to watch every moment of the Tour de France

[stubbornhubby]

No, Wait!

...with the man Cavendish in real contention for Green, a British team for the first time in yonks, and Bradley Wiggins capable of getting on the podium, and a route that takes the peleton up the tourmalet not once but twice..

IASNBU

Lance Armstrong starts in 25mins...

[stubbornhubby]

and, yes, I HAVE finished my list

[kreecherlivesupstairs]

YANBU (unless it takes you away from your duties at home). We've just got back from belgium where the TDF is going past the end of our new road. The excitement was palpable. I couldn't understand it personally but each to their own.

[CantSupinate]

We are fans too .
DC get rather neglected this time of year .

[stubbornhubby]

cavendish falls 1600m to go.
prat.

[mitochondria]

Shouldn't have read this. I'm currently watching the highlights which we recorded earlier as putting children to bed.

I'd like to watch more of it, but too busy.

[Earlybird]

I am a fan too, and shall enjoy discussing it with all of you each day. I love it.

[diamondsandtiaras]

YABVVVVVU. Get a life

[PlasticCenturion]

YABsoRithurts

Poor Cav today, eh? They were chucking themselves off their bikes all over the place.

Just waiting for the inevitable drugs scandals to cast their cloud.

I adore the TDF.

[BetsyBoop]

YAsoNBU

[dbm]

totally watch the whole lot and enjoy it

[StayingDavidTennantsGirl]

The last kilometre today was incredible - I have never seen a crash that stopped almost the entire peloton in its tracks!

I love watching the Tour - it's the sporting highlight of the summer for me - in fact last year we watched a stage go past near Draguignan in the South of France - which was amazing! All those lovely bodies in lycra so close you could almost touch them.

[kreecherlivesupstairs]

I wish that we'd stayed in Belgium now. MMMMM lovely lycra clad bodies. We have a huge number of cyclists in Switzerland, DD has made up her own scoring system based on muscles, colour and fit of lycra and how fast they cycle. she is 9.

[stubbornhubby]

now, wthout wanting to start another dog thread - but AIBU to think that dogs should be kept on a lead during the tour de france?

disclosure - I was once once bitten by a dog while riding my bike. the dog maanged to bite me on the foot while I was pedalling!

it must have really, really wanted to bite me.

the owner said 'he's never done anything like that before'

Poor Millar and Basso yesterday, imagine hitting a dog at 40km/h. Poor dog.

[jollyma]

My dh is a bike nut. I make exception to the "switch the bloody telly off" rule for the big tours on one condition- he calls me when there is a crash! Its my way of showing interest in his hobby.

[Mittz]

''disclosure - I was once once bitten by a dog while riding my bike. the dog maanged to bite me on the foot while I was pedalling!

it must have really, really wanted to bite me.''
That is soo funny!

[abdnhiker]

YANBU - or else we are too - We love these weeks - DH has just phoned in despair as he's off on business to Norway this week and will miss stage 3 which he was very excited about.

[stubbornhubby]

cobbles!

[PlasticCenturion]

DH (also a very keen cyclist, easily spotted in his Euskaltel Euskadi get-up with matching orange Orbea) had the foresight to be knocked off his bike last week. The broken bone and dislocated finger, diazepam and codeine are a bugger but he's off work and managing to wake up for each stage.

Those dogs! Perhaps their owners should be wearing 'don't hit my dog or I'll cut your head off' shirts.

Cadel's outbursts so far this year are conspicuous by their absence.

[scaryteacher]

Can't get into the town where I live in Belgium today as the Tour is coming in from the middle of Brussels and starting from the Africa museum this pm.

[queribus]

Highlight of my year! I love it!

One of the stages goes really close to my parents' house in France and I'm sooo upset I can't get out there this year (no time off in term time).

Looking forward to the mountains ...

[alana39]

What happened to the dog? They said Millar and Basso were ok but no word on the dog.

They should send Lance to have a word with the owner - his face when being asked about Landis allegations is scary.

[FrogInAJacuzzi]

Think of it as an antidote to weeks of fecking football I love it - can't get enough.
YANBU at all.

[Earlybird]

Think dog is ok. Telly commentators said this happens at least once every tour, and that dog's owners are fined

[Earlybird]

Didn't realise until last night that all of last year's Astana team moved with Lance Armstrong to Radio Shack. The only exception is last year's Tour De France winner Contador - what team is he with this year? Are they highly experienced/rated?

Must say, that fact alone makes it appear that Contador, while very talented, is not a very good team mate.

[StayingDavidTennantsGirl]

Contador is still with Astana, as far as I'm aware, Earlybird. Maybe it speaks to his loyalty to Astana, or maybe none of the others wanted him with them - I'll have to do a bit more reading up and see if I can find out.