You begin to talk about the TV pundits as if they are your mates
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Tour Fever set in yet? (pic: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)
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Addicted to the Tour? Best be prepared to form the basis of all of your colleagues' cycling knowledge then (Pic: OPQS/Tim De Waele)
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Just casually sitting back enjoying a newspaper & a bottle of wine on my rest day #TDF2015
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Cobbles and pavements, or is that pavé and road furniture?
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Get the bidons in, you're going to need a good stock (pic: Brasynn, via Flickr Creative Commons)
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While it might look 'pro' to shave your legs, there are also potential performance benefits to be had (Pic: Sirotti)
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Who to pick?
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The true Tour addict can recreate all of the TV adverts (pic: Alpecin, via YouTube)
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Shout loud enough and they'll actually hear you...
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As my man Ned was saying yesterday... (pic: Brassynn, via Flickr Creative Commons)
You begin to talk about the TV pundits as if they are your mates
“Yeah it’s like Chris was saying the other day, Cavendish just needs to wait that little bit longer to launch his sprint.”
“Gary said the funniest thing the other day!”
“Have you read Ned’s book? There’s loads of great stories in it about the Tour.”
If any of the above sound familiar you may be suffering from a case of Tour Addiction.
Watching too much coverage can lead to a blurring of the lines between reality and what appears on the screen, and you could end up believing you have an actual rapport with Messrs Boardman, Imlach and Boulting or Kirby, Kelly and LeMond.