heywoodu 13,560 Posted July 20, 2019 #201 Share Posted July 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, hckosice said: and here we go. Tourmalet Only the 83rd time or something The number one climb in terms of appearances in history, the story about it's beginnings comes back every single year in the talk shows on TV it feels (like yesterday) hckošice 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted July 20, 2019 #202 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Only the 83rd time or something The number one climb in terms of appearances in history, the story about it's beginnings comes back every single year in the talk shows on TV it feels (like yesterday) and the first stage winner of the stage passing by the Tourmalet was 15 hours on his bike. just imagine that on those prehistoric bikes and the prehistoric roads lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted July 20, 2019 #203 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, hckosice said: and the first stage winner of the stage passing by the Tourmalet was 15 hours on his bike. just imagine that on those prehistoric bikes and the prehistoric roads lol And of course the eternal story of Eugene Christophe's bike breaking on the climb, so he had to walk for 4 hours to a blacksmith in some small town, where he had to fix his bike. Some assistant there helped him with that thing that puts air in the fire, which was illegal, so he got 10 more minutes of penalty time If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted July 20, 2019 #204 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 minute ago, heywoodu said: And of course the eternal story of Eugene Christophe's bike breaking on the climb, so he had to walk for 4 hours to a blacksmith in some small town, where he had to fix his bike. Some assistant there helped him with that thing that puts air in the fire, which was illegal, so he got 10 more minutes of penalty time too late buddy, basically 2 minutes ago our commentator was saying it (just with the difference of not mentioning the assistant at all, just saying he fixed his bike himself) heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted July 20, 2019 #205 Share Posted July 20, 2019 man Quintana is in really poor form this year. Also Kwiatkowski in a total off day, he was dropped already in the previous hill ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted July 20, 2019 #206 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 minute ago, hckosice said: too late buddy, basically 2 minutes ago our commentator was saying it (just with the difference of not mentioning the assistant at all, just saying he fixed his bike himself) Told you, the Tourmalet is unavoidable. Almost as much as Pau If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted July 20, 2019 #207 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Just now, hckosice said: man Quintana is in really poor form this year. Also Kwiatkowski in a total off day, he was dropped already in the previous hill ! Which seems more normal than him destroying everone on the climbs....insanity has left Sky/INEOS and went to Jumbo and Quick-Step If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted July 20, 2019 #208 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 minute ago, heywoodu said: Told you, the Tourmalet is unavoidable. Almost as much as Pau heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted July 20, 2019 #209 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Just now, heywoodu said: Which seems more normal than him destroying everone on the climbs....insanity has left Sky/INEOS and went to Jumbo and Quick-Step Jumbo-Ketones-quick-step you meant ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted July 20, 2019 #210 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 minute ago, hckosice said: Jumbo-Ketones-quick-step you meant ? That one, but really nobody doubts INEOS is using those too hckošice 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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