Comments on: I Was Hoping the TdF Surprises Would be More Surprising.

By: Niall in Brisbane

Niall in Brisbane — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:41:59 +0000

+1 for fart jokes. Especially those accompanied by “special” effects.

By: Philly Jen

Philly Jen — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:14:37 +0000

Where is Fatty, and what have you done with him?!?! The real Fatty would never have missed National Pie Day...

By: Eric L

Eric L — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:50:56 +0000

I’d like a stage featuring Didi Senft – the Tour Devil. He jabs you with his pitchfork and you get a time penalty.

If Team Fatty were in the Tour, you’d have to change the name to something that would take Phil and Paul a few seconds to spit out every time. Like Team Fatty-Twin6-Shimano-Bratwurst-Lammler. Now that would be a suitcase…

the sheer thought of the entire pro-peleton on recumbants has me in giggles….

By: zach in a cubicle

zach in a cubicle — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:29:15 +0000

Suprising would be a US Stage race that would not suck and could be as dramatic as all the french rigamoral… complete with a reality TV show and carnage…. carnage is always necessary.

By: MattC

MattC — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:56:53 +0000

I agree w/ a ‘retro’ stage. And I mean RETRO! As in: NO SUPPORT WHATSOEVER! And NO ASSISTANCE! You carry your own food and water, or stop and buy it at a store on the way…a little cheese and wine en-route anybody? And if something breaks, you fix it YOURSELF using only stuff you are carrying (there was a guy who won the tour but was disqualified…. on a stage his fork broke and he carried his bike to a blacksmith shop and did the ‘welding’ himself, only the blacksmith pumped the bellows for him cuz he was doing the ‘welding’ (using a hammer and such…pre-ox/acetylene days)…and he was disqualified czu this was considered ‘help’). Your bike breaks, no taking a teammates bike, or wheel…you fix it or carry it. I’d LOVE to see a ‘no support’ stage. Riders sitting by the roadside changing a tire…ahh, that would be sweet!

By: George

George — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:51:36 +0000

How would Phil call the recumbents up a mountain stage?

By: Brian H

Brian H — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:52:18 +0000

These extra French teams should act as some blend of jester and rodeo clown, we need some carnage on the flat stages.

By: Dr. Lammler

Dr. Lammler — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:37:47 +0000

Merely getting kicked out of the TdF for coming in last at the TTT doesn’t go far enough.

The penalty should be something really humiliating.

Like being forced to wear the Footon-Servetto kit.

By: a chris

a chris — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:35:44 +0000

I thought last year’s cyclocross stage didn’t really go over that well.

Surprise me with a stage in Canada. To avoid the worst of the jetlag, this would have to take place at night, of course. That should make things more interesting.

By: Gilbert Keith

Gilbert Keith — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:58:58 +0000

Hidden shark pits and random rolling rings of fire!