Tour of California: Pre photos

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited May 2010 in Pro race
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  • csp
    csp Posts: 777
    Don't you call that helmet ugly, I have one like that. :)
  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    Tony Martin doesn't look like he's in California...
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Are Chav's braces off?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • wicked
    wicked Posts: 844
    Don't know about the braces but cav looks slim ,by his standards.
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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    According to That gaylord Lance Armstrong, The TOC is the second biggest race in the world.. TDF comes first...

    I hope the TW4T falls and breaks his collarbone again.. or even better.. His Jaw and his fingers so we don't have to listen or read his shite..
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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,695
    My mate,Tom Davies is there somewhere, looking after the Rabobank boys.

    Works for Giant, used to live in Lanzarote, born in Aberystwyth.

    Nice guy.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I was in California last week and there was a LOT of ToC stuff. It is treated as quite a big deal.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    iainf72 wrote:
    I was in California last week and there was a LOT of ToC stuff. It is treated as quite a big deal.

    money wise is it the second biggest?
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  • MadammeMarie
    MadammeMarie Posts: 621
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Why does Cav use that ugly helmet and not the one Renshaw has.
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    Coz he's hot and whatever he wears looks good on him. :wink:

    Oh, thanks for the photos, by the way. Really good ones!
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    Oh dear, glasses under helmet straps, can it get any worse...
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    mididoctors wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    I was in California last week and there was a LOT of ToC stuff. It is treated as quite a big deal.

    money wise is it the second biggest?

    I don't think so. As I remember it, they were cash strapped last year. But then, California's economy is bigger than most countries, so you never know.

    I think ToC is a reasonable race. But really, at the moment, it's like a random Spanish week long stage race which happens to attract a bunch of TdF guys looking for some training miles.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    iainf72 wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    I was in California last week and there was a LOT of ToC stuff. It is treated as quite a big deal.

    money wise is it the second biggest?

    I don't think so. As I remember it, they were cash strapped last year. But then, California's economy is bigger than most countries, so you never know.

    I think ToC is a reasonable race. But really, at the moment, it's like a random Spanish week long stage race which happens to attract a bunch of TdF guys looking for some training miles.

    True.

    But for Americans who long to see their stars strut their stuff, but never have done because they were the otherside of the pond (and I imagine they are fairly numerous) it will be great. I'm sure it will get fantastic coverage, and, it's THE market for many of the sponsors.

    It will certainly get WAY more coverage in the states that the Giro would.
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  • andy83
    andy83 Posts: 1,558
    Doobz wrote:
    According to That gaylord Lance Armstrong, The TOC is the second biggest race in the world.. TDF comes first...

    I hope the TW4T falls and breaks his collarbone again.. or even better.. His Jaw and his fingers so we don't have to listen or read his shite..

    And this is why england never wins anything cos of our constant hatred of winners

    another lance hater, prob jealous!!
  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    andy83 wrote:
    Doobz wrote:
    According to That gaylord Lance Armstrong, The TOC is the second biggest race in the world.. TDF comes first...

    I hope the TW4T falls and breaks his collarbone again.. or even better.. His Jaw and his fingers so we don't have to listen or read his shite..

    And this is why england never wins anything cos of our constant hatred of winners

    another lance hater, prob jealous!!

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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    But for Americans who long to see their stars strut their stuff, but never have done because they were the otherside of the pond (and I imagine they are fairly numerous) it will be great. I'm sure it will get fantastic coverage, and, it's THE market for many of the sponsors.

    Oh, for sure. And it's a nice place to ride a bike, by the looks of things. I think they need to sort the route out a bit though.

    Interesting looking at Garmin though - They sent their bests guys (IMO) to the Giro.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    I'm sure I read a while back that Z was going for the overall. But maybe they want to give Farrar as good a chance at stage wins as possible. After all, wasn't the whole point of Garmin's sponsorship to break into the European market, so it might make sense form that perspective.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Lets all hope Angry Hunter takes the stage today. That would be a result :wink:
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    iainf72 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    But for Americans who long to see their stars strut their stuff, but never have done because they were the otherside of the pond (and I imagine they are fairly numerous) it will be great. I'm sure it will get fantastic coverage, and, it's THE market for many of the sponsors.

    Oh, for sure. And it's a nice place to ride a bike, by the looks of things. I think they need to sort the route out a bit though.

    How would you 'sort out' the route?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    iainf72 wrote:
    it's like a random Spanish week long stage race which happens to attract a bunch of TdF guys looking for some training miles.

    Spot on. Not even a nice parcours and has an inflated sense of importance, lending itself to a race only the US domestic market would be interested in.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Rick Chasey wrote:

    How would you 'sort out' the route?

    Mountain top finish. A proper one, not this Bear Lake lark we've got.

    I'd also like to see a stage ending based roughly on the old GP San Francisco route (a few circuits)

    http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos/2 ... RKfillmore
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Rick, take a look at the profile links on the right for each stage....it looks really, really boring/un-inventive/average/unchallenging etc.

    http://www.steephill.tv/tour-of-california/
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    JV's view:
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/5th-am ... hc/stage-6
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    FF, are you getting all your interest in the race out of the way before it starts?
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  • csp
    csp Posts: 777
    "Frank" Chicchi's Cannondale

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    DaveyL wrote:
    FF, are you getting all your interest in the race out of the way before it starts?

    What interest is that? It's pretty obvious from my comments that I don't think much of the race.
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  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    frenchfighter wrote:
    DaveyL wrote:
    FF, are you getting all your interest in the race out of the way before it starts?

    What interest is that? It's pretty obvious from my comments that I don't think much of the race.

    Come on FF, keep commenting makes you look like the kid pulling the ponytail of the girl you 'don't like'
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    andy83 wrote:
    Doobz wrote:
    According to That gaylord Lance Armstrong, The TOC is the second biggest race in the world.. TDF comes first...

    I hope the TW4T falls and breaks his collarbone again.. or even better.. His Jaw and his fingers so we don't have to listen or read his shite..

    And this is why england never wins anything cos of our constant hatred of winners

    another lance hater, prob jealous!!

    Lance is not a winner, unless you are thinking of a random MTB race and a US Domestic Chipper.

    Contador, Cancellara, Cav, Valverde etc they are all winners. Some of them people like, some of them people don't, winning is nothing to do with it.
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  • DavMartinR
    DavMartinR Posts: 897
    What's on LA's helmet, Is it an OS map??

    Mite take an old map of mine and stick it to my helmet if it looks cool!!
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    DaveyL wrote:
    FF, are you getting all your interest in the race out of the way before it starts?


    :lol:
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    frenchfighter wrote:
    DaveyL wrote:
    FF, are you getting all your interest in the race out of the way before it starts?

    What interest is that? It's pretty obvious from my comments that I don't think much of the race.


    You have strange way of showing disinterest .
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