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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jun 29, 2013 - 09:14pm PT
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In day 1 the blood doper took the lead
day 2 the HGH guys made a push..
Day 3??? Amphetamines?
Only time will tell
OMG is that a female??? Are those TITS or intravenous oxygen cannisters??? SHE did it all and is kickin ass......
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shady
Trad climber
hasbeen
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Jun 29, 2013 - 11:51pm PT
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Takes my vote for the strangest final 3 K of a TDF stage.
You could hear it echoing from all the race radios. What?
WTF!
WTF?
WTF?
WTF!
Roger!
WTF!
Repete!
WTF!
Copy?
WTF?
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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Jun 30, 2013 - 12:16am PT
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cyclingnews.com offers good live coverage. They switch out the presenters from time to time so you get different perspectives which is nice so you aren't just getting one view. Here's the link:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jun 30, 2013 - 12:22am PT
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does it show them shooting up.. that's the part I wanna see.
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command error
Trad climber
Colorado
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Jun 30, 2013 - 12:42am PT
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After all the Lance drama I'm afraid the power of subjective thought
is filtering the tv images I see making the riders look ordinary,
clean, and slow.
Can we have the old exciting Tour back?
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jun 30, 2013 - 11:48am PT
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Yes, I'm glad that fellow avoided the post . . . pretty nasty crash but fortunately it looks like everyone will continue.
Vive Le Tour
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Jun 30, 2013 - 11:49am PT
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That was a fantastic finish today. I was sure he was going to get swallowed up by the bunch but he held it. Bravo!!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 30, 2013 - 12:05pm PT
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Best finish I've seen in years!
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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Jun 30, 2013 - 12:43pm PT
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Was I,the only one who,saw all that rock on Corsica. Bite me where I pee that looked like some sick,rock and while that was good those beaches looked amazing.
Add this island to the bucket list.
But seriously Corsica is a tough place to race and the hills are not long drawn out accents they are steep, short and hard.
Col de la Bavella has some really nice granite climbing. Also some good sport climbing in the Gorges de Restefond.
Yes, there are some short road climbs, but nothing really steep. Also, there are some longer road climbs up to 3000' of gain but, again, nothing really steep.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Jun 30, 2013 - 03:39pm PT
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I'm in it for the scenery.
I hear you. Now I need to find the racer with 'tits' - maybe to see if mine are all that bad.
This could be a fun tour. For now though, I'm going to get on my bicycle!
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 30, 2013 - 04:01pm PT
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Great finish today! Scenery was great and the solo at the end held of the peloton!
No dogs were killed, but the owners should get the back of the pimp hand for letting their dog off the leash!
Allez!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Anyone know what happened to Wenatchee's own Tyler Farrar. He wasn't on the TdF start list. The last mention I find of him on the net is his 4th stage win at the Tour of California.
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Ajaccio, yesterday!
Ajaccio, this morning!
With best wishes from Corsica,
Stephane / Nuts Museum
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Yesterday (Sunday) when Bakelants won Phil Liggett MBE ;-) and Paul Sherwen got it completely wrong on the live TV NBCSports feed and called the wrong winner, mistaking the Spanish rider for RadioShack Markel Irizar Aranburu for Bakelants (also RadioShack). It took mybe 1/2 minute to correct, and it was no big deal except maybe for Bakelants. Then during the evening re-broadcast that my wife wanted to see after I said it was the best finish I could remember, they completed redacted the coverage and edited over/out all incorrect rider references and put in Bakelants. That's all well and good I guess, but it was just weird because it was passed off as the delayed live feed. Interestingly enough, cyclingnew.com's live feed got it wrong, too.
I say, all you wacko Supertopo conspiracy theorists: RUN WITH IT! Spaniard kidnapped to giant Arc on the backside of the Moon -> Bakelants to winner's spot!
Also as I asked upthread, anyone know what Tyler Farrar is up to? He wasn't in the TdF starting roster.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2013 - 01:50pm PT
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Thanks for the local update! Nice shots.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Nutstory: Great pictures from Ajaccio. After the Corsicans stopped bombing French post offices on the island, Corsica is quite close to heaven on earth.
Darwin: The Norwegian TV2 expert, Johan Kaggestad, had the wrong winner for 10 minutes. Guess if he will hear that afterwards and guess if he is embarrassed? Lol...
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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I work with the Comcast operations folks regularly. They tell me that day 1 of this year's TdF was the least watched day 1 since they began recording viewership of the event, which began around 2005.
I don't necessarily think this means anything, nor do they. In 2005, Armstrong was a living American hero on his way to #6 (?). And Trek was selling new bicycles like they were tech stocks in 1998.
This is just an observation based on two Philadelphia area counties that I thought was interesting.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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I think the low numbers are because the low-information cycling viewer likes time trials. TT's are more like reality TV for them, which is something they can understand.
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