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TdF 2021 Avec spoilers

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  1. gembo
    Member

    There are two leagues on Velogames site that are for us.

    The City Cycling Edinburgh one that I think you are automatically in once you pick a team if you have entered before but I cannot remember the code, Shuggiet might know?

    And the CCE which is 33440813 for any new players. Just me and Bax in that one so far.

    This thread will have hints about who has won which stage, probably before the highliights go out.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  2. minus six
    Member

    gembo-san doing his best to bamboozle the natives

    like a modern-day paul gaugin in french polynesia

    the league code you are looking for is 797307620

    allez, allez

    Posted 3 years ago #
  3. acsimpson
    Member

    I've joined both leauges but it appears on gembo and I are in his new league.

    This time l'œil because (apparently) my initials mean eye in latvian.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  4. gembo
    Member

    @bax San you were in both leagues at one point but thanks for the existing code

    Posted 3 years ago #
  5. minus six
    Member

    are you the frank sinatra fan, @ac ?

    Posted 3 years ago #
  6. acsimpson
    Member

    Yes. My team names are generally based on whatever comes to mind when I'm entering. This time I was hoping not to come last when the song came to mind.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  7. acsimpson
    Member

    PSA: Don't forget to check your teams. If like me you have selected a rider who is now not starting you will be glad you did.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  8. gembo
    Member

    @acsimpson how do we check?

    Posted 3 years ago #
  9. mga
    Member

  10. gembo
    Member

    Thanks looks like I have nine

    Posted 3 years ago #
  11. SRD
    Moderator

    should i make last minute changes to my team?!

    Posted 3 years ago #
  12. gembo
    Member

    @srd u should consider it. I always worry about my total lack of sprinters for example. Sonny Colbrelli looks good for ten points amongst the sprinters. I don’t have him btw.

    I generally just pick riders with panache. After picking the one I think will win.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  13. SRD
    Moderator

    itv coverage has started! happy happy

    Posted 3 years ago #
  14. crowriver
    Member

    Prefer Eurosport myself. Same camera footage, but fewer ads . I don't bother listening to the pundits or commentary but I like to watch the spectacle.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  15. SRD
    Moderator

    Eurosport ad-free is great. But every so often David Millar has the most perceptive insights into what the peloton is thinking.

    Plus hearing their theme tune makes me happy.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  16. gembo
    Member

    @sed it is a jaunty accordion

    Also

    Terrible things are happening to donkeys

    Posted 3 years ago #
  17. crowriver
    Member

    Not zero ads on Eurosport, just fewer and further between.

    I recall when ITV (or was it BBC2?) used to use the Kraftwerk TdF theme - better than the jaunty accordion in my view. Maybe too expensive for the music licensing to pay the Teutonic Fab Four, so they commissioned something stereotypically French sounding?

    @gembo, yeah it was the donkey sanctuary ads that made me change the channel... !

    Posted 3 years ago #
  18. crowriver
    Member

    Ouch! Had a feeling there would be a nasty crash with the peloton so tightly packed. Caused by a spectator holding a placard up for the TV cameras.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  19. crowriver
    Member

    Eurosport also has the women's race, which is good to see.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  20. SRD
    Moderator

  21. gembo
    Member

    Thrills and spills

    Posted 3 years ago #
  22. SRD
    Moderator

    Baffled https://twitter.com/markcavendish/status/1409078844875853829?s=21

    Cav launches NFTS?

    Posted 3 years ago #
  23. gembo
    Member

    Further down that Cav tweet, there is great footage of a mum pulling her kid out of the way of the crashing cyclists.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  24. SRD
    Moderator

    SPOILER

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    ****Torrential rain****Crashes

    Gesink, Thomas, Martin down

    Posted 3 years ago #
  25. SRD
    Moderator

    (i'm actually not watching it)

    Posted 3 years ago #
  26. chdot
    Admin

    Telepathy?

    Posted 3 years ago #
  27. SRD
    Moderator

    was getting updates from home.

    the last one was "don't watch the tour mummy"....

    Posted 3 years ago #
  28. chdot
    Admin

    Stick to telepathy.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  29. chdot
    Admin

    Watched the highlights.

    Surprised at (relative) lack of rain, early reports (Twitter) seemed to be saying ‘torrential rain, lots of crashes’.

    Different style of crashes from yesterday.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  30. gembo
    Member

    There was torrential rain shower but not sure it caused any of the crashes.

    Posted 3 years ago #

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