TOUR DE FRANCE 2010

IM0

he's back..that is all

velo.2010

The sh't(scandals) may hit the fan after the race ends in Paris but it will be some epic.

Looks like its between himself and himself with others looking to make up time for poor starts already!

jimbo28

poor old bradley :eek: looks like he has alot to do!

ednwireland

what where phil and paul going on about the kept going on about how contador didnt look himself he was only 5s behind armstrong ina 10km time trial ind you there commabtery goes to the usa i suppose

blobbie

Not sure if this has been posted

http://www.podiumcafe.com/2010/6/29/1543466/tour-de-france-lets-rank-the-climbs

Easy peasy

zzzzzzzz

Nicolas Roche's Tour Diary:

http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/if-travelling-to-the-tour-come-and-say-hello-ill-be-in-green-white-and-orange-shoes-2244773.html

DirkVoodoo

While it's always a worry changing shoes, I have my own way of getting the cleats perfectly aligned. I try to make sure they are in exactly the same spot as the old ones, to the millimetre.

Damn, when I read the first line of that I thought "finally, my swapping of cleat problems are solved". Thanks Nick!

ThisRegard

Re. ITV4, Sky viewers can watch it fine when but are the upc guys getting that message just for the tour ? The TG4 highlights program is the ITV one anyway.

Heisenberg.

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ednwireland

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

While it's always a worry changing shoes, I have my own way of getting the cleats perfectly aligned. I try to make sure they are in exactly the same spot as the old ones, to the millimetre.

Damn, when I read the first line of that I thought "finally, my swapping of cleat problems are solved". Thanks Nick!

funny i read an article that basically said NOT to do that and to never aassume your cleats will be in exactley the same place even with the same shoes

ThisRegard wrote: »

Re. ITV4, Sky viewers can watch it fine when but are the upc guys getting that message just for the tour ? The TG4 highlights program is the ITV one anyway.

no its not (still got paul and phil but not sure whose highlights they are buying (still doesnt matter its the same race)

Scien wrote: »

5km in and there's a break made by 3 riders... Looks like it'll be an interesting stage.

Spoilers ...................................................

i await the wrath of lumen to be cast upon you

Heisenberg.

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jwshooter

who owns the fx@king dog

CheGuedara

LINK for streaming video if anyone's suffering from lack of ITV4 provision...

New LINK

ThisRegard

Ha ha, how brilliant was that guy on the MTB with his kid on the trailer, both of them giving it socks, cycling down the path along side those guys.

Poor dog btw, it's owners that need a good slap. Seems to be a common enough occurrence these days.

Esroh

No Offence to our National champion but I miss the Jersey from the Tour already. It was so easy to spot NR last year

jwshooter

amazing crowds out

Moflojo

Haha,

looks like Cavendish was at it again! Methinks he was at fault for the first crash towards the end of the stage.

SomeFool

Crash central today, anyone know who was the AG2R rider who went down at the end?

IM0

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

Nicolas Roche's Tour Diary:

http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/if-travelling-to-the-tour-come-and-say-hello-ill-be-in-green-white-and-orange-shoes-2244773.html

whoever stole the jersey off him should have more respect
As the man himself says he was like an ambassador for Ireland during his time in it. And wearing the National jersey and flying the flag in the tour is an honour

shame, I feel sorry for Nico but hey he lost it :pac:

ednwireland

chute , chute, chute, cav at fault again fr the 1st ?????????? oooooooh

fran oconnor

any vids of the crash folks?.

Idleater

fran oconnor wrote: »

any vids of the crash folks?.

_*The*_ crash

?

jefferson73

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPYnBYViQGY&feature=related

Esroh

SomeFool wrote: »

Crash central today, anyone know who was the AG2R rider who went down at the end?

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races10/tdf10/tdf10st01-crashbutt.jpg

lafors

Who was the Garmin rider at the end who had the AG2R guys bike stuck to his and stopped and detached it and nearly chucked into the crowd he threw it so far! Assh*le! No need to be doing that.

ednwireland

fran oconnor wrote: »

any vids of the crash folks?.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5tqtj8roMQ&feature=player_embedded

dont watch if you havent watched your highlights yet

on_the_nickel

lafors wrote: »

Who was the Garmin rider at the end who had the AG2R guys bike stuck to his and stopped and detached it and nearly chucked into the crowd he threw it so far! Assh*le! No need to be doing that.

Fairly sure it was Farrar.

SomeFool

More crashing again!! Would like to see Chavanel win the stage today.

kennyb3

Unbelievable stuff for what should have been a fairly boring stage, if this is anything to go by tomorrow should be classic.

ThisRegard

SomeFool wrote: »

More crashing again!! Would like to see Chavanel win the stage today.

Including Armstrong and Contador(apparently) ! Will this be an excuse for Armstrong to pull out ?

mcgratheoin

Spoiler:

I know they were protecting Shleck but if Cancellara had put the hammer down after the crash he may have pulled out a big gap!

ednwireland

complete carnage commentators cant figure out whose where !

kennyb3

Brilliant stuff from Jens!

SomeFool

kennyb3 wrote: »

Brilliant stuff from Jens!

He's one tough fcuker, nice one for Chavanel today, he should keep the yellow jersey for a while too

ThisRegard

Why the bloody protest ride in ? The road conditions are all part and parcel of the tour, it is bloody Belgium after all !

SomeFool

ThisRegard wrote: »

Why the bloody protest ride in ? The road conditions are all part and parcel of the tour, it is bloody Belgium after all !

strange alright, like the fellas on itv said, it's a familiar road to all those riders too from LBL

ednwireland

wa***ers these boys are getting way too soft bit of rain big bunch couple of crashes and they stop racing

Clever move from cancellara though if he instigated it allowed the schlecks back on Lance isnt without previous in these situations remeber the giro last year
honestly the should cancel the results for the stage they dont want to race shouldnt get anything for it

Harrybelafonte

There's still a few weeks racing left, think laying into them for not wanting to race is OTT, Schleck may have a broken collarbone, we already lost one of HTC yesterday, Wiggins had a bad fall, Farrar and Velde to hospital. I'd rather some of them were left to race tomorrow

C3PO

I'm new around here - what's with all the blank sections with the word "Spoiler" before them?

kennyb3

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

There's still a few weeks racing left, think laying into them for not wanting to race is OTT, Schleck may have a broken collarbone, we already lost one of HTC yesterday, Wiggins had a bad fall, Farrar and Velde to hospital. I'd rather some of them were left to race tomorrow

+1, i think its a courteous thing to do. To me it is admirable and shows cycling has at least some integrity. as long as its consistently applied im all for it even if it is slightly more boring. They all know it could be them that gets caught in the wrong place as the wrong time with these crashes

Harrybelafonte

Cadel, Hincapie, Santambrogio also took a tumble, rashed but not injured

papac

RPL1 wrote: »

I'm new around here - what's with all the blank sections with the word "Spoiler" before them?

The posts are hidden to prevent people who haven't seen result from having it spoiled.
Hit ctrl+a to reveal posts or left click and drag to remove individually.

C3PO

papac wrote: »

The posts are hidden to prevent people who haven't seen result from having it spoiled.
Hit ctrl+a to reveal posts or left click and drag to remove individually.

Aaaah - thank you!!

jamsieboy86

papac wrote: »

The posts are hidden to prevent people who haven't seen result from having it spoiled.

I think its stupid, if ya don't want to know the results don't be reading a thread about the Tour de France, common sense will tell ya that.

Junior

Any thoughts on doing a stage thread so we can discuss the day without worry of spoilers ?

IM0

Junior wrote: »

Any thoughts on doing a stage thread so we can discuss the day without worry of spoilers ?

here it is

alfalad

Anyone know of any websites where I can watch or download highlights from each days stage? Thx

ednwireland

alfalad wrote: »

Anyone know of any websites where I can watch or download highlights from each days stage? Thx

tg4 have live streaming and highlights on around lunchtime (www.tg4.ie) live player

listings http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/scei/sport.asp

(if you are in ireland)

alfalad

ednwireland wrote: »

tg4 have live streaming and highlights on around lunchtime (www.tg4.ie) live player

listings http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/scei/sport.asp

(if you are in ireland)

Thanks for that, i just wish my Irish was up to scratch!

ednwireland

alfalad wrote: »

Thanks for that, i just wish my Irish was up to scratch!

highlights show is in english (considering i have no irish i find that useful)

for live coverage use that and eurosport audio feed (couldnt get it working yesterday and there tends to be a delay between the commentary and the tg4 pictures otherwise www.cyclingfans.net for live feeds but they all go tcut yesterday at the end of the stage)