Tour De France

[Deutschland Uber Alles]

I had never seen a girl who knows to play football in my entire life.Football is for men.And whats with Robin???

[Caius]

I had never seen a girl who knows to play football in my entire life.Football is for men.And whats with Robin???

Dont be harsh.

[Peasant Phill]

Firstly the "football is for men" comment:
I play football but I have to admit that it is a sport for sissies. All the faked fouls, the faking of injuries, ... Most cyclist continue if they injure themselves, broken bones or not.
Besides, Women can play football as good as men. I sometimes enjoy it more seeing a womens match as it is more technical and less fysical.

Secondly why the 'Tour de France' visits other countries:
In 2 words "Commercial benefits'. If people from other than the normal bicycle loving countries can get interested in de Tour, it means more income for the organisation. Secondly cities have to pay to be a starting- and/or finishingpoint. Some cities will pay more than others and cities that don't have the chance every year will be more willing to pay more.

And last, What people like about cycling:
That's a hard one. A bicycle race is very long and can be very boring. BUT it is not the race alone that does it, nor the endless stream of tidbits of information one recieves during the coverage of the race, it's the ambiance around the whole. It's hard to understand for people that aren't familiar with the whole bycicle culture (France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and to a lesser extent Germany, Switserland maybe Australia).
I know no other sport where you can get so close to the atletes. Last tuesday padded McCewen on the back and yesterday I rode next to Van Petegem (Winner of Paris-Roubaix and the 'Tour of Flanders', two of the most important classical bicycle races). I know little other sport where the race/match/contest can be so heroical ( I can't count the times when the first few competitors fall down meters after the finish line out of sheer exhaustion and delirium/dissapointment).
Just watch one (big) race in Flanders and you'll know what a bicycle race is and you'll appreciate it so much more.

[Deutschland Uber Alles]

You can watch match OMG OMG They are so . .Have you ever watched a real football match?Just go and watch some champions league games,not .Biking is very easy ,but football takes years to practice and even learn how to kick a ball.So please just go watch biking........or football cause real football isn't for .Of course everyone fackes at football cause that is a part of the game and at cycling if you injure and fall you gain nothing so you must continue but at football if you injure and fall you get a free kick or a penalty.Nobody cares about you football-haters cause football is the king of sports.Football is the most loved sport in the world and you can't do nothing.You said you know to play football but i never saw a man who knows to play football well but doesn't likes to watch it on television...

[Andres]

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[Deutschland Uber Alles]

Is there a problem Andres.That is my opinion and i have the right to express it.

[Andres]

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Is there a problem Andres.That is my opinion and i have the right to express it.

You could have phrased it a bit more friendly, without insulting another member of the Org, like you did right here:

sissies like you Phill.

Anyway:

Rasmussen did a really great job. This is the kind of heroism you'll only see in a great cycling contest like the Tour de France.

[Subedei]

You can watch match OMG OMG They are so . .Have you ever watched a real football match?Just go and watch some champions league games,not .Biking is very easy ,but football takes years to practice and even learn how to kick a ball.So please just go watch biking........or football cause real football isn't for .Of course everyone fackes at football cause that is a part of the game and at cycling if you injure and fall you gain nothing so you must continue but at football if you injure and fall you get a free kick or a penalty.Nobody cares about you football-haters cause football is the king of sports.Football is the most loved sport in the world and you can't do nothing.You said you know to play football but i never saw a man who knows to play football well but doesn't likes to watch it on television...

Yes, football is played on meadows, and flowers grow there.....

P.S.: Do you know the history/meaning of your nickname?!?!?! Just wondering.....

[Deutschland Uber Alles]

What's the problem with my name.I like it.








P.S. Deutschland sind uber alles.

[Subedei]

Well, one could state this "über" feeling was used/fostered in a period in time which wasn´t all that "über" at all...in fact it was the worst period in German history. I think you know what I am talking about here...

The people who use this expression in our days in Germany may be described as "strange" to say the least.


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[Peasant Phill]

You can watch match OMG OMG They are so . .Have you ever watched a real football match?Just go and watch some champions league games,not .Biking is very easy ,but football takes years to practice and even learn how to kick a ball.So please just go watch biking........or football cause real football isn't for .Of course everyone fackes at football cause that is a part of the game and at cycling if you injure and fall you gain nothing so you must continue but at football if you injure and fall you get a free kick or a penalty.Nobody cares about you football-haters cause football is the king of sports.Football is the most loved sport in the world and you can't do nothing.You said you know to play football but i never saw a man who knows to play football well but doesn't likes to watch it on television...

First, calling me a sissy is an insult to me. I doubt that any of my direct opponents (in a football match) thought of me as a sissy. I wouldn't dare presume that your age and the hormones that come with it has anything to do with your statement and the formulation of said statement.

Secondly, I'm no football hater and I love watching both very much on TV or live. I both practrice it, football on wednesday (indoor) and sunday and biking on sunday in the off-season. I like and dislike both sports for various reasons. Faking a foul isn't part of the game just as taking doping isn't part of cycling (before you start about that remember that there also is doping in football).

Thirdly, the skill required for both sports. True, technically and tactically football is much more complex than cycling but cycling isn't easy. Cyclist must do at least as much for their sport as football players do. I've never heard of a cyclist that partied all night and gave a good performance the next day. Football is part technical, cycling is all physical.

And last but not least, No sport is king of sports and no one is trying to something about it. No sport is superiour to the other, you just like a sport or you don't (as much). I don't mind you hating cycling, I was just answering a question you posed.

[Galapagos]

No sport is king of sports

I can't agree with you here.I like cycling more than i like football but i think deutsch uber alles is right.Football is the king of sports because it is practiced by more people than any other sports.And its easy to play it anywhere ,you just need a ball.I agree with you:No sport is superior to the other.Only people can give a sport the title:,,King of sports" and more people like football than any other sport.All around the world football is called king of sports.