We watched Team Sky and Brad win the Tour de France, we're watching Froome in the Vuelta (bless him) and we took an Ode to the Olympic Time Trial (which inspired them to win medals 
).
And now (to fill the massive hole left by the superb Olympics and Paralympics) from Sunday we can watch Team Sky and Team GB cycling heros here in the UK!
I thought I'd start this thread for lusting supporting our team faves and having a laugh.
TOB starts this Sunday 9th Sept!
TOB website here
Stage 1 Ipswich to Norfolk - Live on ITV4 from 1.45pm with highlights at 8pm .
The rest of the stages are also live everyday on ITV4 with highlights at 7pm.
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Support/lust after our lads cycling in the Tour of Britain here!
206 replies
HalfMumHalfBiscuit · 08/09/2012 18:05
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LostInWales ·
17/09/2012 09:27
I'm going to Cardiff for the weekend so will probably be desperately following via twitter. I know 'they' say that it's not a course suited to him but I still think ToB was just a training ride and he won three stages, could have been more. When he passed us just short of the summit of the final climb he was still chatting happily with Bernie, looked very comfortable. (Not that I could hear what he was saying because my friend was jumping up and down squeeing in my ear )
LostInWales ·
17/09/2012 09:59
I think the presenters basically said JTL was headed to sky, he was staying tight lipped himself, he's a very exciting talent, not just good on the bike but tactical too. Where will Cav end up then? I have to say I was very pleased when he was in the rainbow jersey again the day we saw him, wouldn't have been the same if he was in that vile gold creation.
It was a fantastic Tour of Britain and utterly amazing that so many people got behind it. The difference in the crowds from when we went only 2 years ago was incredible. Although it did turn my friend and I into shocking old hand snobs, we were working out who knew what by whether they could pronounce the surname 'Knees' properly 
evilgiraffe ·
17/09/2012 17:12
It's going to be on the BBC?! WICKED
I'm away from tomorrow evening until Thursday so will miss the TT, but will catch the road race! Oh dear though it will clash with the formula one, arrrrgh. I suspect it's going to be F1 on the ipad and the cycling on the telly next weekend - so exciting!
I was in the bookshop today and looked at all the photos in Boy Racer. There's the most adorable picture of Cav as a toddler, and he actually is recognisable despite being a gorgeous little bowling ball of a boy. SO CUTE. I would have bought it (because the first chapter was pretty readable), but I suspect DH might get it me for our anniversary, or possibly my birthday, so am going to hold off for a while...
LostInWales ·
17/09/2012 18:21
Wow frosty, I think that's going to be my favorite fact of the day. I was wondering how he had become relatively old before he really came to the fore, Epstein Barr being the posh name for Glandular fever or 'kissing disease' as we charmingly called it at school 
. Really wipes you out though.
That Cav clip is delicious, he was ace doing the BBC comentary as well, they started doing those little 'Cavsplains' (?sp) sections where he tried to explain complex cycling stuff and he giggled away merrily then.
evilgiraffe ·
17/09/2012 18:29
They were CavFacts, Lost! The "sextathlon" had me in bits
Yes, I read about JTL - apparently he spent some of that time working in a cycle shop, which amuses me. He'll be able to be his own mechanic!
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