Friday, July 13, 2012

FTDF Stage 12 - It's Millar Time!

No not the unpleasant beer-flavoured drink.


But the cyclist David Millar. 


Oh David Millar! It all started so well, winning all sorts of things in the late 90's, and then it turned out he was on drugs! I couldn't have been more surprised - oh, wait. Yes I could. And so, he became the Black Sheep of British cycling.


Anyway, since his 2-year ban and subsequent come-back, the wins have been harder to come by. He came close at the Giro a few years ago, when he was in a small break, but it all went wrong when he broke his chain. Although top marks for the bike-throw. Today, D-Mill - as I like to call him - finally got another Grand Tour stage win, when he outsprinted his breakaway companions to take the win.


Meanwhile, far, far behind, the peloton seemed content to take it easy and not get up to any funny business. Except for Matt Goss that is, who came off his line in the sprint against Sagan for green jersey points. The race judges were onto his tricks though, and fined him some points.


Another good day for the Bile Beans sees me slipping into second position in the league. 

MINI LEAGUE SCORES

Tour De Pance

RankTeamDirecteurScore
1Flamin` nadgersAndrew Windrum4410
2Bile BeansVestan Pance4378
3Return of ReflexKarl4291
4temple of FROOMETom4031
5ENRICO 666Erik Mortier3636
6RaboBradBrad3610
7TEAM ITV4Andrew Danson3586
815Joe Danson3566
9TheFastMenOnBikes Part II:THE SEQWHEEL!Teagan3566
10Hell of the NorthVincent Lavallee3552
11The CharmersCraigatron3545
12Drews Riders Using Genuine SupplementsDrew Stephenson3461
13Velo raptorsWarwick Anderson3383
14Its Sky TimeMark3376
15Evil ChanbotsDanny Chan3254
16Team AwesomenessWilliam MacKenzie3233
17Rouleurstdm9113140
18Crazy Uncle VinceBaby Lavallee3123
19Cejay`s VanguardCejay3024
20To Infinity and BeyondNick Cuthbert2791
21Mungo CyclingMungo2741
2210 minute teamdspeck2711
23Ned`s BoysElizabeth MacKenzie2638
24Haxby Group PharmacyRichard Harrison2611
25The HopalongsDave2567
26Ph.DizzlesBen2456
27Dexter`s Midnight Wheelersnoj2127
28Looking Good in LycraCatherine Windrum2066
29Marmite MenAlasdair MacKenzie2056
30SmugblokesMark Philo1745

Just a few more points and I'll be winning this thing. Let's hope the success doesn't go to my head.


Onto tomorrow then. And it looks like another day off for the GC boys. I'm counting on the likes of Sagan, Goss and Chavanel  to get the points in for me.



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