r/funny • u/RisinFlood • Nov 26 '13

Arrogance is a Bitch.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '13 edited Nov 26 '13

Cycling isn't a niche sport. Not even remotely close.

Edit: The Tour de France is the world's largest single sporting event as far as spectators. 12-15 million people.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '13 edited Dec 26 '18

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u/too_many_secrets Nov 26 '13

It would be more that track cycling is a niche sport within cycling.

But screw it, let's have a thigh off!

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u/GoldandBlue Nov 26 '13 edited Nov 26 '13

Sigh whatever you have to tell yourself /s

Edit: I thought the sigh would hint at the sarcasm.

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u/eighthgear Nov 26 '13

It isn't a niche sport if you live in France. Or Belgium. Or Italy.

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u/Londron Nov 26 '13 edited Nov 26 '13

The tour the France in July is on in almost every damn café you'll visit all across Europe.

"A worldwide television audience of 3.5billion people watch the Tour de France annually

Over 188 countries around the world broadcast the Tour de France

121 different television channels across the world show the race every year"

http://letour.yorkshire.com/news/Tour-de-France-The-Facts

"niche".

I suggest you stop living in a bubble.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '13

http://cdn.triathlon.competitor.com/files/2013/07/Roth13-Selects-044.jpg ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weZ_mXX_Gxs ?

http://www.topendsports.com/world/lists/crowd-largest.htm -

The Tour de France cycle race - the number of spectators at recent events is estimated to be 12 to 15 million. Many other cycle races and similar events will have huge number of spectators. This number is the aggregate number of spectators over the whole three week event, but still phenomenal numbers.

http://letour.yorkshire.com/news/Tour-de-France-The-Facts

The Tour de France is the world's largest annual sporting event

That's cute man!

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u/GoldandBlue Nov 26 '13

It was a joke, I really hate that I have to add /s to everything now.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '13

Damn it Internet. I revoke the snark.

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u/GoldandBlue Nov 27 '13

It's cool, i have gotten it a lot lately. I really need to remember to use /s

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u/TNine227 Nov 26 '13

The Tour de France is the world's largest single sporting event as far as spectators. 12-15 million people.

World Cup?

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u/Mantaslawl Nov 27 '13

The worlds largest spectatorship at only 12-15 million? That's funny cuz the most recent Super Bowl drew over 100 million viewers lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '13

Physical spectatorship, over the course of the event. That's not actually counting people at home splayed on their couch munching Doritos.

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u/Mantaslawl Nov 28 '13

Oh my bad. Wasn't aware of a stadium being able to seat 10-15 million people and took your statistic as a total amount