Tour of Cali

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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Is the ToC worth downloading so far? Or should I stick to the Giro?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Is the ToC worth downloading so far? Or should I stick to the Giro?

    Stick to the Giro, watch the ToC highlights.
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    B3rnieMac wrote:
    Hincapie 6th in the sprint *raises eyebrows*

    Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! :)

    *Does a sex wee*
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Stick to the Giro, watch the ToC highlights.

    Merci!

    *doffs hat*

    P.S. Thought the first 5 stage placings were a joke. Then I checked the Amgen web site. Heinrich must be full of QQ...
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    On stage 1 I chummied up to the Amgen tacker and good 'ol Eurosport, in the optimistic
    hope that I might see a slightly different ATOC.
    After one stage and three lots of deja vu, I find myself once again slipping into a Cali coma.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I've found that even though the stage wins have been the same, the action during the stages has generally been better than the Giro.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Kittel isnt very versatile. Not one top ten. Havent bothered to see if he was even there to contest anything.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    B3rnieMac wrote:
    Hincapie 6th in the sprint *raises eyebrows*

    Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! :)

    *Does a sex wee*

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    Contador is the Greatest
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    iainf72 wrote:
    I've found that even though the stage wins have been the same, the action during the stages has generally been better than the Giro.

    Think they both have been very predictable. Sprints have been better that the Giro though.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    But it does sound like the live coverage missed out on all the action from yesterday's stage. Maybe some highlights would have been better to watch?
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    175-DSC_619120copy-1.jpg

    Thanks Frenchie! :)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Anyone seen Voigt's paint job?

    shut_up_legs_07_600.jpg

    shut_up_legs_05_600.jpg

    shut_up_legs_02_600.jpg

    Yanks eh?
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Yanks eh?

    No, he's German. :wink:
  • majormantra
    majormantra Posts: 2,094
    I like the concept of Jens' bike, but the execution is cheesy. Kind of what you expect from Trek though.
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    It's like a recurring nightmare, every night just after midnight I wake up on the sofa to see Peter Sagan celebrating.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    I like the concept of Jens', but the execution is cheesy.

    Fixed.

    Jens is pretty much a cartoon character these days.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Good TT by Gesink. Tour dark horse?
  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    Sagan making the most of the shelter from the "Massive" crowd along that dual carriageway :D
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Pross wrote:
    Good TT by Gesink. Tour dark horse?

    Be interesting to see how he goes on "THE" stage to Mount Baldy.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Gesink likes riding outside of Europe.

    Shame they're all chippers.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Hopefully Gesink can finally prove his worth in the Tour this year, if he can climb and TT at his best he could definitely get in on the action, maybe even on the podium. Every extra contender will hopefully make the racing more exciting.

    He obviously won't win though, he rides for Rabobank after all.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Hopefully Gesink can finally prove his worth in the Tour this year, if he can climb and TT at his best he could definitely get in on the action, maybe even on the podium. Every extra contender will hopefully make the racing more exciting.

    He obviously won't win though, he rides for Rabobank after all.

    Needs to stop crashing.

    Bleeding carrot innit?

    Hopefully he'll have recovered from his dad dying. I think everyone underestimated how much that affected him.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    woeful disparity in the quality of the field.
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Boonen's properly tweeting now.

    Need to get him to start tweeting me regularly without being a stalker person who tweet them about 70 times a day.

    Hmmm...

    Need to brush up on some edgy Dutch chat. Probably about cars or something.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Boonen's properly tweeting now.

    Need to get him to start tweeting me regularly without being a stalker person who tweet them about 70 times a day.

    Hmmm...

    Need to brush up on some edgy Dutch chat. Probably about cars or something.

    Pretend to be a 17 year old girl?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Way too manly for that.

    Can't hide this junk.

    Maybe I'll turn him.....
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Pross wrote:
    Boonen's properly tweeting now.

    Need to get him to start tweeting me regularly without being a stalker person who tweet them about 70 times a day.

    Hmmm...

    Need to brush up on some edgy Dutch chat. Probably about cars or something.

    Pretend to be a 17 year old girl?

    Boonen would probably regard that as a MILF
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • cycling5280
    cycling5280 Posts: 279
    Pross wrote:
    Good TT by Gesink. Tour dark horse?

    For sure. He's already way ahead of the Schleck brothers.

    www.1kmtogo.blogspot.com
  • cycling5280
    cycling5280 Posts: 279
    Hopefully Gesink can finally prove his worth in the Tour this year, if he can climb and TT at his best he could definitely get in on the action, maybe even on the podium. Every extra contender will hopefully make the racing more exciting.

    He obviously won't win though, he rides for Rabobank after all.

    He's already way ahead of the Schleck brothers with his strong TT performance yesterday. He'll be up there in the Tour if he doesn't crash himself out. Getting excited for the Tour!! www.1kmtogo.blogspot.com
  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    Are they using a cheap HD version at the Giro ??? - The picture on HD from california is Crystal Clear.....watching the giro it's as if they are using a camcorder :D