tombeej Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 A gem of a picture for the history buffs: Frenchman Octave Lapize, making his way up the Tourmalet in 1910, the first time it was ever attempted. When he reached the top he shouted at some of the organisers on the summit the immortal words, "Vous êtes des assassins! Oui, des assassins!" French for, "You are murderers! Yes, murderers!" Lapize was a bit of a legend of his time. He went on to win the 1910 Tour de France. Was also bronze medalist in the 1908 Olympics and was a 3-time winner of Paris-Roubaix. He became a fighter pilot in WW1. He was eventually shot down and killed in 1917. Chapeau! Octave Lapize.
tombeej Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Imagine how these lot of today would moan about that. . If you see how they moaned about riding the cobbles in the wet this yr. True
tombeej Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 On the subject of nicknames, Octave Lapize's nickname was Frisé (Curly).
Gen Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Channels are mixed up. Its on 206 and 216. It started there.. now on sshd2 so 212 and 202
Cippo Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 It started there.. now on sshd2 so 212 and 202 Aaarrgghhh!
tombeej Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 The plane that the young Octave Lapize was shot down in 1917.
Gen Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Aaarrgghhh! Imagine if aiden did have cricket and I didn't come home and notice that it had moved. . Pvr would have only had recorded a little bit..
Gen Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Now wait.. it's on both for now.. but I see a notice it will continue on 202 and 212
jcza Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 They should be at the intermediate sprint just after 15h00. Climbing proper should start around 15h30.
jcza Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Heinrich Haussler (IAM) has abandoned the Tour de France.
Frosty Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Now wait.. it's on both for now.. but I see a notice it will continue on 202 and 212I guess it's a bit too much to ask (DTSV) to have SERIES recording, considering this series is on every day for 3 weeks.
tombeej Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 World War 1 wiped out a whole generation, and the majority of the original Tour de France community was pretty much decimated by the end of the war which started 100 years ago. So, in memory of those who came before us, on the 100 year anniversary of the start of the Great War, we take a couple of seconds to note the passing of those fellow cyclists who were killed along with their mate Octave. Roll of Honour for the Fallen Riders of the Great War They all rode the Tour de France and all have their names inscribed on war memorials around the French countryside: Mort Pour la France. They swapped the Hell of the North and the mud of the unmade roads of the Tour for the hell and the mud of No Man’s Land. They are les disparus: the "disappeared" – how curiously beautiful and moving, as if they simply rode into the dust clouds of the paves or the lost and secret corners of the mountains and never came back. Key names: Lucien Petit-Breton (winner of the 1907 and 1908 TDFs), killed on 20 December 1917.Francois Faber (winner of the 1909 TDF), killed Mont-Saint-Eloi on 9 May 1915.Octave Lapize (winner of the 1910 TDF), shot down on Bastille Day in 1917. Other TDF riders who were killed in WW1: Willy HonemanWilly SchmitterMarcel KerffEmile EngelFrancois LafourcadeHenri AlavoineAnselme MazinAnthony "the Tortoise" WattelierCharles PrivasPierre Marie PrivatRené CottrelJean PerreardMarius VilletteFrançois CordierFrédéric RigauxRené EtienGeorges BronchardPierre VugeAlbert NiepceronCamille FilyEmile GuyonFranck HenryEmile BesnierVincent BuissonAlbert CartignyMarcel ChanutLouis ConstansMaurice DejoieAlbert DelrieuRaymond DidierAuguste GarnierPaul GombaultErnest HaillotteAdrien HeloinEmile LachaiseEugene LacotLouis LecuonaEmile MaitrotFrancois MarcastelGabriel MathonatMarceau NarcyArmand PerinJean-Marie PerreardCharles PonsonFelix PregnacPierre StabatGeorges TribouillardEdmond HeliotLeon DupouxEmmanuelle FillonFrancois JulienFrancis LebarsEugene LeonardAuguste MeziereRene MichelMaurice PetitAguste PierronMarcel Robert
Gen Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 I guess it's a bit too much to ask (DTSV) to have SERIES recording, considering this series is on every day for 3 weeks. Ha ha ha ha..
ScottCM Posted July 24, 2014 Author Posted July 24, 2014 intermediate sprint1. Coquard2. Ladagnous3. Boom Col Du Tourmalet starting for the leaders
Slowbee Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 still on the reach the start of the climb at 15H30?
Gen Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 This stage should have a PG18.. I didn't wanna see a rider whip out his willy to take a pee..
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