tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post2693617990631806430..comments2023-12-18T15:03:52.326+00:00Comments on Jim's Loire: 2014 Tour de France: Ramunas Navardauskas' fine solo win in rain CRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356808627188214016noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post-77204582819533264472014-07-26T09:59:01.462+01:002014-07-26T09:59:01.462+01:00Luc – you have indeed been well behaved! It's ...Luc – you have indeed been well behaved! It's a good question why do people support particular teams. particular sports stars or their country, especially when doing well at sport. <br /><br />You will be pleased to know that the Bergerac time trial has started with Ji Cheng the first starter. I am happy to predict that he will not win the stage.Jim's Loirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post-442009894832846352014-07-26T09:49:03.730+01:002014-07-26T09:49:03.730+01:00Jim, you must admit I’ve been a very good boy inde...Jim, you must admit I’ve been a very good boy indeed during the whole length of this TdF: not a single nasty comment. On top of that, your predictions – I was forced to read them as I was still following your coverage of everything winey in-between – have very often been correct. You are a clever pharmacologist ! <br />No, my point is: French Catalonia is rugby-county (both rugbies) and not many people will even mention bicycle racing. But, when they do, they hope for Frenchies on the podium, as you mention. My very own Lev Davidovitch was more of an internationalist, as you know, and I myself don’t feel any “national” pride at all. This being said, how come people – the British as well – so easily identify with fellow-countrymen in sport ? It is as if their performance would reflect on them all. Is it I who lacks some type of emotional capacity ? What kind of difference do my frontal lobes exhibit? Or is it just I don’t follow the “panem et circenses” model, but rather the “vinum et jazzmusic(e)s” one? <br />Luc Charliernoreply@blogger.com