The guy leading the Tour

Mark McNeill said:

I'm a cycle commuter and occasional trundler with no interest in
competitive cycling; the events of the Tour haven't had any real impact
on me at all.

*This* has, I think it's great. Chapeau!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2134756,00.html

http://tinyurl.com/2afpcq

"...he's doing this largely on Coca Cola and jam butties."

Excellent!

Now why can't ITV4 follow this, rather than the overhyped junkies a day
behind them?

Mark McNeill said:

I'm a cycle commuter and occasional trundler with no interest in
competitive cycling; the events of the Tour haven't had any real
impact on me at all.

*This* has, I think it's great. Chapeau!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2134756,00.html

http://tinyurl.com/2afpcq

Heheheh, most excellent.

"I have loads of enthusiasm, plenty of commitment but no great cycling
experience. I currently cycle 60-80km per day to and from work but have only
completed one long ride of 140 km before."

Chapeau indeed. 😉

--
Paul - [censored]

Chris Smith said:

Mark McNeill said:

I'm a cycle commuter and occasional trundler with no interest in
competitive cycling; the events of the Tour haven't had any real
impact on me at all.

*This* has, I think it's great. Chapeau!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2134756,00.html

http://tinyurl.com/2afpcq

"...he's doing this largely on Coca Cola and jam butties."

Excellent!

Now why can't ITV4 follow this, rather than the overhyped junkies a day
behind them?

Even he might fail a drugs test in the other Tour, because it won't take
much of that Coca Cola to put him over the caeffine limit.

Roger

"Roger Thorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Even he might fail a drugs test in the other Tour, because it won't take
much of that Coca Cola to put him over the caeffine limit.

Roger

Caffeine isn't on the UCI banned/limited list anymore. Hasn't been for a
while.

In news:[email hidden],
Roger Thorpe <[email hidden]> tweaked the Babbage-Engine
to tell us:

Quoted message said:

Chris Smith said:

Mark McNeill said:

I'm a cycle commuter and occasional trundler with no interest in
competitive cycling; the events of the Tour haven't had any real
impact on me at all.

*This* has, I think it's great. Chapeau!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2134756,00.html

http://tinyurl.com/2afpcq

"...he's doing this largely on Coca Cola and jam butties."

Excellent!

Now why can't ITV4 follow this, rather than the overhyped junkies a
day behind them?

Even he might fail a drugs test in the other Tour, because it won't
take much of that Coca Cola to put him over the caeffine limit.

Up to a point, Lord Copper.

Caffeine is not currently in the WADA's list of banned substances

--
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
Flies are the work of Stan, and should be killed by all means
available.

wafflycat said:

"Roger Thorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Even he might fail a drugs test in the other Tour, because it won't
take much of that Coca Cola to put him over the caeffine limit.

Roger

Caffeine isn't on the UCI banned/limited list anymore. Hasn't been for a
while.

Thanks, I didn't know that. It was when I used to bang up and down the
E1 on sunday mornings. I felt quite guilty about the couple of Pro Plus
(the student's friend) I dropped once!

Roger

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2134756,00.html

http://tinyurl.com/2afpcq

Heheheh, most excellent.

"I have loads of enthusiasm, plenty of commitment but no great cycling
experience. I currently cycle 60-80km per day to and from work but
have only completed one long ride of 140 km before."

Chapeau indeed. 😉

Cripes, that really is impressive. I wonder what his times are? It'd be
nice if he got a big reception in Paris.

Chris Smith said:

Mark McNeill said:

I'm a cycle commuter and occasional trundler with no interest in
competitive cycling; the events of the Tour haven't had any real impact
on me at all.

*This* has, I think it's great. Chapeau!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2134756,00.html

http://tinyurl.com/2afpcq

Quoted message said:

"...he's doing this largely on Coca Cola and jam butties."

He's doing this on cod liver oil too.

Cheers,
Luke

--
Red Rose Ramblings, the diary of an Essex boy in
exile in Lancashire <http://www.shrimper.org.uk>

Mark twisted the electrons to say:

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Cripes, that really is impressive. I wonder what his times are? It'd be
nice if he got a big reception in Paris.

<nods> I quite liked the bit about being passed by the tour guys putting
up the route arrows "After 15km they overtake us with lots of hooting and
waving and cheering"!
--
These opinions might not even be mine ...
Let alone connected with my employer ...

"Mark McNeill" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I'm a cycle commuter and occasional trundler with no interest in
competitive cycling; the events of the Tour haven't had any real impact
on me at all.

*This* has, I think it's great. Chapeau!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2134756,00.html

http://tinyurl.com/2afpcq

"Many Britons have attempted one or more of the 20 stages of the 2007 Tour
but the south London food wholesaler is believed to be the only one cycling
the entire 2,200 mile London to Paris route."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Thomas

elyob said:

"Many Britons have attempted one or more of the 20 stages of the 2007
Tour but the south London food wholesaler is believed to be the only one
cycling the entire 2,200 mile London to Paris route."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Thomas

The TV has featured a group of cancer survivors who have been doing the
whole route. Can't immediately find it on Google but he is definitely
not the only one.

Tony

Tony Raven said:

elyob said:

"Many Britons have attempted one or more of the 20 stages of the 2007
Tour but the south London food wholesaler is believed to be the only
one cycling the entire 2,200 mile London to Paris route."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Thomas

The TV has featured a group of cancer survivors who have been doing the
whole route. Can't immediately find it on Google but he is definitely
not the only one.

Tony

Ah here - Geoff Thomas and his team including 5 cancer survivors are
following the Tour two days behind.
http://www.geoffthomasfoundation.com/news_tour07.html

Tony