Tour de France 2012------ ATTENTION!! LES SPOILERS ------

enduro0125 · 06-01-2012, 04:26 AM

One month away.

New teams for many riders.

http://www.letour.fr/us/index.html

Wildman · 06-01-2012, 10:06 AM

In!

May get to Paris for the finish this year.

yater · 06-01-2012, 12:24 PM

I can't wait. I watch every morning and then the highlights at night. I love it.

enduro0125 · 06-01-2012, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Wildman

In!

May get to Paris for the finish this year.

Nice!

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Originally Posted by yater

I can't wait. I watch every morning and then the highlights at night. I love it.

Waiting to get the all access app for the phone,$4.99 from NBC.

http://tourdefrance.nbcsports.com/

LngRidr · 06-01-2012, 01:29 PM

Can't wait to see Andy get shelled again.

Jon Kohler
sent from my iPhone

Jurgen · 06-01-2012, 02:34 PM

actually for me it should be

Going to try and "ride the tour" this year-- exercise bike is going in front of the TV with the DVR. I'm just starting so I won't be hitting the whole two hour show, but a good half hour to 45 minutes.

enduro0125 · 06-01-2012, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jurgen

actually for me it should be

Going to try and "ride the tour" this year-- exercise bike is going in front of the TV with the DVR. I'm just starting so I won't be hitting the whole two hour show, but a good half hour to 45 minutes.

Great idea!

shrineclown · 06-01-2012, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by LngRidr

Can't wait to see Andy get shelled again.

Jon Kohler
sent from my iPhone

Hmmmm, you may be disappointed on that count.

Schnickelfritz · 06-02-2012, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Wildman

In!

May get to Paris for the finish this year.

Excellent time if you can make it. I've been on the Champs Elysees a couple times for the race, last time in 1998, when Pantani completed the Giro-Tour double. Ullrich and Julich also on the podium that year. Still have my copy of L'Equipe from the next day, with cover pic of podium, Julich with a smile of disbelief.

It's a great spectacle. My next trip to a grand tour will be in the mountains, probably a week in the Italian Dolomites.

For those who don't have cable or other TV, there is lots of free live online coverage at www.steephill.tv in several different languages. They carry 10 or more different streams and also link post-race to finish-line clips of 1-10km, highlights and other news sites. Good clearinghouse for live and archived cycling vids of all kinds. From that site and gazzetta.it: here is my favorite 10km of racing so far this year, the uphill finish of stage 15 of this year's Giro d'Italia. In Italian, but the announcers' energy transcends mere language.

For live race chat and commentary (a virtual cyclosport pub), www.podiumcafe.com has a great crew of cognoscenti, keen observers, hopeless romantics, and attentive and astute reporters from inside and alongside the races.

Wildman · 06-02-2012, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Schnickelfritz

Excellent time if you can make it. I've been on the Champs Elysees a couple times for the race, last time in 1998, when Pantani completed the Giro-Tour double. Ullrich and Julich also on the podium that year. Still have my copy of L'Equipe from the next day, with cover pic of podium, Julich with a smile of disbelief.

It's a great spectacle. My next trip to a grand tour will be in the mountains, probably a week in the Italian Dolomites.

For those who don't have cable or other TV, there is lots of free live online coverage at www.steephill.tv in several different languages. They carry 10 or more different streams and also link post-race to finish-line clips of 1-10km, highlights and other news sites. Good clearinghouse for live and archived cycling vids of all kinds. From that site and gazzetta.it: here is my favorite 10km of racing so far this year, the uphill finish of stage 15 of this year's Giro d'Italia. In Italian, but the announcers' energy transcends mere language.

For live race chat and commentary (a virtual cyclosport pub), www.podiumcafe.com has a great crew of cognoscenti, keen observers, hopeless romantics, and attentive and astute reporters from inside and alongside the races.

Been there a couple of times as lived in Paris for seven years. Love the Tour.

Crocodile Tears · 06-03-2012, 01:45 AM

andy schleck, all day

strongmendieyoung · 06-09-2012, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Jurgen

actually for me it should be

Going to try and "ride the tour" this year-- exercise bike is going in front of the TV with the DVR. I'm just starting so I won't be hitting the whole two hour show, but a good half hour to 45 minutes.

my friend and I used to mimic the day's stages, albeit on a miniature scale a few years ago. the time trials were always fun

shrineclown · 06-09-2012, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by strongmendieyoung

my friend and I used to mimic the day's stages, albeit on a miniature scale a few years ago. the time trials were always fun

Uhhh, isn't Nebraska flat?

strongmendieyoung · 06-09-2012, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by shrineclown

Uhhh, isn't Nebraska flat?

NE TN isn't.

shrineclown · 06-09-2012, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by strongmendieyoung

NE TN isn't.

I see, I did not read far enough. You are right, great riding. Although, I'll stick to internal combustion while there. And I can't fart that hard.

06-01-2012, 04:26 AM	#1
enduro0125 ^OP Sticks and Stones™.. Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Moran Nation Oddometer: 9,946	Tour de France 2012------ ATTENTION!! LES SPOILERS ------ One month away. New teams for many riders. http://www.letour.fr/us/index.html __________________ AMA 487805A enduro0125 screwed with this post 06-01-2012 at 01:35 PM Reason: Add link

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Jurgen Trolljegeren Joined: Jun 2004 Location: Sandoval, Nuevo Mexico Oddometer: 32,363	actually for me it should be Going to try and "ride the tour" this year-- exercise bike is going in front of the TV with the DVR. I'm just starting so I won't be hitting the whole two hour show, but a good half hour to 45 minutes. __________________ They're nihilists, Donny, nothing to be afraid of. Moderator:CSM/JoMomma/ShinyThings/Sports

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Crocodile Tears sequestered Joined: Nov 2008 Location: Toledo, OH Oddometer: 3,268	andy schleck, all day __________________ “I'm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance." 2009 KLX250S - let's see how many bones I can break trying to learn to ride dirt 2005 Bandit 1200S, Irresponsibility Edition

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