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Tour de France, Stage 15 - Monday, Samatan - Pau
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 16-07-2012 18:59
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madzdaman wrote:
British? there are only two British born riders in the race....and none of them ride for sky....and David Millar isn't one of them....some 'British race this turns out to be 
i assume that the isle of man is not british then by your definition?
cause i thought it was ... sorry know it is
British born
Millar (Scotland)
Cummings (England)
Cavendish (IoM)
anyway this was never to be a 'british' race, whatever that is
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| kumazan |
Posted on 16-07-2012 19:04
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Millar was born in Malta and the Isle of Man isn't part of the United Kingdom, although de facto kinda is.
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| madzdaman |
Posted on 16-07-2012 19:05
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 sorry i meant united kingdom...whick isle of man is not part of...
cummings and dan martin are the british born ones....and millar was born in malta |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 16-07-2012 19:05
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kumazan wrote:
Millar was born in Malta and the Isle of Man isn't part of the United Kingdom, although de facto kinda is.
The Isle of Man is part of the UK in as much as Northern Ireland and the Channels Islands, not part of Great Britain but part of the United Kingdom. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 16-07-2012 19:08
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Last time I checked the IoM was a Crown Dependency, and as such not officially part of the United Kingdom. Same for the Channel Islands. Could be wrong though.
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| madzdaman |
Posted on 16-07-2012 19:09
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Actually its neither in the UK or GB, but part of the British Isles, which is wierd because they represent Great Britain in the Olympics |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 16-07-2012 19:12
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Wanna bet more people/riders will hate Voeckler for attacking on a day that "the peloton" (Team Sky actually) wanted to ride quietly all the way to the finish ? |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 16-07-2012 19:15
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Aquarius wrote:
Wanna bet more people/riders will hate Voeckler for attacking on a day that "the peloton" (Team Sky actually) wanted to ride quietly all the way to the finish ?
why?
everyone knew that a break would make a go of getting away
also everyone expected it to be pulled back for a sprint by lotto and greenedge
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 16-07-2012 19:26
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Wiggins lived in Belgium for 2 years and then spent the rest of his life in England, plus he had an English mum. Sure he isn't fully British, but he's pretty close.
EDIT: On the Millar issue, his father was in the RAF and was on a tour of duty in Malta when he was born 
Also didn't realise Dan Martin was born in England too.
Edited by CLURPR on 16-07-2012 19:29
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-07-2012 19:59
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madzdaman wrote:
sorry i meant united kingdom...whick isle of man is not part of...
cummings and dan martin are the british born ones....and millar was born in malta
Dan Martin is Irish. So just being born there oesn't make you it. There is only one British rider who was bron in Great Britian in the race, Cummings.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 16-07-2012 20:25
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baseballlover312 wrote:
madzdaman wrote:
sorry i meant united kingdom...whick isle of man is not part of...
cummings and dan martin are the british born ones....and millar was born in malta
Dan Martin is Irish. So just being born there oesn't make you it. There is only one British rider who was bron in Great Britian in the race, Cummings.
You know that Daniel Martin was born in UK right ( born in Birmingham) ? He changed his nationality to Irish because of few problems between him and British Cycling I believe.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-07-2012 20:35
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Alakagom wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
madzdaman wrote:
sorry i meant united kingdom...whick isle of man is not part of...
cummings and dan martin are the british born ones....and millar was born in malta
Dan Martin is Irish. So just being born there oesn't make you it. There is only one British rider who was bron in Great Britian in the race, Cummings.
You know that Daniel Martin was born in UK right ( born in Birmingham) ? He changed his nationality to Irish because of few problems between him and British Cycling I believe.
Yes, so he is not British (anymore). 
He is part Irish anyway, no?
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 16-07-2012 21:31
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fenrier wrote:
How many times Pau is Final-stage town in Tdf history
63, third most visited of all time
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