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@PT @Gianni @snoov Thanks for the lesson folks – much appreciated. That really is a beautiful translation – not something us Geordies (folk from the North East of England) are used to! I’m sure our imaginatevely named local hills would roughly transla… »
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@brett Froome and his gobshite lass?! Wiggins and the Sky masterplan were doomed when he didn’t smash the ITT and put himself into the Maglia Rosa. I don’t think he likes to take risks and race… »
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Fuck – Cav is as mega today as Wiggo is poor(ly)…I bet Froome will be sick when Wiggins drops out and decides he wants to go for TdF again to make up for this. »
I’m sticking to my guns for now, but will no doubt panic and swap like crazy on the next rest day to try and salvage something. Also, I fear Cadel may be flattering to deceive and Dirty Sanchez has to do something special at some point to justify those g… »
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Fingers crossed one of these fellas can do something and earn me a point or two… VSP PICKS: 1. Pozzovivo 2. Pellizotti 3. Santambrogio 4. Atapuma 5. Duarte »
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@Spun Up There is some great advice in some of the replies here. I can’t add anything more other than suggest if you can’t kick the peanut butter sandwiches you could put some lightly mashed banana in there too…they’ll still taste great and will at l… »
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The Giro is like going to see an awesome new band at a local club and just loving the shit out of them and the Tour is like seeing them 10 years later rocking the national stadium. You still love them, but the edge and unpredictability have gone and been… »
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@Joe Best band out of Seattle were Mother Love Bone, simply awesome. But the singer died and half of the band went on to form Pearl Jam, after collaborating with Soundgarden to make the Temple of the Dog album – a monster of a record. »
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Cav is f.awesome! Can I get a bonus point for predicting he would take the opening stage – god knows I need all the help I can get?!! Just hope my overall picks are as accurate…though I very much doubt it. »
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@SimonH Wow! That is beautiful. »
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And Cav to take the first pink jersey on Saturday and finish in the red points jersey… VSP PICKS: 1. Nibali 2. Wiggins 3. Sanchez 4. Hesjedal 5. Betancur »
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Excellent piece Truly a hard ass. »
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@VirenqueForever Interesting/leftfield choice for winner – do you have some inside info?!! VSP PICKS: 1. Gilbert 2. D.Martin 3. Henao 4. Valverde 5. Kwiatkowski »
Gilbert’s got to win something soon – he’s world champ FFS. Those rainbow bands around his legs seem to be sapping his powers… VSP PICKS: 1. Gilbert 2. D.Martin 3. Henao 4. Valverde 5. Kwiatkowski »
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Sheer guesswork. I didn’t get to be 117th in the VSP by being able to predict a race. VSP PICKS: 1. Gilbert 2. D.Martin 3. Valverde 4. J.Vanendert 5. Sagan »
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@ped I have no experience of them, but love the look of them – even pondering a pair myself. I particularly like that they have red leathery stuff on the instep, not just red bits of trim. Great touch if you can colour match to your bike – or is that to… »
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@the-farmer I know how you feel about Treks but Spartacus and Ciolek seem to get on OK with them – so they can’t be all bad. There is a certain something about Bianchis that make them sooo tempting, but my LBS stopped stocking them this year and is doing… »
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VSP PICKS: 1. Johannson 2. Vos 3. Armistead 4. Longo Borghini 5. Kupfernagel »
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VSP PICKS: 1. Gilbert 2. Sagan 3. Van Avermaert 4. J.Vanendert 5. Voeckler »
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VSP PICKS: 1. Cancellara 2. Van Avermaet 3. Thomas 4. Haussler 5. Offredo »
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@Deakus I’m with you regarding Winter comfort! I sneered at mudguards, but inexplicably invested in some SKS Chromoplastics last Autumn and they were a revelation. Having a dry arse on wet days is great. My kids reckon they make my bike look like an… »
Twat. Should’ve swapped all except Nibali on the last rest day – so much for having faith. Now hoping Betancur can pinch fifth place – fat chance. And as for Dirty Sammy, I think he must be appearing as Aladdin in panto at Christmas with those golden sl… »