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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby ldrcycles » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:12 am

:cry: :cry: :cry: Such a brilliant ride. And now Andy is sitting on the same time as frank, they're equally bad lol.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby Mulger bill » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:13 am

Poor Andy, it was that nasty descent that lost it for him in the end :(
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby Fletcher » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:13 am

Think I'm going to toast another red to that tough little nugget. What a great ride. Geez it would have hurt. Chapeaux Cadel!
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby il padrone » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:14 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SAruHaIVbE&feature=related[/youtube]
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby cjrich » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:14 am

Brilliant ride Cadel, and a fantastic day in Aust sport which will boost the popularity of cycling in Aust and get more bums on bikes.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby Oxford » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:14 am

bloody brilliant!!!!!!!!!
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:15 am

Just saw the salute to Cadel on the homepage. Well done Christopher.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby jimsheedy » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:16 am

Now watch alan jones Ray hadley and their pack of right wing bike haters jump on the cadel band wagon
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby AUbicycles » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:16 am

ok - BNA Homepage with Yellow nav... lets see what I can do for the forums
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby HAKS » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:17 am

absolutely amazing :twisted: :D :mrgreen:
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby Chuck » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:17 am

igstar wrote:Time to crack a cold one open! Cheers Cadel :P

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby CommuRider » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:17 am

AUbicycles wrote:ok - BNA Homepage with Yellow nav... lets see what I can do for the forums



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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby Boognoss » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:18 am

AUbicycles wrote:ok - BNA Homepage with Yellow nav... lets see what I can do for the forums


Nice work Christopher!!!!
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby Fletcher » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:19 am

He won by 1:34. Freck! :D :shock:
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby CommuRider » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:21 am

Yep, homepage looks good.

We have the world's best cyclist :D
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby ZepinAtor » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:22 am

I just had a little yellow moment myself.......................peed myself with excitement

My wife is going to have a proud moment today when she mounts her BMC SLT01 in the black/red/white colours.

Amazing event this.
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2011 Tour de France

Postby Kenzo » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:22 am

So are we going to get the Public Holiday or not? C'mon Julia!
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Re: Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby wombatK » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:22 am

Chuck wrote:How (insert expletive) good was that :twisted:

Heaps good. Totally Deserved. Cadel is every inch THE Champ.

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:23 am

CommuRider wrote:We have the world's best cyclist :D


Aw shucks, thanks. Cadel was born here too!
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby Luke Brown » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:23 am

Congratulations Cadel!!!!!

Awesome ride, and a big margin in the end.

What a trooper.
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2011 Tour de France

Postby Parrott » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:24 am

Lotto I hope now realize the true quality and grit of the rider they failed to support.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby CommuRider » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:24 am

Kenzo wrote:So are we going to get the Public Holiday or not? C'mon Julia!


OMGosh i am going to overdose on French food and wine tomorrow as he cycles towards the Champs d'Elysee
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:24 am

ZepinAtor wrote:I just had a little yellow moment myself.......................peed myself with excitement


:D :D :D
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby igstar » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:24 am

oooh, cadel's crying and so am I...
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby CommuRider » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:25 am

Teary Cadel making me teary..... :cry: :cry: :D
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