I bet all the talk will be on the latest veneers and implants
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Maybe you could get a good discount 
My wife occasionally mentions I should get mine whitened; too much tea over the years.
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CP3 done 80th place
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A couple of my mates have done the Tour de Force (not sure what itâs called now), where they rode the Tour route a week in advance with full support. I think it was organised by Geoff Thomasâs charity and the fund raising requirement was something mad like ÂŁ35k 
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I think one of the issues with riding a grand tour route by yourself is that most of the stages donât actually join up, so youâve got to make the extra connections between the stage finishes and starts
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Keep it up fella 
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Leader is just about to finish, that final parcour is a bit cruel pretty much having to pass the finish before going north to go back south.
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The dot watching map has you in 78th.
No81 (boo hiss) is just ahead
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Iâm in awe of how composed & coherent your Instagram updates are under the circumstances.
Keep it up.
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I would imagine half the stages are pretty non-descript without the tour paraphernalia wrapped around them. And the city centre sprint finishes must be a nightmare in traffic.
Much better to just head to the Alpes, Pyrenees, Dolomites and do a few iconic routes without all the transition stages thrown in.
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Absolutely. The year the Tour came to Plymouth (a few months after I was born!) they just went up & down the A38 apparently 
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My thoughts exactly. Or a Raid.
Keep it up Matt.
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Whatâs the Green Leaderboard? Is it vets?
No its some eco thing for people who got the start without flying or something like that.
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Ah right, that does make sense. Hence Matt being on it; not too bad a drive to Belgium. Although I think they should get there under human power 
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Iâve done 3 supported RAIDs and they are great, hard enough to be a real challenge but (so long as youâre competent) you get to finish each day at a decent time.
The Pyrenees is the classic but I thought the Massif Central was head and shoulders better.
Corsica was (for me) less impressive, although I know people who think itâs the best.
RAID Dolomites would share some similarities to this edition of TCR
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Sowler now right on the border of Montenegro and Matt on parcours 3. That certainly looks challenging on a map!
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They are all going so slowly on that 3rd parcours, no doubt weâll get some details later
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Yes, looks horrendous
Had a voice message from @sowler on insta earlier. Seems to be in good spirits still. 
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Blimey, past 9 at night and Matt is still on the parcours.
Maybe 2km to a road and under 10 miles to Peshkopi now but itâs been a real long slog by the look of things
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