Tour de France stage 11: capsule review

Published by Halverde on 7/13/2006 at 16:44.

Rubbish. We thought that the race was supposed to be more exciting without Lance, but the favourites' charmless display of catenaccio racing on the final slope of the day was hugely irritating. Please, please, please stop racing to not lose, and start racing to win, guys. We want to be dazzled by baffling attack after baffling attack, not bored by the latest efficient scientific anti-loss tactics.

Ok, so the stage was actually quite good. And a Russian beat two Americans, which should cause hairs to stand on the backs of the necks of more than a few Americans over 40 years old.

Mayo watch:
He gave up, and so do we. We're not supporting anyone in this Tour unless they sign a contract promising not to abandon.

Recent vitriol


Which cyclists have we libelled this month?

These ones haven't aged well


Much like Laurent Brochard

Some old updates that aren't entirely awful


And there'll be even more coming to this spot just as soon as we can be bothered trawling through our somewhat embarrassing archives.

Script extracts, because these seem to be popular for some reason

Simon and Anthony


Nigel and company


Johnathan & friends, even though they're always last with the news and the website is horrible


Dutch cyclists we like because they're better/more attractive than British riders

Bobke Strut is so good that it deserves a category of its own

Arrr, bike pirates

George!

Things we hate so much we're not even going to link to them

  • Trust But Verify
  • Trek
  • Assos

Our e-mail inbox isn't just for Japanese gambling promotions and the latest advances in penis enlargement chemistry, you know

What's the word "derailed" got to do with bikes anyway?

  • Err... bikes have things called derailleurs? Apart from track bikes, which don't.

If derailleurs evolved from fixies, how come there are still fixies?

  • Survival of the fixest.


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