Yo Euan (cycling thread)

[Herr Lipp]

Did you see the Rochester to Canterbury leg of the Tour Of britain? Made me laugh when the organisers got lost in Chatham ha ha. And they let loads of cars onto the route out rural canterbury way. what a shambles!

it was nice to see my hometown on the telly though.

[El Loto]

They better sort it out for next July. The difference between Tour of Britain and Le Tour is that Le Tour gets full road closure not just rolling road blocks. I want to be in London for the Prologue.

[Herr Lipp]

I think the French will complain regardless. But yes, not very promising. Probably because Average Joe Motorist here in the UK couldn't give a monkey's about the cyclists.

[El Loto]

Millions turned out last time it was here. Hopefully it'll get shitloads of press coverage. The average person in the street wouldn't know the race was starting in London.

[Herr Lipp]

True. Everyone and there aunt has watched some Tour De France before. The fabled gold jersey........ oooohhhh......aaaahhhhh

[El Loto]

Yellow Fraser, Yellow

[Herr Lipp]

I did think it was yellow, but gold seemed more hallowed. My bad, will you ever forgive me?

[Herr Lipp]

is is the red and white squares for the mountain king?

[El Loto]

Gold, or Maillot Oro, is the leader's jersey of La Vuelta Espana which is running at this very moment.

The polka-dot is for King of the Mountains
Green is for leader of the points competition
White is for the best rider aged 25 and under.

[Herr Lipp]

I feel informed :)

[El Loto]

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