FTDF Stage 20 and Overall - Wiggo Wins Big, Reflex Ride High

Hello Pance fans. I bet you were wondering where I’d got to. Well I’d like to tell you that my delay in getting the final FTDF post out, was because I’ve been travelling in places where internet access is hard to find (well not hard to find, but I’m too cheap to pay for it). The truth is though, that since the final scores came in, I’ve just been sitting in a corner, holding my head in my hands, saying “one stupid point” over, and over again.

 

Yes, the final scores are in. And it couldn’t have been closer, Return of Reflex won the minileague, by one stupid point, from the Bile Beans.

 

MINI LEAGUE SCORES

Tour De Pance

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		Return of Reflex	Karl	8643
2		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	8642
3		temple of FROOME	Tom	7554
4		Its Sky Time	Mark	7428
5		Flamin` nadgers	Andrew Windrum	7406
6		ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	7358
7		15	Joe Danson	7214
8		TheFastMenOnBikes Part II:THE SEQWHEEL!	Teagan	7208
9		RaboBrad	Brad	6779
10		TEAM ITV4	Andrew Danson	6679
11		Cejay`s Vanguard	Cejay	6419
12		Rouleurs	tdm911	6369
13		The Charmers	Craigatron	6317
14		Ned`s Boys	Elizabeth MacKenzie	6266
15		Velo raptors	Warwick Anderson	6079
16		Drews Riders Using Genuine Supplements	Drew Stephenson	5973
17		Evil Chanbots	Danny Chan	5877
18		Team Awesomeness	William MacKenzie	5843
19		10 minute team	dspeck	5764
20		Hell of the North	Vincent Lavallee	5733
21		The Hopalongs	Dave	5613
22		Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	5502
23		Crazy Uncle Vince	Baby Lavallee	5416
24		Ph.Dizzles	Ben	5181
25		To Infinity and Beyond	Nick Cuthbert	4902
26		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	4703
27		Marmite Men	Alasdair MacKenzie	4561
28		Dexter`s Midnight Wheelers	noj	4166
29		Looking Good in Lycra	Catherine Windrum	3980
30		Smugblokes	Mark Philo	3888

So, I’ll begrudgingly congratulate Carl, for a team well picked. If I’m not mistaken, he managed to get all his men to Paris. And in a Tour that had more crashes than an icy day in Atlanta, that’s pretty impressive.

 

I suppose I should mention that Cav won Stage 20, much as I had hoped, especially as I put a fiver on him.

 

And of course Bradley Wiggins took the Yellow Jersey to Paris, with the Froome-Dog close behind.

 

So the first ever British win in the Tour, and a convincing one at that. I didn’t think I’d see the day, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to grow my sideburns in his honour.

 

And to all those "cunts" on the internet, who say that it was the most boring tour ever, and that Sky must all be on drugs, I say a big “Fuck You!”

 

That’s it for another year for the Tour De France I’m afraid, but fear not, people will still be riding bicycles in the meantime. The Olympics are about to start, and I’ll be rooting for Cav in the Road Race and Wiggo in the Time Trial – I might even have a small wager. And don’t forget to enter a team for the Fantasy Vuelta, which will start in August I think - as long as Spain hasn't gone totally broke by then.