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07-05-2008, 08:10 AM #16
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I'm gonna support the underdogs. I hope David Miller works some magic and wins a stage. We set the DVR so we can watch it commercial free.
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07-05-2008, 08:23 AM #17
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07-05-2008, 08:27 AM #18
Don't whine
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I'm housesitting for a friend who has cable, so I can watch!
got up at 5:00 this morning (well, a little before, actually) and was glued to the TV until it was over.
I'm rooting for Garmin/Chipotle and Columbia. The commentators were saying that Columbia is going thru the same self-testing stuff Garmin/Chipotle is doing. I hadn't known that. Cool.
Two teams I can root for!"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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07-05-2008, 08:34 AM #19
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The Tour is on???
Locally, we all with the BPVC have been glued to the USA Cycling 2008 Masters Road National Champ races in Louisville, KY and following results closely. A local gal and frequent rider with our group has podiumed twice (and DNF'd the tandem RR after wiping out in the rain
). She totally rocks.
ETA: THREE PODIUM FINISHES!!! Yay! She just took 3rd in the crit today! WooHoo!!!
And, I'm a Levi fan, too. A little disgusted with the Tour organizers and the whole scene.Last edited by 7rider; 07-05-2008 at 05:31 PM. Reason: K1 rocks even more.
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07-05-2008, 10:22 AM #20
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Well, I'm watching because I like to watch cycling. I don't know a whole lot of the riders, but today's finish was exciting.
Maybe some new "stars" will appear.
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07-05-2008, 10:57 AM #21
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Also rooting for the Arglye Armada!!
Although the new kits are pretty disappointing...and impossible to pick out in the peloton. They look too similar to Quick Step and AG2R.
Oh well... Go Garmin/Chipotle!!!
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07-05-2008, 11:24 AM #22
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8.30 pm here in Britain now and Eurosport has an hours coverage every day from 9pm, so just time now to find a bottle of red and settle down infront of the telly.
For the first time for quite a while we have a bit of British interest to follow with Mark cavendish who won a couple of stages at the giro this year
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07-05-2008, 02:06 PM #23
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watching the recap right now. Amazing how hard Versus is pushing the angle of this being a New Day (and also that they do it in all the other sports too
). They must've really lost a lot of viewership. Not sure how much the commentary and those little... what do they call those little segments?... not sure how much good they'll do since only people who've decided to watch the Tour will see them.
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07-05-2008, 04:05 PM #24
Did you see THAT??
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Originally Posted by NJBikeGal
Also rooting for the Arglye Armada!!
Although the new kits are pretty disappointing...and impossible to pick out in the peloton. They look too similar to Quick Step and AG2R. Oh well... Go Garmin/Chipotle!!!
I WANT MORE ARGYLE ON THOSE KITS!!!
My old eyes can't tell them apart now. Plus, I really liked the design.
Rooting for the Argyle Armada as a team, rooting for Cadel individually. Like a moth to flame, I cannot not watch it (I know, poor sentence structure).Life is like riding a bicycle. To stay balanced, one must keep moving. - Albert Einstein
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07-05-2008, 04:51 PM #25
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Fabian is on CSC, they ride CERVELO.
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07-05-2008, 05:10 PM #26
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I'm watching today's recap now. I'm kinda hoping the TdF will rekindle my desire to ride; I've totally lost it, haven't been on a bike in a month and don't miss it a bit.
Well...maybe a little.....
We have a rider from right here in Victoria on the Garmin Chipotle team, so I'll be rootin'for them.
Wish they were riding Cervelo's, though....
All vintage, all the time.
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07-05-2008, 06:51 PM #27
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very exciting finish indeed.
I don't know who those Team Columbia boys were at the finish but they were some big beefy looking dudes.2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
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07-05-2008, 06:56 PM #28
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I am sure you guys have discussed this, but why is there no women's Tour de France?
Lookit, grasshopper....
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07-05-2008, 07:10 PM #29
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There is one! It is smaller, not as long and obviously not as well covered by the press.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Gran...Internationale
There also was a woman who competed in the Giro de Italia, not the women's version (which there also now is one) but the mens Giro
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=10230Last edited by Trek420; 07-05-2008 at 07:14 PM.
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07-05-2008, 11:32 PM #30
"Breathe, Stupid!!" :)
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Yea - I was really mocking Bettini's commercials: "I y'am Paulo Bettini. I. Y'Am. Specialized." (Link: http://www.specialized.com/bc/home.j...29&language=US) Originally Posted by sah
Fabian is on CSC, they ride CERVELO.
That's what I get for posting so late in the evening (morning?), as not only did I mix up Fabian's Cervelo commercials with Paulo's Specialized ones, but I also spelled Bjarne and Sastre wrong. Triple DOH!
(Note to self -- do not post on TE after 1am, or risk being corrected by well-meaning folks like sah.)
AWESOME stage today, eh?
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