Tour de France

For anyone interested in the TDF, and other events, you might enjoy the reporting of Felix Lowe on Eurosport and his Blazin Saddles blog.

His report on stage 2 gave an interesting angle on how 'that woman' should be viewed/judged. 

Will take a look A&J. You do see folks at the roadside doing some very stupid things. Not confined to cycle racing either, I once stewarded at BramhamHorse Trials and saw a horse and rider brought down by a stupid ******* with a dog on an expanding lead.

Some shocking crashes today. As someone who had a recurring dislocation of the shoulder, however G got back onto his bike I do not know😱 Excruciating pain. Roglic has gone to hospital with a suspected broken coccyx, and poor Caleb Ewan didn’t get up at the end, taken away straight to hospital. Fingers crossed they are all ok🤞

A third day of thrills and spills. Wonder who will hit the deck tomorrow, and who will not be there at the off in the morning?

And what a fantastic win for Cav this afternoon. He’ll look wonderful back in green tomorrow 🚴‍♂️🙂🚴‍♂️

A great finish for Cav just caught the last 5 minutes.

That man has given me more joy in the last decade than Englands footie team in the last 5 decades so his win today was just brilliant and regardless of other results the highlight of the day for me. 👏

WN,  I think it was the highlight of the past three or four years for M. Cav  as well { Not often one sees a winning pro sportsman in floods of tears like that  !!   }

Hi folks.  It rather looks as if this thread may have moved on from 'Tour de France 2019', so I think it might be the right time to edit the title to take out the year date.  This way, we can roll on the thread and others may join in the 'more current' conversation, without the thought that the thread might just be about the 2019 season.

All good wishes

David

Hi David, Good decision!

We watched England win and, what a pleasant  surprise that was, but to then see Cav winning was the icing in the cake!

Have spent a while this morning looking at Eurosport videos etc and what come comes across is the joy of the other riders that he won.

Clearly this was down not just to his utter determination but the total commitment of his team in getting him into a position to do his stuff.

The last time he was in green we were in France following the tour and saw him win on the last day on the Champes Elysee which will be a lifelong memory.

Thank you David, good to see that certain Original Posters keep a weather eye out for their aging posts  

Cheers