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With there being only five Britons in the Tour, their dominance is certainly impressive. Legolas Send a noteboard - 22/07/2012 07:24:37 PM
Which, as a Brit, makes me extremely happy with this year's Tour de France.

I believe this is in fact the first ever British victory in the Tour? *looks up* Oh wow, apparently Wiggins and Froome are even the first ever British riders to end in the top three.

Still, on the whole I have to say this year's TdF was boring and sorely missed the excitement that Contador and to a lesser extent Andy Schleck would've injected.
Combined with a second place for Froome, seven stage wins and Cavendish winning on the Champs Elysees for a record fourth year.

It was pretty close this time, but yes, great work by Team Sky in that last stage. It was nice to see the yellow jersey go all out in the final kilometer for the Champs Elysees sprint, too. Doesn't happen that often that a team has both the GC winner and the Champs Elysees winner.
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Wiggins wins the Yellow Jersey snoopcester - 22/07/2012 06:03:38 PM 454 Views
I went to school with a fellow named Wiggins. TaskmasterJack - 22/07/2012 07:03:04 PM 363 Views
Perhaps it is the same person? snoopcester - 22/07/2012 07:12:51 PM 375 Views
About as likely as him being an ancestor of fictional future character Ender Wiggin. TaskmasterJack - 22/07/2012 07:17:51 PM 385 Views
A different spelling there though? snoopcester - 22/07/2012 08:10:25 PM 345 Views
That's why I went with unlikely ancestor. Spellings can change over the centuries. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 22/07/2012 11:08:46 PM 154 Views
With there being only five Britons in the Tour, their dominance is certainly impressive. Legolas - 22/07/2012 07:24:37 PM 490 Views
It does show how little strength in depth there is, though Dan Martin was born and raised in Britain snoopcester - 22/07/2012 08:06:07 PM 391 Views
Re: With there being only five Britons in the Tour, their dominance is certainly impressive. Wibble - 22/07/2012 10:41:00 PM 360 Views
Oh please. Legolas - 23/07/2012 06:32:41 PM 434 Views
Re: Oh please. snoopcester - 23/07/2012 09:20:40 PM 419 Views
He rather seems like the real deal - unlike most of the proven doping cases. Legolas - 23/07/2012 09:49:20 PM 384 Views
Re: He rather seems like the real deal - unlike most of the proven doping cases. snoopcester - 23/07/2012 11:08:41 PM 489 Views
Is going to be cycling in the Olympics? Stephen - 22/07/2012 11:11:40 PM 405 Views
He is, along with Froome, Millar and Cavendish. snoopcester - 22/07/2012 11:42:13 PM 352 Views
Yup they are Wibble - 22/07/2012 11:45:04 PM 345 Views
I approve of this development Camilla - 24/07/2012 08:06:53 PM 423 Views
Have you seen his quote from the podium? Wibble - 24/07/2012 08:57:38 PM 367 Views
That's how you know he's British. *NM* Camilla - 24/07/2012 09:17:27 PM 176 Views
Re: Have you seen his quote from the podium? snoopcester - 24/07/2012 09:39:08 PM 519 Views
Oh dear snoopcester - 24/07/2012 09:40:09 PM 364 Views
Yes. Stephen - 24/07/2012 09:48:49 PM 336 Views
Re: Oh dear Camilla - 24/07/2012 09:53:16 PM 413 Views
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