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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Jun 30, 2017 - 08:15pm PT
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I apologize if these stories start to repeat, but at the 2009 Giro I shared a hotel for a few days with Thomas Voeckler and his team. There was a short stage from Chieti up the Blockhaus(they stopped that year at about 1800m) and Voeckler got in the early breakaway with a couple of other guys. They got to the bottom of the climb with about 1 minute, but pulled the plug and Pelizotti ended up winning the stage.
At dinner that night I asked Thomas about the stage. He said for a climb of that length and difficulty(6000' vertical gain) he needed at least four minutes at the bottom to have any chance of winning the stage. He said the guys in the breakaway wouldn't work hard enough to get that big of a gap. I looked at him and said, "TV time?" His reply was "yeah, TV time."
We were referring to the fact that the other guys just wanted to be off the front for a while to get themselves on TV.
Bonne route y bonne chance, Thomas!
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Thanks to The Interwebs, I can find out what the sponsors are hawking.
I followed this race for years without ever knowing what Hoonved, Molteni, Fagor, La Vie Claire, Systeme-U and a bunch of others were.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Team Sky comes out of the gate strong . . . Quintana loses a crucial man . . . Sagan and Yates looking good. Team Orica could have some effect. This should be an interesting Tour.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Craig, you never did a Mike McDonald birthday ride.
"What I remember I remember perfectly." unquote.
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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WRONG
Ask Conklin or Wonderly
"How the F*#k would you know if I did one or not" unquote
Did I just remember something that never happened?
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Not that one
His nick name was "The Fossil"
He was old in the nineties, and he's probably still riding hard
He makes cabinets in Laguna Canyon
I gotta catch this thread in morning before the days results are posted
Nothing worse than knowing who won before watching.
Phinney is looking really good, as I watch today's stage
Not sure about having the ITT on the first day
It forces the GC guys to defend their time so early in the race
I bet there will be a lot break aways of non-GC riders, and they just let em go.
I will be interesting
I've been following the Tour since 1978, I remember watching the Hinault -Lemond battle, Spencer Lennard turned me on to Pro Road Racing
I got Winning Magazine for decades
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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I can't believe you're not watching it live!
Live. From France. ( or Germany, or Belgium, or wherever )
For years, if you wanted to follow the race, you read the results in the fine print in the back of the L.A. Times Sports Section, and that was it. We would have killed to see the race broadcast live back then.
Later, after the Americans entered the race, CBS would do a weekly wrap-up once a week, mixed in with golf and horse racing, donkey basketball, and a bunch of other crap. Maybe twenty minutes worth, if you were lucky.
Now, it's broadcast LIVE from France, sometimes the entire stage, start to finish. We've never had it so good, and you're sitting it out.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
but to scared to climb them anymore
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I know nothing about cycling, but gave a former Tour de France winner a float trip on my farm last week. He was thrilled to just chill out and drink beer with no fans mobbing him.
I said, "we could use an extra man for a kayak mussel survey on the Obed next week". He said he needed to get to France for some bike race : ).
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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On my way back from counting sheep. Looking forward to the replay tonight!
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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"I know nothing"
as in you will have to see what happens
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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what channel is broadcasting it live
if it's live on the internet, not gonna bother
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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In the USA the broadcast network is NBCSN which on DirecTV is 220. On the weekends NBC will sometimes show it on the NBC broadcast channel as well.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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First mountain stage is July 9th.
Should be good. 22% grades, and a technical descent.
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Great quote from Taylor Phinney about how long he can hold onto the polka dot jersey:
“Man everyone wants to know how long,” Phinney said to NBC. “Just live in the moment man."
Go T!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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I loved Taylor's racing today.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Sagan takes Stage 3.
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