Olympics

[Toronto Villa]

The whole thing is amazing. The cauldron and now the fireworks just cap it off.

[PaulWinch again]

I thought the whole thing was fantastic, well done to those involved.

[danlanza]

A fantastic ceremony, completely British as it should be.

Didn't the Queen look good after throwing herself out of that helicopter !!
Not a hair out of place. Bloody marvelous.

[UK Redsox]

I wonder how many people on the roadside think that the bloke in yellow in the breakaway is Wiggo ?

[hilts_coolerking]

Where is this race taking place?

[Dante Lavelli]

Where is this race taking place?

Surrey.  That is all I know.

[PeterWithesShin]

Sadly the drugs still work, until you're caught.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/28/london-2012-albanian-weightlifter-failed-drugs 

[olaftab]

Despite most of us on here and People generally agreeing that last night was great advert for GB apparently it was all a lefties dominated feeble excuse of an event only catering to a minority taste according to Aidan Burley Tory MP for Stafford.

[UK Redsox]

Gold to Kazakhstan

Lets hope that LOCOG get the anthem right

[olaftab]

A gold medal for Borat's boys in the road race.

[PaulWinch again]

Annoying about Cav failing, he'll be gutted.

[UK Redsox]

Annoying about Cav failing, he'll be gutted.

I wouldn't say that Cav failed.

The rest of the riders just left Wiggo & co to do all the work early on. Then, when the major attack came, they didn't have the legs to pull the breakaway back.

Is the women's race tomorrow over the same course ?

[PaulWinch again]

Annoying about Cav failing, he'll be gutted.

I wouldn't say that Cav failed.

The rest of the riders just left Wiggo & co to do all the work early on. Then, when the major attack came, they didn't have the legs to pull the breakaway back.

Is the women's race tomorrow over the same course ?

I mean in the sense that his aim was to get gold and he failed to do that. Not sure on women's race, but I think so.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

I thought the coverage was very poor by TDF standards. The info available to the commentators and us was risable.

[hilts_coolerking]

One of the commentators - Hugh Porter I think it said his name was - was terrible.  It seemed that every time he identified a rider, or made a comment on how things might pan out, it was immediately shown to be wrong.  He makes Motson sound like Arlott.