He'll never make it with extra cargo!!!

Hmm!!!

Just proves you have to keep an eye on job at hand

This site is so Vic biased 

Oops wrong site ...

Yesterday, was a "rest" day for the teams, don't tell me no one told the rabbit!!!

July 14th Bastille Day wonder if any of the celebrations will show up on the route taken by the race.

Should be a nice holiday atmosphere Vivity, only trouble is the weather is expected to be a lot warmer than previous days, hope the riders fare well. I would imagine they will keep celebrations along the route to a minimum so as not to distract the riders.

Good day of liberation for me too, spurred me on to have another try at what was wrong with my TV pulled all plugs out and reconnected them and finally got ABC again - very very happy to have the best channel back.

why is there a scandal looming in the Tour de France?

Rotten apple  Lance Armstrong took to Twitter on Tuesday to question whether  Chris Froome, his teammate Richie Porte, and their team, Sky, are “too strong to be clean.” Insinuating that drugs was in the mix. The BBC reported that on Tuesday Chris's computer files with his performance data had been hacked.

Question is who hacked it, someone who wanted to frame him by spreading around he is using performance enhancing drugs? LanceArmstrong (sour grapes) I might add is facing a $US100 million lawsuit from a former teammate, Floyd Landis, which could bring him financial ruin. You’d think he had enough on his plate..

Presumably with even an unlikely suggestion the team will have to be put under the microscope with attendant stress which might affect their performance which is what Lance Armstrong wants.

It was really sad to see mis-reporting this morning on the news. They reported that Froome won beating off Porte who was simply no match for his Sky team-mate. Simply not true, Porte put in an amazing ride to set up the climb for Froome to pounce, didn't chase and then when he decided to ride it out had to go past being assaulted by a spectator and outrode the rest of the field... amazing effort and i can't wait to see the Aussie riding for another team next year... could be our best chance for the next few years actually!

Well Drew

You should tune into the Meeting Place

for the current up to date news on    

You even get truthful reporting :)

Yes Vivity, Dan Martin gave it his all, shame he missed the initial formation of the breakaway. Andriy Grivko proved no help on the climb of the Col d’Aspin so Dan had to set off alone to bridge the gap to the lead group. However this gave Rafal Majka an opportunity to distance his breakaway rivals!!

Yes the beautiful scnery makes it worth watching even if you are not into bike riding.

Reaching speeds of 80kph on those winding and extremely dangerous downhill bends was amazing to watch with the full use of the width of the roads to the best advantage,  extreme skill on display. Those guys stamina is incredible.

The cows appearing like that - can only imagine the carnage if the next bunch had run straight into them. 

Yes tonight should be interesting on the higher climb.

Too right Vivity, last night was more than interesting, nail biting to be exact! 

Despite torrential conditions at the end of the third and final stage in the Pyrenees, Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez  won the tough 195km Pyrenean stage from Lannemezan to Plateau de Beille. The Stage 12 winner  took the slippery roads, wind, rain and even hail stones in his stride, proving once again he’s got what it takes, despite his size!

Again bit disappointed with Chris Froome coming home in 10th position battling all the way  he fended off a series of  attacks from Nairo Quintana, Alberto Contador, and Vincenzo Nibali, still the Alpine ride is to come who knows what can happen!

Scenery as usual magnificent...

Impressive the way he, Joaquim, took and maintained the lead. Keeping me up late at night don't want to miss any of it :) 

Viv

You think you have complaits out West ... It starts at 10 pm here till 2 am

and were I not repoting on $eth's progress I would definitely not stay up for it but dinner and dance with $eth is too much to miss out on .... what a grand prize :)

LG,

I didn't hear of Russell Mockridge until you mentioned him. so I googled and found out the poor guy died after a bus hit him during a race. He was about as early as 1940's I believe.

These ones I know about :

Phil Anderson/Stuart O’Grady/Bradley McGee/Robbie McEwen/Cadel Evans/Simon Gerrans and Rohan Dennis

Cadel Evans won the Tour de France in 2011

 Hahaha very funny Abby!!! Much better looking than the rabbit and more talented???

Prefer to have dinner with $eth as my prize :)

Who is this that has just joined the race ?

Welcome to the race Foxy, you're up against some heavy opposition here, a new competitor has just joined

Since today was a rest day for Tour de France you guys should be very refreshed and rearing to go so hope to report good things on Thursday.

Ray !!!

You've joined the race ... How great is that .... Woohooo !!!

But seeing you are one of the reporters do you think that is fair to also be in the race ?

The latest competitor looks a lot like you Abby, heheheh - hope you're resting up for Stage 17 of the Tour, plenty of bird seed etc...great looking helmet!!