Tour de France
John W.
Asian country, I believe). Just strikes me as odd somehow.
John W.
Kevin Gowen
> Out of 148 riders finishing the race, not one is from Japan (or any
> Asian country, I believe). Just strikes me as odd somehow.
They go over to qualify, but the hills are a real bitch on those mamachari.
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mr.sumo snr.
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> Out of 148 riders finishing the race, not one is from Japan (or any
> Asian country, I believe). Just strikes me as odd somehow.
>
I take it you were following the TDF on JSkySports3.
The last three weeks have been a rather pleasant departure. Finishing work
at 9.30 every evening and then Le Tour until midnight - especially once
JSkySports got their act together and started broadcasting the French
commentary on the sub-channel.
I hope they generated enough new customers with the live coverage to justify
repeating it every year. I signed up just for the TDF and the Rugby World
Cup in October - which if my memory serves me correct was also broadcast
primarily on JSkySports3 the last time in 1999.
Congratulations to Armstrong. Now if only that other famous Texas native
could learn to negotiate his way around the French landscape.
--
jonathan
Kevin Gowen
Oh, he's done that quite well by denying France the relevance it so
desperately craves.
Dave Fossett
> Out of 148 riders finishing the race, not one is from Japan (or any
> Asian country, I believe). Just strikes me as odd somehow.
I wondered about that too. It's strange considering the popularity of keirin
in Japan. As Kevin says, maybe they are just not used to hills.
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Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan
Michael Cash
<kgowen...@myfastmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
with:
>mr.sumo snr. wrote:
>> "John W." <worth...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:73fde4f0.03072...@posting.google.com...
>>> Out of 148 riders finishing the race, not one is from Japan (or any
>>> Asian country, I believe). Just strikes me as odd somehow.
>>>
>>
>> I take it you were following the TDF on JSkySports3.
>>
>> The last three weeks have been a rather pleasant departure.
>> Finishing work at 9.30 every evening and then Le Tour until midnight
>> - especially once JSkySports got their act together and started
>> broadcasting the French commentary on the sub-channel.
>>
>> I hope they generated enough new customers with the live coverage to
>> justify repeating it every year. I signed up just for the TDF and the
>> Rugby World Cup in October - which if my memory serves me correct was
>> also broadcast primarily on JSkySports3 the last time in 1999.
>>
>> Congratulations to Armstrong. Now if only that other famous Texas
>> native could learn to negotiate his way around the French landscape.
>
>Oh, he's done that quite well by denying France the relevance it so
>desperately craves.
Didn't France used to be a world power or something? Many centuries
ago, I mean.
--
Michael Cash
"There was a time, Mr. Cash, when I believed you must be the most useless
thing in the world. But that was before I read a Microsoft help file."
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Mount Pilot College
Jason Cormier
"mr.sumo snr." <mr_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I take it you were following the TDF on JSkySports3.
>
> The last three weeks have been a rather pleasant departure. Finishing work
> at 9.30 every evening and then Le Tour until midnight - especially once
> JSkySports got their act together and started broadcasting the French
> commentary on the sub-channel.
>
> I hope they generated enough new customers with the live coverage to justify
> repeating it every year. I signed up just for the TDF and the Rugby World
> Cup in October - which if my memory serves me correct was also broadcast
> primarily on JSkySports3 the last time in 1999.
'Twas. Used a lot of sick leave during that month.
Michael Cash
<re...@via.newsgroup> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
>John W. wrote:
>
>> Out of 148 riders finishing the race, not one is from Japan (or any
>> Asian country, I believe). Just strikes me as odd somehow.
>
>I wondered about that too. It's strange considering the popularity of heroin
>in Japan. As Kevin says, maybe they are just not used to pills.
Huh?
John W.
Thing about that is, even in track racing the Japanese aren't really
all that big on an international scale. I know Keirin is different in
many aspects, but the skills needed by the individual rider are
similar.
John W.
Dave Fossett
> >I wondered about that too. It's strange considering the popularity of
heroin
> >in Japan. As Kevin says, maybe they are just not used to pills.
>
> Huh?
As Kevin would say: Your chat machine really is broke.