Tour de France 2011 talk

[pll]

but the mountain stages can have me and the edge of my seat.

Meant to say that the mountain stages can have me on the edge of my seat... And, yes, the French country side look great on TV (as does the Italian and Spanish ones). It makes me lust for the opportunity to tour there.

[emily_in_nc]

I'm hoping we'll get Versus on our cable in Belize -- we're flying down tomorrow for two weeks. If not, we'll have to catch up online.

I pray Contador doesn't win. Would much rather see Andy or Chris (Horner) beat his azz...

[pll]

I won't spoil it just yet, but the last 20 miles or so of the first stage were very exciting. The race is on and it will be really interesting. Now, on to get my own bike ride.

[malkin]

Ashes, ashes,
Many of them fell down...

[KnottedYet]

Can we make a list of on-line Tour sites for those of us who don't have TV?
(Thor will SMASH!)

Le Tour: http://www.letour.com/us/homepage_courseTDF.html

Snobby: http://www.bicycling.com/tour-de-fra...viewer-s-guide

Schmalz! Thor will SMASH! http://nyvelocity.com/content/featur...z-2011-preview

Cycling News: http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france

Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/tourdefrance/

More! We need more!

[pll]

There are two sites I follow on Twitter that list free online video feeds (sometimes in English, some in Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch... I watch them all the same!) and that is how I managed to see the spring classics this year:

Steephill: http://www.steephill.tv/ (twitter @steephill)
CyclingFans: http://www.cyclingfans.com/ (twitter @cyclingfans)

Both also post pictures. Steephill, in particular, posts large format pictures that are a pleasure to look at.

I should add that Steephill also collects video clips after the stage, the last km, the last 5km, etc. Pretty nice.

[withm]

I signed up to get the Versus feed online again like I did last year since my cable company does not offer that channel. Go sign in this morning, and I could not get the website to load for anything. Rebooted my computer, cleared out cookies and temp files, log in / out several times. The best I got was about 10 seconds of footage, then it froze. Even the "help" link would not work. If I can't get this to work, I want my money back!

[Catrin]

There are two sites I follow on Twitter that list free online video feeds (sometimes in English, some in Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch... I watch them all the same!) and that is how I managed to see the spring classics this year:

Steephill: http://www.steephill.tv/ (twitter @steephill)
CyclingFans: http://www.cyclingfans.com/ (twitter @cyclingfans)

Both also post pictures. Steephill, in particular, posts large format pictures that are a pleasure to look at.

I should add that Steephill also collects video clips after the stage, the last km, the last 5km, etc. Pretty nice.

Thank you! I don't have cable & can't afford the paid online feed.

[pll]

Also, cycling.tv offers a free recap every day. I've had a tough time accessing their free stuff, though (too many clicks, having to install Microsoft junkware...).

[Trek420]

More! We need more!

There's an ap for that. Watching the Tour de France All Access Pass presented by Radio Shack. It'd be better on an iPad, the iPodtouch is a tiny screen but it's great to listen to Phil. This'll be great to download in the morning and listen on the train each day

[ny biker]

Holy cow, could NBC Sports put anymore guys on their post-race wrap-up?? They've got this new McHugh guy, Robbie Ventura, Craig Hummer, Bob, Phil, Paul, and Todd Gogolsky. All in a short span of time.

I have to say, I prefer a time trial prologue to start the race. Jumping right in with a flat stage just doesn't have the same oomph.