32 days until the Tour Down Under...

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,938
    You can buy a day pass for £10 via NOW tv - but that seems silly.

    Dunno if Steephill or Cycling Fans have it.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    TailWindHome wrote:
    You can buy a day pass for £10 via NOW tv - but that seems silly.

    Dunno if Steephill or Cycling Fans have it.


    Cyclingfans had it last year

    Think Steephill have stopped streaming, havent they?
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Cool, I'll check out cyclingfans, only problem I find with that is you always see who wins before you watch the race (I know it's about how they won rather than who but I'd still prefer not to know!)
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,938
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    You can buy a day pass for £10 via NOW tv - but that seems silly.

    Dunno if Steephill or Cycling Fans have it.


    Cyclingfans had it last year

    Think Steephill have stopped streaming, havent they?

    Dunno.

    Something amiss with a sport if the fans rely on dodgy internet feeds to watch the races though....
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,938
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Voeckler is racing TdU for the first time.


    Apparently he's lost a lot of weigh.

    Can't remember who tweeted that....but they used the word skeletal
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Reckon he is a big favourite if he wants to race. At least game on for a stage.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    TailWindHome wrote:

    Dunno.

    Something amiss with a sport if the fans rely on dodgy internet feeds to watch the races though....

    To be fair, virtually all big races are on Eurosport, it's just unfortunate that Sky have a couple too. I will re-subscribe to them for the TDU, their meagre Spring Classics coverage, their RCS package stuff and what they deem worthy to show of the Swiss faces assuming they still have the rights, then cancel in June.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,541
    Are we nearly there yet?

    Need some racing to make this site tolerable again!
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Pross wrote:
    Are we nearly there yet?

    Need some racing to make this site tolerable again!


    Hang on in there...pics of riders with koalas and snakes should be appearing in the next few days
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    No pics of snakes please! I'm terrified :shock:

    Koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, echidnas, wombats all good. Tony Abbott and snakes not so good.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Above The Cows wrote:
    No pics of snakes please! I'm terrified :shock:

    Koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, echidnas, wombats all good. Tony Abbott and snakes not so good.


    Someone needs to post that pic from his Twitter feed last year of Arnaud Demare with unrepentent-face bitey Koala

    Get us in the mood
  • mr_poll
    mr_poll Posts: 1,547
    EBH and shy koala

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  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Aren't Koalas notorious for being transmitters of Chlamydia?
  • gpreeves
    gpreeves Posts: 454
    Crampeur wrote:
    Aren't Koalas notorious for being transmitters of Chlamydia?

    Be careful around Demare then:

    Arnaud Demare ‏@ArnaudDemare 19 Jan
    Les koalas paraissent si inoffensifs.. Ne pas de fier aux apparences
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    Arnaud Demare ‏@ArnaudDemare 19 Jan
    L'auteur du crime ;-)
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    :D

    Evidence that even bitey koalas recognise EBH as a superior being
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Crampeur wrote:
    Aren't Koalas notorious for being transmitters of Chlamydia?

    I think they might. Remember that koala that was rescued from the bush fires a few years back by the firefighters, where it literally runs up to them and then drinks from their water bottle even though they're usually very shy - as evidenced above - while all the time looking like it's survived the Battle of the Somme?

    Well she later died of chlamydia in a wildlife rescue place. :cry:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    Crampeur wrote:
    Aren't Koalas notorious for being transmitters of Chlamydia?
    Yes. This came public knowledge when a koala p1ssed on One Direction.
    They didn't catch it, but the koala is now the music critic for the Guardian.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    :D

    Evidence that even bitey koalas recognise EBH as a superior being

    Or they just think he's William Hague :lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    :D

    Evidence that even bitey koalas recognise EBH as a superior being

    Or they just think he's William Hague :lol:


    Oh shush, you... :wink:
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,541
    Crampeur wrote:
    Aren't Koalas notorious for being transmitters of Chlamydia?

    Useful knowledge, sort of a 'contaminated beef' excuse for future rugby tours to Oz :lol:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    A major disappointment and disgrace that Dayer Quintana now cannot race due to visa issues.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dayer-q ... ut-delayed
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    frenchfighter wrote:
    A major disappointment and disgrace that Dayer Quintana now cannot race due to visa issues.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dayer-q ... ut-delayed


    Real shame, was looking forward to seeing his debut alongside Nairo in Argentina

    Visa issues are a major ongoing problem for Colombian riders. Klaus Bellon Gaitán wrote about it last year
    http://www.cyclinginquisition.com/2013/ ... kroad.html
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    frenchfighter wrote:
    A major disappointment and disgrace that Dayer Quintana now cannot race due to visa issues.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dayer-q ... ut-delayed
    Damn, I was looking forward to seeing him ride.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,938
    Voeckler out. Suspected collar bone.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    That is terrible news. Really awful. Not even done one race and had only taken the metal out his collarbone a couple of weeks ago. Really hope he can recover mentally and physically fast. The racing will be poorer without him.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • MartinGT
    MartinGT Posts: 475
    Poor Tommy V :(
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ah rubbish, I was looking forward to Tommy mucking about and lighting things up. Hopefully it won't ruin his whole season.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Ah rubbish, I was looking forward to Tommy mucking about and lighting things up. Hopefully it won't ruin his whole season.


    Sure it wont. If you're going to have a break like this, now's probably as good a time as any. He usually likes to kick off his season with Tour Med and Haut Var, it'll probably rain on that particular parade.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    A race is always more colourful with Voeckler in it. Hopefully he can recover quickly.

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