty well a shoo- in given the uniqueness and magnitude of his achievement. Plus those sideburns.
Haha, I'm cultivating my own in the hope some of the magic will rub off.

Do you think that as Cav is the current holder of the title (sports personality) they'd give it to another cyclist - especially from the same team?

Maybe it should go to John Terry. He's a regular guy... :-\
Title: Re: Brit wins Tour de France
Post by: Icarus on July 23, 2012, 12:06:33 AM
Dope or no dope, sideburns, and speaking with a funny brit accent matters not. He is one hell of an athlete. Congrats!
Title: Re: Brit wins Tour de France
Post by: En_Route on July 23, 2012, 12:06:59 AM
Quote from: Scissorlegs on July 22, 2012, 11:46:11 PM
Quote from: En_Route on July 22, 2012, 10:36:49 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 22, 2012, 10:26:33 PM
Any other year this guy would be a safe bet as "Sports personality of the year!" But he chooses to win it in the year we have the Olympics in LONDON! Poor sod!

I imagine he  should still be pretty well a shoo- in given the uniqueness and magnitude of his achievement. Plus those sideburns.
Haha, I'm cultivating my own in the hope some of the magic will rub off.

Do you think that as Cav is the current holder of the title (sports personality) they'd give it to another cyclist - especially from the same team?

Maybe it should go to John Terry. He's a regular guy... :-\


Well, unless Andy Murray wins a grand slam, I imagine he'll still get it; so as I said, he's a shoo-in. That's a bit unkind on Murray who is cursed by the fact that he has Federer, Djokovic and Nadal as his contemporaries, all of whom are arguably now ,or will,  feature in a top 10 of all time. As for JT, where does one begin? He seems to be an archetypal sociopath but in modern football that is regarded as a mere foible.
Title: Re: Brit wins Tour de France
Post by: Crow on July 23, 2012, 11:05:33 AM
Yeah he will easily get the sports personality of the year award. The only way I can imagine anyone else winning would be if one of our runners managed out of nowhere to beat Bolt, Blake, and Gay in all sprinting events.