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Tour de France 2020
Cycling News ^ | August 29, 2020 | Cycling News

Posted on 08/29/2020 8:51:07 AM PDT by Yogafist

Stage 1 of the Tour De France is live now. 178 riders in close proximity and not a single mask and no reference (that I saw) to black lives matter.


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I hope they are able to pull this off.
1 posted on 08/29/2020 8:51:07 AM PDT by Yogafist
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Ridiculous, they took away the hot podium girl, one man and a woman now! WTF!


2 posted on 08/29/2020 8:57:29 AM PDT by baclava
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I predict some crazy Muslim causes a big wreck.


3 posted on 08/29/2020 9:00:09 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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To: baclava

Well, the winner might want to kiss a guy!


4 posted on 08/29/2020 9:00:31 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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5 posted on 08/29/2020 9:04:25 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Took away hot podium girls in little dresses for some nutsack holder dude and some broad in a pantsuit?I

ITEOTWAWKI

Bring on the alien overlords, humanity is finished


6 posted on 08/29/2020 9:07:15 AM PDT by baclava
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Apparently, if 2 people test positive from your team (riders or staff), the entire team is eliminated from the Tour. No appeals. Seems awfully punitive.

What are they going to do if there are only 3 teams left at the end?

7 posted on 08/29/2020 9:13:58 AM PDT by luv2ski
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Well, at least they giving it a go.

OK, they left one chick in a skirt, but 6 ft away wearing a mask, no kissing. Ugh

Lots of crashes on wet roads all day, see tomorrow what the damage will be, off to the mountains


8 posted on 08/29/2020 9:30:12 AM PDT by baclava
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Maybe that’s because there’s a very small percentage of black lives involved.


9 posted on 08/29/2020 9:32:11 AM PDT by albie
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This year as far as I can tell NBCSN is trying to get you to pay $55 for an NBC Sports Gold for a “pass”, to watch it on line or if you have NBCSN you can record the broadcast that starts at 4:00 am in the morning where we are at. I cannot tell that they broadcast it this morning, but if you pay the $55 it is available.

You can watch part of it this morning on YouTube. I guess that they had a lot of crashes this morning because of the weather.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElgtfAA-IQo


10 posted on 08/29/2020 9:56:09 AM PDT by fireman15
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The riders are so full of drugs that COVID doesn’t stand a chance. Well, that’s my theory anyway...


11 posted on 08/29/2020 9:59:16 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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I say let them juice up all they want! We want all out races every day.

Let them explode their hearts and lungs, big risk, big reward, that’s racing.

Especially pump up the doping drugs for the big climbs in the mountains, I demand entertainment!


12 posted on 08/29/2020 10:38:41 AM PDT by baclava
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You would think that with all the great marathon runners from Africa, they would do well in long-distance bike races.


13 posted on 08/29/2020 10:40:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: baclava

LOL.

With all the tech available today they could have some fancy graphics to show how much “juice” is being consumed in real-time. Just imagine the commentary - “Oh, oh, looks like rider XYZ has almost used up his supply of [drug XXX] in the past mile of that climb. Will the support car be there soon enough to recharge him?”

Pan over to the fans: “Juice him! Juice him! Juice him!”

Commercial break. “Brawndo. It’s got what riders crave.”


14 posted on 08/29/2020 4:12:58 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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If they can put that eco-boot controlz on Indycars, why not?

Juice em if u got em


15 posted on 08/30/2020 12:34:22 PM PDT by baclava
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no reference (that I saw) to black lives matter

Which is why my husband and I have been enjoying TdF 2020 every day since it began. It appears to be one of the VERY few sports going on right now that offers true escapism from Trump hatred and the BLM 'white guilt' crap. And some magnificent scenery to boot!

16 posted on 09/13/2020 10:34:57 PM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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The riders are so full of drugs that COVID doesn’t stand a chance. Well, that’s my theory anyway...

LOL! Who knows if they are or aren't? At this point, I'm just happy to watch a sport where there is NO reference to, nor support for Black Lives Matter.

17 posted on 09/13/2020 10:37:59 PM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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