Pro Cycling: The 104th Tour de France

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Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Good OP.

Alex Dowsett has been ruled out of TdF with chest infection so the tour might start in Yorkshire with no riders from England proper. Cav is from the isle of man which i guess counts.

also on the subject of GW1516 it rapidly causes cancer's all over the body, nastiest PED ever invented.
*insert picture of froomes mother in law*

# ¿ Jun 30, 2014 14:14

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 21:47

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

serious gaylord posted:

Cant believe they've dropped him. This was his farewell race and the team have been getting ready to give him a send off and he was playing the road captain role. They've dropped him on 'health concerns' after he pulled over at the British Nationals, where he was the only Garmin sharp rider.

he was panicking last night on twitter about it. I think what's sealed it is talanksys dauphine performance. They're having to be ruthless because for the first time in a while they have a real GC threat in the tour, gutted for him though.

# ¿ Jun 30, 2014 18:59

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Hopefully going to cycle out to catch a bit of stage 3 going through Epping Forrest. Saw a bunch of team cars when I was going down the M1, I'm hyped.

# ¿ Jul 2, 2014 14:00

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

ITV love adverts, especially if they make you miss something important.

Great attack by nibali, perfect example of how you can get away if people start looking at each other

# ¿ Jul 6, 2014 16:46

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Seen the full highlights and the crowds on the climbs were every bit as badly behaved as they are in France with people crowding the riders and jumping in front to get a photo. Great to see such huge numbers though.

Also after seeing it again I don't think Contador couldn't respond to froomes attack he just sees that TJ is closing him down and follows his wheel, never looked in trouble. Good stage though.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2014 20:59

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Someone called in a favour and now every information screen in the large office i'm in at the moment has got the tour on!

my desk doesn't face any of them :smith:

# ¿ Jul 7, 2014 13:01

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Haha holy poo poo i hadn't seen this from yesterday

vine.co/v/MPzvggEvOWZ

# ¿ Jul 7, 2014 14:52

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

This isn't the best organised peloton

# ¿ Jul 7, 2014 15:58

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Time for renshaw to show he can do something. OPQS leading out kittel again

# ¿ Jul 7, 2014 16:03

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Pocket posted:

No one could get close to Kittel there.

Yeah it doesn't look like anyone's going to challenge him on the flat stages. Sagan still almost certainly getting green though

# ¿ Jul 7, 2014 16:10

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

TraderStav posted:

Does everyone's time start at the same moment or when they cross the start line? Meaning that someone could have a better time but not cross the finish first? It seems that all times start at the same moment since the moment at the finish line is so critical.

The clock starts for everyone at the same time at the beginning of a stage. Everyone who crosses the line in a group gets the same finish line to stop crashes because of people fighting for 100th place which is where you might be getting confused.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2014 16:13

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Twicw i had people step into my path without looking where I couldn't avoid them when going into uni around South Kensington it's surprising how easy they down and how little you're affected if you have a split second to adjust your weight.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2014 16:31

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

krushgroove posted:

While I have little sympathy for the people who had their phones or themselves knocked to the ground, has there ever been any sort of attempt to complain, sue, attack on social media or anything like that from people who've been hurt or whatever? They guy who was knocked down today was laying on the ground for a while, and he seemed old.

"I stepped out into the road where I knew a race was taking place which had put out several warnings in the media about how dangerous that was and now I would like compensation"

Not sure it'd fly

# ¿ Jul 7, 2014 21:16

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

I didn't see the froome crash, how did he go down? Fairly major knock to confidence before tomorrows stage

EDIT: looking through the team lists i can't see anyone who's going to guide froome or contador through the cobbles like sparatacus did for schleck.

Loving Africa Chaps fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Jul 8, 2014

# ¿ Jul 8, 2014 14:32

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

accipter posted:

Ugh, three Lotto riders went down and Greg Henderson abandoned the race.

Greipels not winning a sprint then

# ¿ Jul 8, 2014 16:14

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Bolivar posted:

Where are the cobbles tomorrow in terms of stage profile (which kilometers)? I'm checking the tour-website etc. but either the info is not there or I can�t read it

# ¿ Jul 8, 2014 16:17

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

demare did well today, hope it's not just a sagan/kittel whitewash.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2014 16:49

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Pocket posted:

Though it means Trek have no real confidence in their GC contenders, Cancellara has been given completely free reign for tomorrow!

I hope people actually try and race rather then sit on his wheel. Would like some more :tinfoil:

bike changes too

# ¿ Jul 8, 2014 18:24

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

RIP all the collarbones. It's a bit of a vicious cycle in that the peloton is going to be more frantic now it's wet as the GC guys fight to stay at the front and therefore crashes are more likely. I can see froome losing time today thanks to sky's lack of race craft though I guess they have eisel to help him.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 08:23

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Cobbles are a huge test of bike handling, especially when wet. You've also got to be tough enough to stay alert and race while taking a pounding

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 13:07

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Got Eurosport instead of itv :getin:

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 14:11

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

This looks miserable

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 14:20

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

That looks bad for froome. I think we're about to see him retire and the stage get neutralised

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 14:42

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

That's a massive shame for the tour as a spectacle

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 14:44

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

serious gaylord posted:

Contador has been dropped by the leaders.

He's just chilling, I guess he's not bothered by losing some time to nibali

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 15:12

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

This is incredible from Astana

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 16:01

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Excellent stage, GC should be amazing

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 16:20

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Gibbo posted:

What the gently caress are you talking about. With froome gone, there may actually be a race this year. The tour is the single shittiest race of the year, even moreso when there's a clearcut winner from day 6. Doubly so when that winner has no charisma and every interview translates to "I'm on poo poo you haven't banned yet; come at me"

The dauphine was cool mate

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 17:59

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Has it rained much recently? Roads that have been baked by the sun or recently tarmacked are horrendous when wet as they've got tons of oil on the surface.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2014 14:46

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

serious gaylord posted:

They dont have gps trackers on the riders do they? I often hear that as the main complaint from commentators. They dont have accurate timing data so they cant see if gaps are increasing/decreasing, and indeed they often don't have a clue where people actually are. They often get the breakaway riders wrong because the camera doesnt catch their number or whatever.

They have GPS trackers on the tv bikes which is how they get the time gaps iirc. I'm sure it'd be feasible to stick timing matts down over the course occasionally just to confirm exactly who's in which group if GPS isn't possible and some live telemetry of speed and power would be loving awesome.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2014 10:36

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

thehustler posted:

Isn't this how it's done already?

Edit: http://cyclingtips.com.au/2012/06/how-time-gaps-are-calculated/

The issue is there's only so many bikes and on narrow roads they can't get through to each group

# ¿ Jul 11, 2014 11:56

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Mr.Nice posted:

Elmiger, Huzarski, Pichot, Delaplace, Edet et Busche with a 3'25" lead, best ranked at GC is Elmiger at 9'25" from Nibali.

According to le tour medical report, Delaplace is on anti inflammatoire, i e Corticosteroid

Cannondale on the front of the peloton but the rest doesn't seem interest to chase. Could be the first breakaway win of the tour.

Live start at 2:15pm CET (in 75min)

It's almost certainly something like ibuprofen which is a non-steroidal anti inflammatory drug rather then a corticosteroid

# ¿ Jul 11, 2014 12:02

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

Am I crazy, or did they not pick up coverage until the second half of the stage? Watching the British EuroSport stream, if it makes a difference.

There's only so many ch�teau's and windmills you can talk about when there's not much happening on the road, especially on flat stages.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2014 13:43

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Some of the big mountain stages occasionally have early coverage too but there's much more likely to be stuff going on then

# ¿ Jul 11, 2014 14:13

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

serious gaylord posted:

Anyone think Nibali might have a go over the top and just descend like a mad man today?

Cat 4 isn't going to be enough of a descent to give him any serious time but i think sagan may well launch off it

# ¿ Jul 11, 2014 14:18

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

He's going to lose time

# ¿ Jul 11, 2014 15:58

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Why the gently caress was talansky sprinting? what an idiot

Whoa that looks like a dead heat

# ¿ Jul 11, 2014 16:13

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Did talanksy gain any time on nibali?

# ¿ Jul 11, 2014 16:33

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

i like coquard, i'm please he hasn't seem to have given up on green. think this should be a cracking stage both up front and in the peleton

# ¿ Jul 12, 2014 15:14

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 21:47

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

ITV outdoing themselves once again. gently caress this i'm going into in the living room and watching eurosport. wasn't going to get work done anyway.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2014 15:37

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