Tour talk -- Spoiler alert

[berkeley]

Looks like Christian VDV and Tyler are out. Garmin took a big hit today.

I stand corrected. Tyler is going tomorrow.
http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2010...france-stage-2

He must be on some serious pain meds!

[loopybunny]

I stand corrected. Tyler is going tomorrow.
http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2010...france-stage-2

He must be on some serious pain meds!

I can't imagine what Farrar is thinking! Seriously? He's planning riding on cobbles with a broken wrist? The man is clearly insane.

Love him for being so committed though!

Sad about Vande Velde. Garmin are my boys... I can't stand it that so many of them are having so much trouble.

[Bike Chick]

Too bad for Christian and Tyler. I'm a VDV fan since he's from Illinois and I really hate that Tyler has a broken wrist. I was looking forward to him giving Cavendish a challenge. How long do you think he will make it today on those cobbles with a broken wrist??? How dedicated is that??

[arielmoon]

Lance predicted carnage on stage 3 and he was on the money! WOW What a day! I cried for Frank, I cheered for Fabian, and I rooted for Lance to get back to a group after flatting in the gutter. I need a nap now!

[tulip]

I really like Vandevelde. I had high hopes for him this year. It's been an exciting tour so far, although it resembles ice hockey a bit too much. Beautiful scenery, as usual.

I'm so happy for Sylvain Chavenel and Quick Step. Chavenel was just beaming!

[Eden]

I stand corrected. Tyler is going tomorrow.
http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2010...france-stage-2

He must be on some serious pain meds!

Nope.... WADA hardly lets you have anything stronger than tylenol.....

I can understand why he's going on though. As long as the break is stable he's probably not going to damage it more, its going to be painful no matter where he is, off the bike.... on the bike.... OTOH you only get so many chances to ride the TDF and quitting can be more painful in its own way than a broken bone....

[ny biker]

I'm glad Thor won.

It will be interesting to see how the time differences from today play out in the overall GC when all is finished.

[malkin]

So sad that Frank Schleck is out.

[berkeley]

So sad that Frank Schleck is out.

Looks like he's heading into surgery for the broken collarbone. Owwwwww.

[Zen]

So sad that Frank Schleck is out.

I love those Schleck Brothers.
Next year, next year...

[roguedog]

tour tracker..

yup you can watch later. it's nice bene. i can watch in the am.. or tune it in at work for the replay or later in the evening. allowed me to catch up on prologue and stage 1 over the weekend . pretty nice to watch on the lcd tv in HD at your leisure.

they had this autobahn plugin for hd but it was't working too well and they pulled the plug on it. now the picture looks to be standard but it's a bit less fussy. the autobahn thing kept stopping and i had ahrd time advancing forward and back with it. now with just a normal feed it's less fussy it seems. was replaying it at work this afternoon and allowed me to skip forward but it did keep stopping but i duno if that's due the work network wonkiness or something.

i think it's worth the 30 because otherwise i wouldn't be able to see the tour at all! oh... and no commercials!!

there's also an iphone/itouch app too. got that one since i'll be traveling next week. i think there's a fre version but not sure if it only shows the feed realtime.

[Grog]

We signed up for the Versus online tracker.

The first two days it was not working or almost not, but now it's great. I think they have fixed the plug in and increased bandwidth. If you're interested in watching many stages, I think it's worth it.

[Bike Chick]

I love those Schleck Brothers.
Next year, next year...

Agreed!

[Trek420]

I'm glad Thor won.

am the first to say the traditional "Thor will SMASH!"?

[arielmoon]

Frank Schleck update: surgery last night went until 3 a.m. Eight bolts in his neck now. Collarbone broken in three places.