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Tour de France - Stage 12Tour de France by Andy Nicolson - BBC Sport (U6807082) 17 July 2008   With a fairly flat, 168.5km route, Stage 12 takes the Tour east and then north from Lavelanet to Narbonne. Latest 10 commentsRead members' comments or add your own
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patio-phalangist (U2589430) posted Jul 17, 2008 Very unlikely since a)dopage has been strong this year (see exit of Beltrane and Ricco and one other) - if Cav was not clean it would be known by now after two previous stage wins and b) he is the track partner of Bradley Wiggins,
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TheInvigilator (U4743667) posted Jul 17, 2008 And at 5.52 the Ceefax page has finally refreshed and tells the world of Cav's historic victory. Why so long - was the Ceefax beset by technical difficulties as well??
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F1Hornet (U10637606) posted Jul 17, 2008 I think the BBCi team just decided to go to the pub for a couple of hours.
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arveladze7 (U3060644) posted Jul 17, 2008 he confessed to one
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foscari (U1655980) posted Jul 17, 2008 I have always enjoyed "Tour de France".The coverage on Eurosport is terrific.I know all the doping is scandalous,but probably no worse than the Athletics and some other sports at the forth coming Olympics.I dont think the BBC cover it properly, because its not all together a "politically correct" sport. If you asked most of the rest of sports orientated Europe to name one British sportsman they have heard of it would probably be Cavendish now.
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Andy Nicolson - BBC Sport (U6807082) posted Jul 17, 2008 All - as per earlier posts, we encountered severe technical problems with our publishing system between roughly 1530 and 1740.
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TheInvigilator (U4743667) posted Jul 17, 2008 Thanks Andy - I do believe you. Sadly, after years of BBC bias against cycling, I still think I see it's manifestations everywhere I look.
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bigcog (U8198653) posted Jul 18, 2008 even a tired Cav is a winner, if the situation is right he'll go for it again today and win. Maybe I am biased but watching the slow-mo replay Cav puts everything into the sprint, his whole body pushing the bike to the limit. The rest in comparison don't seem to do so and maybe don't have the same 100% hunger for the win? That's why he's a winner I guess, not just his talent but his passion.
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deegib (U12697786) posted Jul 18, 2008 If it doesn't end in a big crash I'll eat my cycling hat. And it's not one of those soft cloth ones.
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