Silly Commuter TDF Watching Society- now with posters' links
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Last year's Tour was one of 3 events* which got me back on the bike and commuting.
Looking forward to this years tour, though haven't a clue who most of the riders are, in fact the last tour I watched in full was in the Indurain era?
Will you be watching this year?
20 Greatest Tour moments on ITV 4 now (7pm) and +1 at 8pm, just to get you started
EDIT to include posters' links and you tube bits
Cycling Fans Link http://www.cyclingfans.com/
Austrailian Coverage http://tdf.sbs.com.au/tdf2009/web/flash/index.html
Tour Website http://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_courseTDF.html
You tube - Speed Wobble on Descent http://www.letour.fr/2009
You tube - Stephen Roche http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQojh-wqL04
Looking forward to this years tour, though haven't a clue who most of the riders are, in fact the last tour I watched in full was in the Indurain era?
Will you be watching this year?
20 Greatest Tour moments on ITV 4 now (7pm) and +1 at 8pm, just to get you started
EDIT to include posters' links and you tube bits
Cycling Fans Link http://www.cyclingfans.com/
Austrailian Coverage http://tdf.sbs.com.au/tdf2009/web/flash/index.html
Tour Website http://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_courseTDF.html
You tube - Speed Wobble on Descent http://www.letour.fr/2009
You tube - Stephen Roche http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQojh-wqL04
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One of my best mates is getting married on the day of the Ventoux stage, I mean how inconsiderate is that?
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...I can taste blood"
Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
Just how many stages will Cav win, and will Columbia be mopping up the sprint points he doesn't get to ensure he stays in green? Is it now accepted he will have little trouble actually making it to Paris? Andy Schleck, 12 months ago he was the darling of the cycling world, and apparently a real threat for this years tour....where is he now? Has he been sandbagging or is he out of it now?
Just how many times will Kelly say "certainly"?
And then ITV & C4 doing the coverage over the last few years - Phil L really does have the voice to do this sort of thing - anyone seen his "who's this coming out of the mist?" when Roche appeared from nowhere to close an apparently almighty gap to effectively win the tour? Ligget caught the moment.
TdF is the only thing I've ever done on Youtube, last year. 3 riders haring down a wet mountain and the 3rd of the 3 has a bit of a wobble under braking into a sequence of bends, and loses his nerve a bit. The other two are away like scalded rabbits - the motorbike with the camera clearly gets the order to ignore the dropped rider and get onto the two leaders and we're treated to a mad situation of a motorbike trying to catch two cyclists and failing for a good minute or so [of edited tv]. Here it is.
What else? The scenery - majestic. Any mountain stage is the biz - they all put Poundon Hill into perspective, if not the hills out of Chapel en le Frith towards Glossop. They is big man..
TdF - awesome. Three weeks of top sport on tap. Lovely. I'll be there.
This year I've asked questions, brushed up on the rules, read the preview and the 'ones to watch' articles and am ready to fully engross myself in the Tour de France.. albeit I only have ITV4, I need to secure Eurosport....
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
Looking forward to seeing how Gesink get on in the mountains, and I think the sprints will be good now Boonen's back (Cav's former teammate, Ciolek, is also a bit handy).
Contador for GC. Sastre doesn't have as strong a team as last year. Would love to see Schleck put the hammer down in the mountains - could make for interesting duels with Contador. Menchov has little chance - he will need others to lose it to podium, let alone win.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."
Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
Phil Liggett on the commentary
OMG ...... not a proper cyclist then....burd or not.....
Being a burd isn't an excuse. I took time off last year to watch the Tour and it was great. pity I couldn't do the same this year.
Anyway put it this way...fit blokes in lycra
could try http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/8114538.stm
Oh, I remember watching that when it happened (well, on the C4 6:30 highlights programme). It was brilliant.
"...and just who is that rider coming up behind, because that looks like Roche... That looks like Stephen Roche! It's Stephen Roche who's come over the line! He almost caught Pedro Delgado, I don't believe it... What a finish by Stephen Roche..."
One of my all-time favourite moments in any sport, let alone cycling, let alone le Tour. Relive it on YouTube (from 1:50 or so).
No mist though, so maybe I've got the wrong moment entirely... /o\
My wife, also a burd, has no interest in sport, televised or other.
She does watch the TDF, the Masters Golf from Augusta and Italian Football (especially Inter)
She says its for the scenery. :shock:
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Funny how the memory plays tricks, I also remember mist.
Looking at the start list for this years tour I see his son Nicholas listed, does anyone know if he is any good?
Also did Garmin not have an Irishman on their team?
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have taken time off to watch the first week and mountain stages 7,8 and 9
http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/us ... cours.html
Remember back to the days of C4 18:30 highlights and recording the finishes in the C4 TdF guide book that cost near £5, much more than my pocket money. In all got to be close to 20 yrs now.
"Who won the senior pro celeb golf, dear? Jimmy Tarbuck? Really, that's a turn up!"
Nicholas is pretty handy, yes. He's just won the Irish National Championships, and came 13th in last years Vuelta. I don't think he's out to repeat that in the Tour but look for him to try and grab a stage in a breakaway if he can.
Garmin's Irish rider is Roche's cousin, Dan Martin, who was last years Irish National Champion, who came second to Valverde in the recent Volta a Catalunya, even though Valverde had already been banned in Italy. He pulled out of the Tour on Thursday/Friday due to tendenitis, so should be looking to the Vuelta later in the year now instead.
Cervelo didn't select Philip Deignan for the Tour.
cant see that
FCN 4 sometimes
My work productivity dips inexplicably in july (and in may for that matter)
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"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."
Can't see him winning the Green Jersey this year, my impression has always been that the Green Jersey is won by sprinters who are past their peak. Cav certainly doesnt fit this category.
I can't see him busting a gut to pick up points in sprints for the lower places on stages won by breakaways.
His ultimate aim, for this year at least must be the final stage on the Champs Elysees
My prediction 4 wins including the Final Stage and the slowest time possible up Ventoux.
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8th today, you weren't far wrong
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CyclingFans is the place to look for live streams. I tried that once during the Giro in May but it was too risky at work. Have finally replaced the ageing, censored Freeview set-top box with a PVR so can record Tuesday's evening coverage on ITV4 while I'm out marshalling at the local TT.
I started watching when C4 was first on, 1984 I think, the year Robert Millar won the polka-dot jersey. Sir Bob. Had a few years with no TV but been glued to it every evening for 3 weeks in July both before and since.
I keep an eye on the comic's tweets. Quite a few pro riders (including Wegelius and now Wiggins) and teams (Cervélo, Slippy) tweeting but it can get a bit tedious. I don't do 'my daily diary' stuff.
For the most in-depth coverage, discussion and dissection you cannot possibly beat the dedicated fans at www.podiumcafe.com
Watched it ever since, even took three weeks off last year to watch the whole lot. have no such luxury thins year, although tomorrow I will watch the highlights via the internet while on late shift , no sound, but heck who needs that.
The Commander has however taken three weeks off to watch the Tour and get out on his own bike in the mornings. Alright for some, I need a job that pays as much as his!
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."
It worked for Stage 1, but now is geo-locked
Anyone got an Austrialian Proxy that allows streaming?