This weekend...
Apr. 14th, 2007 12:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
philmophlegmOne of my very favourite sporting events is this weekend. Can anyone guess what it is?
(It isn't the FA Cup semi-final, although that will be good too.)
Come on. Can anyone guess?
(It isn't the FA Cup semi-final, although that will be good too.)
Come on. Can anyone guess?
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Date: 2007-04-14 07:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-14 05:02 pm (UTC)In fact I'd have to ask "what rugby?" Rugby League I find quite watchable, but I've always detested Rugby Union.
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Date: 2007-04-14 05:04 pm (UTC)(It's the EDF Energy Anglo-Welsh cup final - Leicester Tigers (my team) v Ospreys).
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Date: 2007-04-14 09:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-15 07:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-15 12:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-15 12:55 pm (UTC)Some clues then:
It's started, but the television coverage in this country doesn't start until 3.30.
It's an event for the 'hard men' of this particular sport.
It is known as "The Hell of the North", not because of its difficulty but because of its location.
There has never been a British winner, but an Irishman has won it twice.
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Date: 2007-04-15 03:20 pm (UTC)Paris-Roubaix
The Queen of the Classics. The Hell of the North.
I'm talking about cycling.