Tour de France 2017: London turns down chance to host start

On 30/09/2015 09:23, Alycidon wrote:
On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 09:10:51 UTC+1, Bod wrote:
On 30/09/2015 09:03, Alycidon wrote:
On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 09:02:18 UTC+1, Bod wrote:
"To ensure value for money we must make difficult choices," Leon
Daniels, managing director of surface transport at TfL, told BBC Sport.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/34385718

Boris wanted the money spent on cycling infrastructure instead.

http://road.cc/content/news/166305-b...e-grand-depart

The question remains, as Chris Boardman said "Why bid for it in the
first place".
I too find that strange. The costing should've been known before the bid.

Yes - it knackered it for Manchester and Glasgow and I doubt if the organisers will consider the UK again for a long time.

With any luck.

On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 11:44:21 UTC+1, Tarcap wrote:


".......He made no reference to yesterday's report revealing that Welcome to
Yorkshire was left with £750,000 worth of unsold merchandise after the event
and £1m losses overall....."

Shock horror - thrifty Yorkshire folk don't succumb to overpriced tat. We spent our money in the local shops and pubs instead and did not donate it to Chinese sweatshops and their barons.

On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:51:27 +0100, David Lang wrote:

cyclists are idiots.

I am ****ingly glad to be labelled an idiot by the Madway Wankeyman. It
is a real honour cumming from him.

"Peter Keller" wrote in message ...

On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:51:27 +0100, David Lang wrote:

cyclists are idiots.

I am ****ingly glad to be an idiot. It
is a real honour.

As always, FFY

On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 01:23:17 -0700 (PDT), Alycidon wrote:

On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 09:10:51 UTC+1, Bod wrote:
On 30/09/2015 09:03, Alycidon wrote:
On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 09:02:18 UTC+1, Bod wrote:
"To ensure value for money we must make difficult choices," Leon
Daniels, managing director of surface transport at TfL, told BBC Sport.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/34385718

Boris wanted the money spent on cycling infrastructure instead.

http://road.cc/content/news/166305-b...e-grand-depart

The question remains, as Chris Boardman said "Why bid for it in the
first place".
I too find that strange. The costing should've been known before the bid.

Yes - it knackered it for Manchester and Glasgow and I doubt if the organisers will consider the UK again for a long time.


Excellent.

On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 09:24:48 UTC+1, Bod wrote:
On 30/09/2015 09:23, Alycidon wrote:
On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 09:10:51 UTC+1, Bod wrote:
On 30/09/2015 09:03, Alycidon wrote:
On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 09:02:18 UTC+1, Bod wrote:
"To ensure value for money we must make difficult choices," Leon
Daniels, managing director of surface transport at TfL, told BBC Sport.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/34385718

Boris wanted the money spent on cycling infrastructure instead.

http://road.cc/content/news/166305-b...e-grand-depart

The question remains, as Chris Boardman said "Why bid for it in the
first place".
I too find that strange. The costing should've been known before the bid.

Yes - it knackered it for Manchester and Glasgow and I doubt if the organisers will consider the UK again for a long time.

Yup, that's for sure.

We will still have Le Tour De Yorkshire to look forward to anyway.

"Alycidon" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 09:24:48 UTC+1, Bod wrote:
On 30/09/2015 09:23, Alycidon wrote:
On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 09:10:51 UTC+1, Bod wrote:
On 30/09/2015 09:03, Alycidon wrote:
On Wednesday, 30 September 2015 09:02:18 UTC+1, Bod wrote:
"To ensure value for money we must make difficult choices," Leon
Daniels, managing director of surface transport at TfL, told BBC
Sport.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/34385718

Boris wanted the money spent on cycling infrastructure instead.

http://road.cc/content/news/166305-b...e-grand-depart

The question remains, as Chris Boardman said "Why bid for it in the
first place".
I too find that strange. The costing should've been known before the
bid.

Yes - it knackered it for Manchester and Glasgow and I doubt if the
organisers will consider the UK again for a long time.

Yup, that's for sure.

We will still have Le Tour De Yorkshire to look forward to anyway.

Who is this "We"?

On Thu, 01 Oct 2015 10:50:17 +0100, Tarcap wrote:

I am ****ingly glad to be an idiot. It is a real honour.

to be called that by you. And I have absolutely no interest look good in
your eyes.
You are a awful horrible dishonest *******. Changing other people's
posts and then purporting that that was what the other person meant.
That is ****ingly despicable.
If that is "normal then I am ****ingly glad to be "not Normal".

"Peter Keller" wrote in message ...

On Thu, 01 Oct 2015 10:50:17 +0100, Tarcap wrote:

I am ****ingly glad to be an idiot. It is a real honour.

And I are a awful horrible dishonest *******, that is ****ingly despicable.
I am ****ingly glad to be "not Normal".

There you go again

"Peter Keller" wrote in message ...

On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:51:27 +0100, David Lang wrote:

cyclists are idiots.

I am ****ingly glad to be an idiot.