An amazing shot.

@TommyTubolare

@Pedale.Forchetta

Good points made by you both. As much as I love cycling and watching these blokes punsih themselves like Quintana has done here, these clowns are are making the TdF spectacle into a circus. It is truly a glorious sport that has become almost too popular for its own good.

*cough this is not news….since the year dot the spectators have interferred.  In early tdfs the french beat up Belgian Participants, in the Giros the Cogniscenti pushed Italian participants up hills.  The Vuelta is the exception, it is not the supporters it is just all the spanish riders seeking to hamstring any non spaniard…..Let’s not even talk about Robert Millars stolen Vuelta, it is still too painful!

The clowns are there, they will always be there, what I loved about this Tour is the number of spectator runners who were fucked over by their own….I saw this one when it happened at I spat my beer out and near pissed myself!

Beautiful…let them all police each other, it will be carnage!

Great photo. Definitely in my top 10 “totally wrecked” photos now. #1 is a tossup:

Number 1 is definitely the LeMan photo.  That is a 1000yd stare that even Vietnam Vets could learn from!

That, in a nut shell, is the difference between a true fan and the attention whores.

@sthilzy This link works
BMC Racing sporting director quits after Tour flop

I’m reading the Merckx book, “Half Man, Half Machine” and it talks about Lelangue. I saw that DS speaking during the Tour and thought, “Damn, he looks young to have ridden with the Prophet.” Ha, turns out this is the son of Merckx’s pal.

I’m baffled by the jerks who run alongside the riders and distract them. Anyone who has ever played any sport should know that being harassed or heckled totally fucking sucks. Fun ribbing is great, but I hate drunken negative idiots harassing athletes. “He gets paid a lot.” So what, have some fucking respect.

Great photo, Quintana is impressive.

Kittel definitely has impressive hair too. Hey, how about the voices on some of the lads? I think the Team Award for that has to go to Saxo. Both sound like their bibs are a bit too tight.

Welp, there’s another Tour in the bag. Gilbert’s send-off:

http://i.imgur.com/Pka2p2z.gif

And here’s another BMC send off!!!

http://i.imgur.com/Pka2p2z.gif

ok so how the fuck does he manage the no-hander?

That reminds me of the old joke:  Rumor is that a pedestrian on Fifty-seventh Street, Manhattan, stopped Jascha Heifetz and inquired, “Could you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?” “Yes,” said Heifetz. “Practice!”‘

Best vid has to be this display of guns firing!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6J7rbKn-Jkc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6J7rbKn-Jkc

just awesome!

ok so how the fuck does he manage the no-hander?

Yeah, and then we need to have the riders take a break halfway through because its so hard to ride for 90 minutes or whatever and then have Bouncie play to interrupt the boredom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42w3I-kwS_Q

I move that this post and link be stricken from the official record.  It doesn’t even deserve the honor of being scoffed at by the Velominati.

Just straight arm the feckers in the puss, job done!

I was surprised his arm didnt just snap off there, skinny fecker.

Just straight arm the feckers in the puss, job done!

That has an entirely different meaning here in ‘Murica.

http://youtu.be/evR7Itx6prY

http://s15.postimg.org/aflhaw0qj/image.jpg

After yesterdays win.

Obviously an exception should be made for the guy running with the stuffed wild boar, that was just so bizarre it was awesome.

+ 1.

@LA Dave

@TBONE

@pakrat

@TBONE

If only the next two frames were available.

Best I can do, chief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls3NxXSb1K0

How about the guy who did the tripping hiding behind his girl when the dayglo weirdo goes after him? If you’re going to step up and make a play like that at least be a man and stand up for yourself. Of course Mr. Skittles was about twice as tall as him and probably would have shellacked him – but hiding behind your lady? Weak.

It looked like he was behind his grandma. Good tactic No-one messes with granny.

His grandma is his lady? Not only is he a coward, but he’s a sicko as well.

@FuriousFred

@TBONE

Second best photo of le Tour.

Close-lining him would have been much more betterer.

Not really wishing to advocate assault but I suppose I am, physical interruption or disruption of these muppets should be positively encouraged. Clothesline, the good old fashioned trip or a sharp exit stage droit or gauche? No preference, just make it entertaining.

They should have the local rugby clubs line the climbs (or gridiron teams for the Tour of California) with instructions to take down anyone running alongside the riders in fancy dress. It would make good off season tackling practice.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6J7rbKn-Jkc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6J7rbKn-Jkc

just awesome!

@TommyTubolare

@Pedale.Forchetta

Good points made by you both. As much as I love cycling and watching these  blokes punsih themselves like Quintana has done here, these clowns are are making the TdF spectacle into a circus. It is truly a glorious sport that has become almost too popular for its own good.

@TBONE

@pakrat

@TBONE

If only the next two frames were available.

Best I can do, chief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls3NxXSb1K0

How about the guy who did the tripping hiding behind his girl when the dayglo weirdo goes after him? If you’re going to step up and make a play like that at least be a man and stand up for yourself. Of course Mr. Skittles was about twice as tall as him and probably would have shellacked him – but hiding behind your lady? Weak.

It looked like he was behind his grandma. Good tactic No-one messes with granny.

@TBONE

Second best photo of le Tour.

Close-lining him would have been much more betterer.

Not really wishing to advocate assault but I suppose I am, physical interruption or disruption of these muppets should be positively encouraged. Clothesline, the good old fashioned trip or a sharp exit stage droit or gauche? No preference, just make it entertaining.

@pakrat

@TBONE

If only the next two frames were available.

Best I can do, chief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls3NxXSb1K0

How about the guy who did the tripping hiding behind his girl when the dayglo weirdo goes after him? If you’re going to step up and make a play like that at least be a man and stand up for yourself. Of course Mr. Skittles was about twice as tall as him and probably would have shellacked him – but hiding behind your lady? Weak.

Thanks for the welcome, I appreciate it.  It’s good to hear that I ws impressed by someone worthy of it.  Thanks to all the keepers.  Sur la Plaque!

Welcome. Sep Vanmarcke is a badass, plain and simple. He nearly won Paris-Roubaix, he is no wee climber and now we hear he does the 2nd ascent of Alpe d’Huez in the 53. Sheeit, That’s a man. You can’t emulate Quintana unless you are small and a born climber. Sep Vanmarcke is someone worth emulating; be good on the flats and the hills, Rule #5 for breakfast. 

Vanmarcke leads peloton a day after climbing Alpe d’Huez in big chainring

Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) is at front of the peloton that crested the col du Glandon 7’50” behind the two stage leaders. The Belkin rider had bike problems yesterday and was forced to do the second ascent of Alpe d’Huez in the 53 chainring… he posted the 42nd best time for the climb, a little over nine minutes slower than Quintana who was fastest.

I don’t know anything about this rider and will spend some time researching him later, but I thought that this is a group that would appreciate it most.

Just the fact that he’s wearing football gear to a bike race is enough to ban him from the halls of the Velminati for life.

@Pedale.Forchetta

You’re not wrong unfortunately.All we need now is cheerleaders shaking their asses between head of the race, chasse patate riders and the peloton. TDF is becoming a strange race.Somehow it feels kind of right to me.Giro had and still has a place in my heart and somehow I just don’t give a fuck about TDF and all that journalism circus.I have watched Vive le Velo and few highlights here and there but that’s about it.

Yeah, and then we need to have the riders take a break halfway through because its so hard to ride for 90 minutes or whatever and then have Bouncie play to interrupt the boredom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42w3I-kwS_Q

Fucking antler guy, what a douche. Did his momma drop him on his dome when he was young?

I know Frank spent a crazy night on l’Alpe d’Huez, one would assume he would gravitate toward Dutch corner. I didn’t understand it was a national trait; getting drunker and louder and happier works for all Dutch. I thought that was a Frank thing.

@TBONE

@pakrat

@TBONE

If only the next two frames were available.

Best I can do, chief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls3NxXSb1K0

How did you find that? I hope the police sorted that guy out. It would be a bad gig being a police with that drunken crowd.

A buddy of mine posted it on the Face Tubes. Hilarity ensued.

I was reading about Quintanta riding to school everyday when he was young. His route included a 16KM long climb averaging 8%. its no wonder that he’s a great rider

Heard Matt Keenan saying that Quintana as a 10 year old drove taxi’s to help support his family. He had to drive at night to avoid police seeing him behind the wheel.

@pakrat

@TBONE

If only the next two frames were available.

Best I can do, chief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls3NxXSb1K0

How did you find that? I hope the police sorted that guy out. It would be a bad gig being a police with that drunken crowd.

It seems to me (I could be wrong) that the spectacularization of the Tour is going out of control, what we saw on the slopes of the Ventoux and the Alpe d’Huez has in my opinion little to do with cycling. All that people dressed like Super-Heroes, Borats, Vikings, E.T. completely naked are tifosi? Really?

Once, the fools that run alongside the riders were electrified by seeing beautiful champions now it’s all about being filmed by the TV.

I agree completely. They are mugging for the tv camera and I can only relax when the riders are inside the barriers. I was pleased to see a French policeman on Alpe d’Huez grab one of these punks and “reposition” on the side of the road. The Tour of California is afflicted with this too, we may well have started it, not the drunkenness but the stupid costumes and bad behavior.

I don’t even understand why people run next to riders and yell at them. I’m in total awe when I see these guys, I would never want to mess with their concentration.

You’re not wrong unfortunately.All we need now is cheerleaders shaking their asses between head of the race, chasse patate riders and the peloton. TDF is becoming a strange race.Somehow it feels kind of right to me.Giro had and still has a place in my heart and somehow I just don’t give a fuck about TDF and all that journalism circus.I have watched Vive le Velo and few highlights here and there but that’s about it.

Gianni, I do like this photo too, no need to explain the reasons, but there something in the photos of this Tour in general (riders and tifosi) that leave me some doubts.

It seems to me (I could be wrong) that the spectacularization of the Tour is going out of control, what we saw on the slopes of the Ventoux and the Alpe d’Huez has in my opinion little to do with cycling. All that people dressed like Super-Heroes, Borats, Vikings, E.T. completely naked are tifosi? Really?

Once, the fools that run alongside the riders were electrified by seeing beautiful champions now it’s all about being filmed by the TV.

And even the riders looks much more available during and at the end of the stages, something I’ve never seen at the Italian races, Quintana above, Jens in an almost identical photo, Hnsen with the beer…

I think it’s time for me to have a look in person at that race (wink).

Do it PF! Find the soul of the 2014 race, not the social media-filling false “spectacle”.

Bruised, battered, and scarred but hard.

Awesome choice! And I love the Tricky version even more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RVObkXuZ-U

Second best photo of le Tour.

Close-lining him would have been much more betterer.

@TBONE

If only the next two frames were available.

Best I can do, chief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls3NxXSb1K0

…Adam Hansen with the beer…

It seems to me (I could be wrong) that the spectacularization of the Tour is going out of control, what we saw on the slopes of the Ventoux and the Alpe d’Huez has in my opinion little to do with cycling. All that people dressed like Super-Heroes, Borats, Vikings, E.T. completely naked are tifosi? Really?

Once, the fools that run alongside the riders were electrified by seeing beautiful champions now it’s all about being filmed by the TV.

And even the riders looks much more available during and at the end of the stages, something I’ve never seen at the Italian races, Quintana above, Jens in an almost identical photo, Hnsen with the beer…

I think it’s time for me to have a look in person at that race (wink).

If only the next two frames were available.

Great job on Rules #17, #27, #28, #33, #39,42,50,53,61

I also expect that 5,11,20 and 70 were all heavily in play along the way maybe a few others I missed..

Wouldn’t Quinoa Quintana be a great name for his kid?

Nairo is a fun rider to watch. He’s very well rounded for a young grimpeur.

And I suspect we’ll be watching him for quite some time now.