Tour de France

axeman9 · Post by **axeman9** » Fri 25th Jul 2008 12:28 am

Anybody been watching those crazy men!? Ive been watching it for years (not the same race of course, that would be silly

) and am always amazed how the fuck they can keep going like that up mountains for 90 minutes!! Average speed of 13mph up the Alps. 60 mph on the way down and 35-45 on the flat. Absolutely bonkers i tell thee!!

They cycle between 160km and 230km (100-160 miles) per day!!

I take my hat off to you all! (except the ones who are on drugs)

Tall Guy · Post by **Tall Guy** » Fri 25th Jul 2008 11:13 am

Yeah despite not being a sport fan, I've been hooked since I was 16 and housebound with glandular fever all summer.

Did you see THIS near miss the other day?

(The clip keeps getting removed, if so search YouTube for "Tour de France, Stage 16 Crash John Lee Augustyn Cycle")

axeman9 · Post by **axeman9** » Fri 25th Jul 2008 02:16 pm

Yeah i saw that, i felt relly sorry for him. All that hard work making it up to the mountain in 1st place only to become a cropper on the way down.

Dave J · Post by **Dave J** » Fri 25th Jul 2008 06:19 pm

Never been into that in the slightest myself. But we cant all like the likes of cycling and tenins or even cricket of cause lol!. But certainly felt, if even laughed at the poor guy in that clip!.

But can certainly see how dedicated a sport that event is all the same!.

axeman9 · Post by **axeman9** » Fri 25th Jul 2008 06:24 pm

Dave J wrote:But we cant all like the likes of cycling and tenins or even cricket of cause!.

Each to their own i guess. I like sport more than cannabis. Fact! I'll watch more or less anything. Tennis, cricket, NFL, Football, athletics, skiing, golf and my all time favourite - DARTS!!

My job entails watching skysports all day long too!!