Duke attempts the Impossible

[duke3016]

Long day today, well it seemed long anyway, maybe that was because I was a wee bit tired after the Jaxie visit. Recharging batteries with a relaxing Chezger game tonight. I have never seen anyone get such a run of cards and no it wasn"t me.............

[duke3016]

Well after the debacle of the League game and the inevitable backlash that was aimed at 888, I had a pleasant surprise. I was going to wait until the rush for refunds died down and maybe give 888 a nudge. To be honest I was more interested in keeping the Liverpool team on track, than worrying about $11.

However this evening I got an email



I am quite happy about that to be honest.

[duke3016]

You have good days and you have bad days, you have exciting days and you have frustrating days. You have fulfilling days and you have empty days, you have funny days and you have not so funny days.

Today at work was the most frustrating, negative, counteractive, confrontational, disheartening, prohibitive, annulling, obstructive, uncooperative, disappointing, cramped, discouraging SOB of a day as I have had in a long while.

Chilling with a beer and the demeanour is now peaceful..

Don't have many days like that thank god.

[Curlarge]

You have good days and you have bad days, you have exciting days and you have frustrating days. You have fulfilling days and you have empty days, you have funny days and you have not so funny days.

Today at work was the most frustrating, negative, counteractive, confrontational, disheartening, prohibitive, annulling, obstructive, uncooperative, disappointing, cramped, discouraging SOB of a day as I have had in a long while.

Chilling with a beer and the demeanour is now peaceful..

Don't have many days like that thank god.

stop sitting on the fence and say what you really thonk

[duke3016]

Oh and will someone please explain the new advert from Block Busters.

"No more late fees, just £1 per night for every extra night you keep the film"

[duke3016]

Every day that I watch the Tour de France, a small group always breaks ahead of the big pack, but they always get caught. Why do they do that, if they always get caught? I get how they get caught and I get some bits about them earning valuable points in the other categories, but it seems a waste of time to me.

[Swinebag]

Every day that I watch the Tour de France, a small group always breaks ahead of the big pack, but they always get caught. Why do they do that, if they always get caught? I get how they get caught and I get some bits about them earning valuable points in the other categories, but it seems a waste of time to me.

there is a fair bit of strategy behind team racing. I can"t remember why individuals do this, but I do know it isn"t for some vain attempt to win the race/stage on their own and is part of some big race strategy.

[duke3016]

I am getting quite fond of the programs on Blighty - especially railway walks with Julia on a cool summers evening - If you get my drift  

[duke3016]

Tried the sat for Glasgow tonight



That is all

[duke3016]

Oh well not a multi millionaire then - ok roll on Friday......

[HaworthBantam]

Every day that I watch the Tour de France, a small group always breaks ahead of the big pack, but they always get caught. Why do they do that, if they always get caught? I get how they get caught and I get some bits about them earning valuable points in the other categories, but it seems a waste of time to me.

there is a fair bit of strategy behind team racing. I can"t remember why individuals do this, but I do know it isn"t for some vain attempt to win the race/stage on their own and is part of some big race strategy.

I could bore you for hours about cycling and race tactics, team and individual.

The prestige of winning a stage is a motivating factor for a break away (as well as the pride of sponsors seeing their names on the box), and they don"t always get caught - although it"s rare in the first week for a break away to succeed, the sprinters and their teams want to control things as much as possible. Breakaways are more successful on the flat stages immediately after the alps and pyrenees, with most of the peleton having tired legs. Look out for the likes of David Moncoutie, Thomas Voeckler and Johnny Hoogerland (feckin mad rider who takes no notice of rule books and conventional tactics) to get a break away win...

[MintTrav]

Every day that I watch the Tour de France, a small group always breaks ahead of the big pack, but they always get caught. Why do they do that, if they always get caught? I get how they get caught and I get some bits about them earning valuable points in the other categories, but it seems a waste of time to me.

there is a fair bit of strategy behind team racing. I can"t remember why individuals do this, but I do know it isn"t for some vain attempt to win the race/stage on their own and is part of some big race strategy.

I could bore you for hours about cycling and race tactics, team and individual.

The prestige of winning a stage is a motivating factor for a break away (as well as the pride of sponsors seeing their names on the box), and they don"t always get caught - although it"s rare in the first week for a break away to succeed, the sprinters and their teams want to control things as much as possible. Breakaways are more successful on the flat stages immediately after the alps and pyrenees, with most of the peleton having tired legs. Look out for the likes of David Moncoutie, Thomas Voeckler and Johnny Hoogerland (feckin mad rider who takes no notice of rule books and conventional tactics) to get a break away win...

IMO the greatest moment ever in sport was the La Plagne stage of the 1987 Tour of France. Stepen Roche needed to lose as little time as possible in the mountains to Pedro Delgado so that he could overturn Delgado"s lead in the final timetrial, where he had the advantage. Roche broke away early on the flat and spent most of the day trying to hold off the chasing climbers before being caught at the bottom of the final climb. Being relatively fresh, Delgado then quickly went a minute and a half clear of Roche and had effectively won the Tour. The cameras focussed on the first 3 riders (who could not win the Tour) and Delgado. As Delgado came around the final bend at the top of the climb, suddenly there was a rider right behind him and it was Roche, who had climbed the mountain on his own and pulled back the entire lead from one of the best climbers in the field.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQojh-wqL04

[duke3016]

I remember that, it nearly killed him, awesome ride.

[HaworthBantam]

I too remember that moment, an amazing feat, and truly inspiring...

[duke3016]