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GrimSqueaker posted:I've got a bridge to sell to you. L Ron Hubbard spotted!
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Mr.Nice posted:Nicolas Roche : We were so confident in Alberto, we didn't have a Plan B. Then Plan A went out the window This is how you crash out of a Grand Tour, fracture your leg, ride up a Cat 1, say thank you and good bye to your team and then get in the car. None of that, "Oh I got hairline fractures in my wrists, honest!"
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Pocket posted:This is how you crash out of a Grand Tour, fracture your leg, ride up a Cat 1, say thank you and good bye to your team and then get in the car. None of that, "Oh I got hairline fractures in my wrists, honest!" True. Hopefully Quintana roasts Froomey at the Giro and he fakes another injury to try for the worlds.
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Withnail posted:Cancellara drops out. Wow. At this rate is the finish going to be two guys on the Champs Élysées?
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They took their time diagnosing Froome's injury. I'd have thought they'd have him in in an MRI or CAT scanner within a few hours of the end of the race.
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goatface posted:They took their time diagnosing Froome's injury. I'd have thought they'd have him in in an MRI or CAT scanner within a few hours of the end of the race. Had to photoshop some x-rays and pay off a doctor.
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Saw how Tony was riding and didn't fancy his chances on the TT stage.
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Vuelta's gonna be a mad house
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strangemusic posted:Wow. At this rate is the finish going to be two guys on the Champs Élysées? goatface posted:I'm telling you, last man standing. There'll be a solitary domestique riding into Paris on his own, stopping every 10 minutes to have a drink and massage his bad knee.
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                 List of favourite who abandoned the tour : 1958 : Jacques Anquetil, Abandon due to a disease. 1960 : Roger Rivière, Crashed in descent, so badly injured he remained paraplegic. 1968 : Raymond Poulidor Crashed with a motorcycle 1971 : Luis Ocaña, crashed going downhill after leading by more than 8min over Merckx in the general. 1980 : Bernard Hinault, Abandon for a knee injury 2014 : Chris Froome et Alberto Contador (Contador released a video today for his fans, it's in spanish)      Nibali is the top favourite by far but we haven't see him and Astana in the high mountain yet, will he be as good in high altitude, long col and pass ? Can Astana avoid getting caught in echelon on the flat stage ? Paris is still a long road ahead. For the podium,it is very open, with the two top favourites out of the race it's an unique chance for many riders, they will give it all, some may want to gamble and go all in with long range attack. It will be difficult to control for Astana and Sky. The Top 10 is even more open, anyone within the top 25 may come back in the Top 10 if they can catch the right breakaway. Stage 11 Besançon / Oyonnax 187.5km  EN - Stage Analysis - Stage 11 (Besançon > Oyonnax) Mountain passes & hills Km 141.0 - Côte de Rogna 7.6 km at 4.9% - category 3 Km 148.5 - Côte de Choux 1.7 km at 6.5% - category 3 Km 152.5 - Côte de Désertin 3.1 km at 5.2% - category 4 Km 168.0 - Côte d'Échallon 3 km at 6.6% - category 3 Street View tour of Cote de Desertin Street View tour of Cote d Echallon Intermediate sprint & Finish   Weather forecast  Temp : 25-29°C, Wind < 10km/h Stage 11 Winner odds  Time schedule Start : 12h50 Finish : 17h05 (44 km/h) 17h17 (42 km/h) 17h31 (40 km/h)
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Jul 15, 2014 18:49
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strangemusic posted:Wow. At this rate is the finish going to be two guys on the Champs Élysées? the 1998 edition was the last tour in my memory with so many high profile people dropping out, but let's not revisit *that* clusterfuck.
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Jul 15, 2014 19:20
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Hey what about Rasmussen? He was in yellow. Hey crazy folk, ITV showed off Contador's crash bike along side the broken frame.
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Jul 15, 2014 19:22
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Tony Martin's got a loving big head/small neck combo going.
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TraderStav posted:Ever been any TdF deaths? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France#Deaths
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It's safer than track racing. Or at least safer than track racing used to be. Safer than the Giro too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_cyclists_who_died_during_a_race
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Tom Simpson famously died on the mont ventoux, plenty of specators died and I know of a frenchman who died on a resting day whilst taking a swim.
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A spectator was killed I think by a police moto? At the stage I went to in 09
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They found a body on the Alpe one year I think.
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African AIDS cum posted:A spectator was killed I think by a police moto? At the stage I went to in 09 Yep: 2009: 18 July, Stage 14: A spectator in her 60s was struck and killed by a police motorcycle while crossing a road along the route near Wittelsheim.
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quote:2002: A seven-year-old boy, Melvin Pompele, died near Retjons after running in front of the caravan 
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Yeah, now they have a car with a recorded message about not crossing the road or running into the road when the caravan goes past. When it was in Cambridge it went past nearly an hour after the caravan, but they did their best you know
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Hey, you guys wanna see Europcar's Quéméneur and Réza make bedroom eyes at a cycling themed bottle of beer? you're in luck
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They are hitting social media hard with those beers, it's a Geneva bike shop that has rebranded a German beer and is dishing them out to everyone cycling related they can get a hold of. Drank one of those during the cobbled stage. P good beer, would drink again.
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Disappointed by the lack of rest day drama.
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dema posted:Disappointed by the lack of rest day drama. I know. Where's the hotel room raids?
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I hope Valverde's getting lots of rest and vitamins. He's been quiet. Too quiet. He's up to something. I just know it.
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Phinney is on the rebound! https://vine.co/v/MQZJIZb1W6P
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The crash between Contador's bike and Vanmarcke's bike was real.  Paddyb posted:I hope Valverde's getting lots of rest and vitamins. If the size of breakfast is any indication, he may try something today :  It's Indurain 50th birthday today, happy birthday Miguel, 
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 Elmiger, Delaplace and Lemoine with 6'47" over the peloton. 14h00 Start of Broadcasts 16h00 First climb 17h15 Finish http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/live/aso/ http://www.procyclinglive.com/livestream/ http://www.cyclingfans.com/tour-de-france/live http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/#live
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I wish NBCSN didn't use almost half of the TdF airtime for commercials and then basically only show highlights. I don't watch this poo poo just to see the sprints. I want to see the sights, the crowd and absorb it all in. NBC just doesn't care about the experience at all, it's like an even shittier NASCAR to them.
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LastCaress posted:Does the green jersey have to finish the tour? Yes.
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Twisc posted:I wish NBCSN didn't use almost half of the TdF airtime for commercials and then basically only show highlights. I don't watch this poo poo just to see the sprints. I want to see the sights, the crowd and absorb it all in. NBC just doesn't care about the experience at all, it's like an even shittier NASCAR to them. This was infuriating, I just plunked the $15 for the iPad app and it's fantastic. I just scratch my head as to why they wait until the race is 15-20% underway to begin coverage. I want to see the start and opening commentary when I eat my oatmeal!
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TraderStav posted:This was infuriating, I just plunked the $15 for the iPad app and it's fantastic. I just scratch my head as to why they wait until the race is 15-20% underway to begin coverage. I want to see the start and opening commentary when I eat my oatmeal! I was thinking about buying the desktop version as I only have a Galaxy S4 and my computer. If the desktop version is the same I might pay the $23 whatever to not have to watch this on US TV.
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TraderStav posted:This was infuriating, I just plunked the $15 for the iPad app and it's fantastic. I just scratch my head as to why they wait until the race is 15-20% underway to begin coverage. I want to see the start and opening commentary when I eat my oatmeal! This year has been different but there are usually really really boring stages flat stages, where nothing happens. Beyond the break away forming, the peloton can roll 100km and nothing of note to report. The presenters have it hard enough not repeating themselves three times on the exciting stages.
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