Tour de France 2014 - Au revoir Yorkshire and the south, bonjour les montagnes et les côtes!!

[Panwearsjaune]

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Photo finish!!!

I'll also be around for the Vuelta so I'm sure between us we can keep the peleton in some sort of order.

Letsgo the Tour of Poland is on Eurosport but you can find highlights on this page www.youtube.com/channel/UC_GS2853Pq0IbAZtwlxzM0g

Pan you don't get to resign as Road Capt - it is a role conferred by the peleton. Injury or non-selection are the only routes out.

I'm sure we'll manage to behave ourselves in your absence, Pan, but if DoctorTwo is willing to deputise for you as Road Capt as & when necessary that's fine by me.

There's plenty of space left on this thread, so we shouldn't need another until you are back

Boultings books are brilliant aren't they, he's got a great way of taking the mickey out of himself but obviously loves cycling and all the personalities. The Wegelius book, not quite such fun but very interesting.

Umm, you aren't allowed to not be here for the Vuelta though you know? Didn't you read the small print?

Letsgo, what was Ned's first book, I've only read the road bike one and Yellow Jumper? I'd love to have another one to catch up on. The patches have been a revelation, I've been out doing things with my children I wouldn't have thought of doing for ages, I am like this and not from the drugs! I was cliff jumping into the sea today!

Thanks for the link ariadne I will wrestle the ipad off DH later and catch up.
lost in Wales I wasn't very clear I think, the yellow jumper one was, I believe, his first and on the road bike was the second. I was saying yellow jumper funnier than road bike, but both very good!
I'm off on holiday too and unless I sit with the teenagers in "wifi corner" on the campsite we are going to, will be nil by mumsnet for a couple of weeks. May miss the first day of the vuelta but will be pedalling hard to catch the peloton on here from 25th onward. Not long really to tour of Britain! I've booked the day off work for when they visit my city and I'm planning my viewing spot.....

Boo, I was hoping I could whack it on my kindle for the holidays if he had another one! It looked like there was going to be another one this year to pre-order for around now but then it vanished and I don't know if it was just a hopeful dream . Have a great time on holiday. I will keep my eye out for you in wee fee corner when we are camping in France too!

Do we think it's time for a Vuelta thread??

Surely it is! We've missed so much in between..

has anyone been following @jensvoightfacts at all?

"The team car has been penalised for drafting behind Jensie"

"Jensie doesn't get road grit. The road gets Jensie grit"

"When he takes a bottle, Jensie gives the team car a bit of a push."

"Today Jensie moved the finish line 800mtres forward to give the youngsters a chance of a win."

Vuelta/escapados thread being turbo-matured in Jerez barrels...by Jensie!

Well, I thought it was time to bump this thread what with the Vuelta starting tomorrow and all...

Is anybody else around??

I've been trying & failing to get excited about the USA Pro-Cycling Challenge & the Eneco Tour - roll out the Vuelta! And it looks like it will be a good one, with lots of big names. Hopefully it will be a bit more competitive than the TdF, and it will certainly have better weather

Perfect peloton-timing there DA!!

Hi there Pan! Good to see you

Epic cross post there

Was cheering Jensie on yesterday. Never mind he didn't take the stage, the man is a legend, and a true showman

Epic!

I didn;t see his final flourish. But that twitter thing is a laugh-out-loud one. "You never see Jensie and Zeus at the same time".

I'll do the Vuelta thing in a mo? It's almost a 'real' TdF race, in effect? Froome v Quintana, but Jensie will probably win anyways!

Just spotted that ariadne has just started a new thread in Sports:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/sports/2165989-Vuelta-a-Espa-a

I'm on Twitter, but don't have a posh phone so don't check in very often, and only on my laptop. I follow Jensie & lots of other cyclists.

Oh good for ariadne - will check in.

I have a posh phone but really only use it as a proper phone. All stuff is on laptop really.

I'm here! Back from that place where they have the big bike race and enjoying the hot hot hot vuelta. Will pop over to new thread once I've caught up on today's racing highlights.