tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post1350810839510227177..comments2024-03-18T04:35:39.426+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: Long live Le Grand BoucleRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-65751532906300390602012-07-23T18:23:41.299+01:002012-07-23T18:23:41.299+01:00Sir Hugh: Astonishing that Sky was able to gather ...Sir Hugh: Astonishing that Sky was able to gather all those stars and make them work as a team. Won't happen next year. It's wrong that Cavendish should be denied opportunities for sprint finishes (and, thereby, the green jersey) because his team was committed to the GC.<br /><br />Plutarch: I was trying to make the point that TdF remains a fascinating event even without English contenders.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-74808180626576745042012-07-23T17:04:19.014+01:002012-07-23T17:04:19.014+01:00A few years ago the race when part of the route le...A few years ago the race when part of the route led through our green and pelasant land. I watched it sweep though Tunbridge Wells. No one was waving union jacks, but there was no reason to then.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-14699881868385473742012-07-23T12:15:09.235+01:002012-07-23T12:15:09.235+01:00I have been bonded to the couch everyday from 2:00...I have been bonded to the couch everyday from 2:00 to 4:30.<br /><br />It started for me when, with you and Mrs BB, we visited Tommy Simpson's memorial on Mt. Ventou , then a year or two later, after reading a biography of Tommy on the plane I ascended Le Ventou (in TdF parlance) with some emotion, on foot during one of my Grande Randonnée trips.<br /><br />This year the demonstration of the value of teamwork has been inspirational, as well as the absorbing interest in strategies and logistics, and all this with the bonus of a helicopter trip round France.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-66045082833517554492012-07-23T09:34:35.335+01:002012-07-23T09:34:35.335+01:00Lucy: 'tis but a tiny blemish on an otherwise ...Lucy: 'tis but a tiny blemish on an otherwise fruitful and rewarding relationship. After all, I wasn't able to respond usefully to your post about onions.<br /><br />Boiling it down somewhat, I hate superficiality, opportunism and the ineluctable <i>tendance</i> in sports reporting to reduce everything to the same set of clichés.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-65766186884834619282012-07-23T08:45:56.397+01:002012-07-23T08:45:56.397+01:00Your last paragraph says it all. They didn't e...Your last paragraph says it all. They didn't even pick up on his existence at all until the last few stages, now they're talking about giving him a knighthood. <br /><br />I don't really follow the Tour because I appreciate the complexity that you write about, and have never taken the trouble to understand it properly; I'm quite sure the UJ-waving, beer drinking fatties certainly haven't done so.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com