Cav and Greipel going to the TdF? - check. We're looking forward to the Olympics ? - check. It must be time for the 2012 TdF Velogames!

[FelicityLemon]

League Owner: felicity lemon
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So Cav gets in the breakaway and ends up coming in 4 minutes ahead of Chris Froome. If only i had put money on that 5 years ago i could retire now.

How did I fail to spot this thread? I am a numpty.

I’m enjoying this year’s Tour - wonderful to see Cav doing well and winning again - but ohhh my, what a lot of crashes!

I’m glad the idiotic woman who caused that huge crash with her sign is getting prosecuted - as the commentators said “you can’t call her a spectator because she wasn’t even watching the race!”

Felicity .

Pan am I allowed my annual mention of When I Went To See The Tour yet?

"MrSlant , we've been expecting you."

Touring always creates such brilliant memories n'est-ce pas?

Stood at the finish line at Gap, 2003. Melting in that summer's blistering heat. The stage where Lance Armstrong went off piste into a sunflower field.

Your turn.

Top of the Alpe d'huez, sat for hours just at the top of the slope, fought an old lady on crutches for a polka dot t-shirt from the caravan (she tried to grab it from my hands!) Cav came up in the gruppeto and I screamed CAAAAAAAAAAAV and I swear he turned and smiled . Best Day Ever just for the helicopters rising menacingly up the mountain being the only indicator of what was coming towards us.

I am 100% going again one day.

Thank you for your patience .

They should play Orff's Empress when the helicopters appear in the distant sky.

Watts Occurring podcast was good a few days ago. Luke Rowe had a lot to say about crash-causing "spectator" (maybe not what you'd expect him to say)

Apparently there's still shenanigans playing out on the road during stages due to Movistar having very bad blood with Ineos for poaching Carapaz (its own soap opera saga)

Amazing Cav 💖 💖 💖

I'm now even more firmly predicting Carapaz for the GC, btw.

Will van der Poel withdraw today, concentrate on Olympics instead, his team isn't strong enough to take GC, anyway?

I'm 4th in MN mini-league and predicting this is my highpoint, will descend the ranks after vdP withdraws.

Heavily Pissing it down here today, thank goodness for TdF because I'm not getting outside much today.

I'm enjoying my best ever showing in the MN league at only 8th Given I don't have a real GC contender Richie Porte doesn't count - my initial team only came to 82 points and I'd meant to go back and swap out someone - probably Wout Pouls as I'd confused him for Wout van Aert - but didn't get round it - I'm pretty pleased

Another weird stage. It's all utterly lawless isn't it.

(Why oh why did I choose Kruijswijk in my team? Or Mr Hart? Am seeing the need for another motivational discussion.)

Yay, Cav made the time cut! And the front end of the race was even more exciting.

Actually, just gone back to check: I'd already taken out Wout Poels - I think to put in Warren Barguil Oops

I was trying to explain to dh why if Cav missed the time cut, he might have still been ok because of the size of the gruppeto but could lose the green jersey. He didn't think that losing points was fair on the sprinters which it isn't.

With so many sprint stages left he could possibly have won it back.

Looking at DQS's picture of Cav finishing, his broad smile suggests that his sheer joy at being there is giving him wings and making up for the possible lack of preparation for a 3 week Grand Tour and its inevitable mountain stages

He was only officially going on the Monday before it started, so who knows.
I thought it was funny yesterday when he got in the break and was looking round as if to say "oh shit what am I doing here".

He's not exactly a natural mountain climber - remember all those times that Bernie Eisel had to coax him up and over the mountains

Far more importantly....the Official Guide arrived.
No socks.....but we do have beer mats, of tour heroes.

As we imagine, the features of the guide vary immensely from the actual first week tour events.

@Pan2 yes ... the 'sprinters to watch' section didn't age well.

Just seen that Roglic and VDP won't be starting today's stage. What a pity for Roglic in particular.

Planning to enjoy watching TDF this afternoon from the comfort of my sofa while it rains outside.....

And as we are soon to get a young male cat, wondering what name (possibly cycling related) would be viable. Can I see myself calling "Cavendish... ! Dinner... !" across the garden. DP suggested Merckx but i have said no on the grounds that no one can spell it.

I think Cavendish would be a great name - easily shortened to Cav

Cavendish the Cat has quite a ring to it

Until you find yourself chasing the furry little beast around the house trying to apply flea drops and can't catch him!

Yes just think how embarrassing if I called him Cav and he wasn't very speedy...

Definitely a rider's name (rather than a team name) might be fun. Team names change too often or end up in suspicious circumstances

Dh has suggested Spartacus for the cat's name.

Give us pic of cat to be, bookworm. Or any info you have on personality.

Geraint? G loves his food & is a simple beast, after all.

• good at climbing, lots of stamina when it matters...

Haven't actually got cat yet so no pic, but he's young, male, enthusiastic, energetic and apparently loves climbing. Plus loves chasing after toys and catching them. Which cyclist is this most like? (Nb Peter Sagan not on my possible list)