YCCMB
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I think he's already said it: he'll be riding for Bernal tomorrow unless the wheels fall off. Literally or metaphorically. He's going to be the same super-domestique that Froome became for him last year. Shame in some ways it's ending like this, and shame Ineos are depleted. Rumour had it that Brailsford had been working towards an Ineos 1/2/3 podium this year. Interesting times ahead too if Froome is fit in 2020.
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Wools, it's going to be a real "race to the finish". Bernal in only his second Grand Tour, the chance to be the youngest yellow jersey for over 100 years..youngest rider in the race...what's not to like.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/49134648
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Good example, mint.Here's a link I don't know if you have come across, but it's name reminds me of you so much that I feel you really need it in your life if it's not already there.Sorry it won't be clickable. Leflepourlescurieux.fr
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You'd almost think......
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Well well well.....so now, tomorrow's stage has been cut in half and now it will only be 60k. A sprint finish, sort of! Drama!
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Mint: sorry...missed your comment.Peu and un peu follow a verbPeu de and un peu de precede a noun.That's a simple little rule ?
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Uncountables. Such fun.Little by little, bit by bit. Wasn't that in a Dusty Springfield song?Sometimes (massive cop-out alert) as Hoddy says, you're just looking for a different way to say the same thing so a sentence isn't repetitive or clumsy.
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They've just succumbed to the inevitable, Wools. Alaphilippe wasn't supposed to be a GC contender and he was, Pinot is, on his day, a brilliant climber, outclassed by the Colombian contingent who spend their lives at altitude, and to some extent and by his own admission, a victim of weather that really doesn't suit him. The whole race has, at least, opened things up and included some stellar performances from unexpected quarters literally from stage 1. Whoever wins, riders and spectators will have been kept on their toes from start to finish!
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And you CAN use temps in French just like in English in certain circs. Like "je regarde le TDF et j'écris ma réponse en même temps"
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French uses "heure"where English uses "time", as you know. In English, time is the blanket, uncountable noun, and hours, minutes, days etc are the countable, measurable units of time.In French, broadly, "heure" is both the countable and the uncountable noun, as it can refer to a general or specific time...Not sure if that's clear enough? I can't even see the whole of the sentence I've typed at once as I'm on my phone.?
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He will be tomorrow. And good for G. Like Froome last year, sporting and gentlemanly in his commitment to support his team mate as race leader on the final day. And big hats off to Alaphilippe who has ridden an absolute blinder to this point. Sad to see Pinot DNF, and French hopes fizzling after an incredible 3 weeks for their riders.
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Oddly, mint, listening to commentary of a Federer match vs a Murray match (not even the two playing each other) always drove me mad. Federer playing a bad point always "oops, bit of a hiccup from the X-times champion". Murray playing a bad point "Well, it looks like Andy's match is over" Let's not forget that few of the key Wimbledon commentators working for the BBC are Brits...?
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They must be struggling today with the possibility that God isn't French, Norm....
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I'll be in a position to say when I've watched the ITV4 highlights later. ?Son #1 sent a spoiler message earlier, otherwise you'd be dealing with crosspatch Betty. Mr. Ineos is probs feeling a bit better about his investment tonight. Bolstered also by the video on their Insta feed of Froome back on a bike only six weeks after his crash. OK, admittedly only pedalling with one leg and with clearly a long road to recovery, but good to see him mending.
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Cool name. ?I'm watching our grass becoming green again before my very eyes. Yesterday it looked like the Serengeti. Also I haven't been such a sweaty Betty today, which is a real joy.
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Thanks for bringing this up. Thought it might just be me as I'm opening and closing the site a fair bit at the moment. Seems to have stopped for now but I thought that earlier and then it came back...
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Sad news. He was always good value and happy to call a spade a shovel. Condolences to his family.
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It's always handy to look at who the "few" turn out to be. Like Bob Crow, the guy who said he had "no moral duty" to move out of a council house, despite his six figure salary. Or Arthur Scargill, whose housing costs AFAIK are still being subsidised by the NUM and who managed to exploit a gap in the (Thatcher created-how ironic) law and buy a flat in the Barbican at a fraction of market value because he'd been a "tenant" when it was his London base but has rarely used it. Wonder how the "many" feel about that?Corruption...from the brown envelope to the Panama papers. It's all around us. It affects us all, of course it does. Is it anything new? No. Is it limited to the visibly rich and powerful? No. Is socialism going to stamp it out? If you believe that, then have a chat with Santa and the tooth fairy about it.
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Ooh..let me guess..."the many....the few..." was it Jesus?
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I'm still waiting for the Vatican to let us know what they're chipping in for Notre Dame. Because quite honestly the nasty rich could've kept their hands in their pockets and let the Pope dig deep. Well, not all that deep really. The Catholic church could probably beat most of the French Rich List hands down.
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Sadly, mint, that's as much "news" as the fact that Queen Victoria is deceased.
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Poor old Quillan. I'm glad he's closer to family and support. He trod a thankless path on here often, and stuck at it longer than most. Wishing him well.
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