TDF Stage 1 **SPOILERS**

rozzer32
rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
edited July 2011 in Pro race
So it has finally arrived. Uphill finish today that I think will rule out the pure sprinters.

Gilbert is my pick for today, although Ventoso could be an outsider.

Good build up coverage by eurosport today. Stage is live from 12 noon on ITV4 as well.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Gilbert odds on WIlliam hill was 11/10, with the next (Hushovd) at 5/1.

    An uphill finish to Gilbert is like a flat boulevard finish to Cavendish at the moment.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    Greipel on the deck already, back in the bunch now

    Stage still neutralized
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  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    rozzer32 wrote:
    Greipel on the deck already, back in the bunch now

    Stage still neutralized

    Or Sebastian Lang according according to DH.

    great bit of banter there re the green jersey:
    DH - "Yes and Sean you've always argued with me about it-"
    SK - "Yes and I still argue with you"
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    That Eurosport cycling ad "all year long" cool...

    BTW what a pathetic start to the tour... they could at least race over the passage
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Yup - what a waste of causeway. Why even bother?
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Kiryienka better not win this. In the end I went with the safe option of Gilbert but I've just got the feeling that it's going to suit a late counter attack by someone like him.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Why indeed.
    The race starts, so Eurosport HD go car racing............
    3 rabbits left to go up the road.
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  • Scrumple
    Scrumple Posts: 2,665
    Nice - HD cuts to motorsport - leaving me with the awful SD pictures
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    Yea was a bit of a rubbish start.

    3 men up the road as the bunch has another natural break.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,585
    I just got Ale-Jet at 45-1. Pleased with that.
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    Break is now over 2 minutes and growing.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,662
    Can you all stop trying to watch it on ITV4 online so I can get ome bandwith please?
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Spartacus' new Swiss champs kit makes him look even more like some shaggy-haired paramedic.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    Break now over 5 minutes

    Bunch still just enjoying the views.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,662
    thankyou....Not on time with ES on the telly tho... :(
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    Thor riding an S3 and not the new S5 :?
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  • patchy
    patchy Posts: 779
    LangerDan wrote:
    Spartacus' new Swiss champs kit makes him look even more like some shaggy-haired paramedic.

    Registered first aider for the peloton? Makes sense given his concern for everyone's* welfare coming into Spa last year...


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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Eurosport player keeps freezing/buffering and this is just the low quality feed. I wouldn't be so bothered if it was free, but the Eurosport Player is a subscription service, so it needs to actually work.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,662
    http://www.fromsportcom.com/v-2/10/16/v-301618.html

    ITV working fine for me now too!

    mixing them like a top Deejayy I am innit!
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  • Scrumple
    Scrumple Posts: 2,665
    What are the blue symbols on the stage profile? Feed?
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Scrumple wrote:
    What are the blue symbols on the stage profile? Feed?
    Correct. Feeding station
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,662
    These boardman adverts are cringeworthy!!!
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    ddraver wrote:
    These boardman adverts are cringeworthy!!!

    I did often wonder why there were 2nd and 3rd places.


    Because it wouldn't be a f**king podium otherwise would it Mr Boardman you d**k.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,662
    I can't work out why he's doing a Brian Cox impression either....??
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    In the "All Season Long" ad, the voice over for the Ronde clip is none other than......... Phil
    :shock:
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    wow.,.. what a crash
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,662
    ooohhh god that looked horrible!!
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  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Goss down by the looks of things, being paced back.

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