Tour de France 2011 talk

[blue_angel]

Didn't I see Voekler making the kill sign across his throat, signaling "No attack" to slow down the other breakaway riders shortly past the accident in order to wait for the ones who crashed?

Roxy

That's what I remember as well.

[bmccasland]

my 2 cents... FWIW... the driver should have hit the brakes, or hit the tree. But a natural reaction is to swerve, unless one is a very well trained sunt car driver. Most of us had driving lessons when we were teenagers, then everything else we've learned is from the school of hard knocks. As humans we tend to over-react - thus swerving wider than necessary.

But seems to me that the people in that car should be publically apologizing.

Maybe I'm just cranky because I woke up this morning feeling like crap and went to PT anyway. (tummy decided it hated me, knee and I are on speaking terms)

[ny biker]

my 2 cents... FWIW... the driver should have hit the brakes, or hit the tree. But a natural reaction is to swerve, unless one is a very well trained sunt car driver. Most of us had driving lessons when we were teenagers, then everything else we've learned is from the school of hard knocks. As humans we tend to over-react - thus swerving wider than necessary.

But seems to me that the people in that car should be publically apologizing.

Maybe I'm just cranky because I woke up this morning feeling like crap and went to PT anyway. (tummy decided it hated me, knee and I are on speaking terms)

The driver should not have been moving in the first place. He should have been pulled over at the side of the road. That's what race managment had instructed him to do. They told him to pull over so Voeckler's team car could pull up and give him water.

And if he had not been told to pull over, he was supposed to honk the horn to warn the riders that he was passing. He didn't do that, either.

[bluebug32]

On a completely different note, I'm getting REALLY sick of that Nissan Leaf commercial where everything runs on gas. I nearly threw my coffee mug at the TV! On the other hand, I could watch that cute, fluffy dog from Traveler's protect his dog house all day.

[ny biker]

On a completely different note, I'm getting REALLY sick of that Nissan Leaf commercial where everything runs on gas. I nearly threw my coffee mug at the TV! On the other hand, I could watch that cute, fluffy dog from Traveler's protect his dog house all day.

The Izod commercial is still the one that I hate the most. The song is soooo bad, and the models frolicking in the water remind me of Derek and his friends playing at the gas station in Zoolander.

Nice win by Griepel today.

[blue_angel]

The Izod commercial is still the one that I hate the most. The song is soooo bad, and the models frolicking in the water remind me of Derek and his friends playing at the gas station in Zoolander.

Me too! Except Zoolander was better.

[bluebug32]

The Izod commercial is still the one that I hate the most. The song is soooo bad, and the models frolicking in the water remind me of Derek and his friends playing at the gas station in Zoolander.

Nice win by Griepel today.

Yes, down with Weezer! Go find your own brave new world...

Speaking of annoying songs, I wonder how long Michelob will keep the same commercial with Lance and his fake buddies going?

[pll]

My two cents re the Voeckler situation... First, here is a video clip that shows the exchange between Voeckler and Luis León Sánchez after the accident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGJ928miSS8
The exchange starts around 0:50. Phil and Paul interpreted this as Voeckler asking the break to slow down. Anyone speaks Dutch here?

In El PaÃ*s, the write up suggests that León felt pushed to continue as if nothing had happened, lest they gift everything to the French man, that Voeckler was only thinking of the yellow jersey:

El accidente no inmutó a Voeckler lo más mÃ*nimo -"solo pensaba en el maillot amarillo, que le esperaba en la meta", dijo Luis León-, quien siguió como si nada, sin mirar para atrás, forzando a sus compañeros de fuga a seguir [...] so pena de regalarle todo al pequeño francés.

The Spanish press seems to really dislike Voeckler. I saw one note in which he was qualified of "antipathetic and disagreeable".

[bmccasland]

On a completely different note, I'm getting REALLY sick of that Nissan Leaf commercial where everything runs on gas. I nearly threw my coffee mug at the TV! On the other hand, I could watch that cute, fluffy dog from Traveler's protect his dog house all day.

I'm with you there. Funny thing about moving to the PNW - they seem to think that everyone has either hydroelectric power or wind generated electricity. Living in other parts of the country, I've had my electricity generated by: gas fire plants, coal fire plants, and nuclear. So I'm amused by the conception of electric cars being "clean." Your may not crank an gasoline powered electric generator to make your morning toast, but the power plant were your electricity is coming from is doing just that.

I kind of like the kid racing madly on his tricycle, even if he is a tad "unsafe" and bonks his head on the couch. I want to be that kid, having the joy of racing madly. Other night saw the long version, and it was even more fun.

Yeah, the fluffy doggie protecting his bone is cute. Not even to go for a walk.

[KathiCville]

[Yeah, the fluffy doggie protecting his bone is cute. Not even to go for a walk.[/QUOTE]

I've seen that Travelers Insurance commercial so many times now I can't get the darned jingle out of my head!