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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rumpig on July 04, 2015, 09:58:42 PM
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Starts tonight...anyone else going to have a few late nights over the next 3 weeks watching it?
Can't say I'll watch all of it, but I do like to watch a decent amount of it when I can
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Yep I watch it all
Swannie
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TDF?? Turbo Diesel Franga ???
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TDF?? Tour De Franga ???
fixed it for you, and yes I watch it as much as my insomnia allows
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A nice stage 1 win for Australia's Rohan Dennis last night in a record average speed time, would have been hard for him sitting back watching the others trying to better his time in the following couple of hours i reckon. Only rider to go under 15 minutes also 8) 8) Considering the previous average speed record was set on a distance half what they rode today, that's a pretty impressive effort for him.
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Yep FantAstic effort by Rohan
Swannie
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Not interested in watching hairy sweaty men in Lycra but each to their own ???
;D
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Not interested in watching hairy sweaty men in Lycra but each to their own ???
;D
you clearly don't watch it. ;D
Definitely no hair on these riders, they put many Gillette products to the test, but possibly lot's of sweat.
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you clearly don't watch it. ;D
Definitely no hair on these riders, they put many Gillette products to the test, but possibly lot's of sweat.
no interest in watching any men in lycra...
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do they have cup holders this year?
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do they have cup holders this year?
na just syringe disposal bins combined in the frame....
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Yep, love the TDF every year. For a small country with insignificant 20 mil people our cycling standard is far and above our ratio of people. Since Phil Anderson and others in the 80s took on and showed little respect for political sporting correctness, I have followed avidly. Phil showed real Aussie spirit vs the night of European cycling and smacked their a$$.
Now we have an Aussie team and win several stages.
Love it.
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na just syringe disposal bins combined in the frame....
:cup:
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I love the TDF!
Tape th full stage every night, then watch it in the morning, then that evening I watch the highlights package.
SBS do it soooo much better than ch9 with the TDU!!
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Not interested in watching hairy sweaty men in Lycra but each to their own ???
;D
Got to be better than " ! Direction Crush " :angel: :angel: :angel: :cheers:
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I love the TDF!
Tape th full stage every night, then watch it in the morning, then that evening I watch the highlights package.
SBS do it soooo much better than ch9 with the TDU!!
On that, how you recovering mate?
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That was a nasty crash they had in the race last night, Simon Gerrans has withdrawn after that. 4 other riders out also, including Fabian Cancellara who completed the stage but found out later he'd broken 2 vertebrae in his back.
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On that, how you recovering mate?
Slowly and painfully - but getting a little better each day.
Hoping to be out of the wheelchair in two weeks, get the pins out of my finger today, ribs are all healed, but now the shoulder is giving me the most grief - still can't get much movement out of it at all.
I'm allowed to start on the indoor trainer tomorrow (getting on and off will be the hardest thing) so hopefully the first slow turn of the legs goes well.
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Geez there's been some stacks in the race already...even saw a police bike go down the other day on a wet road.
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Geez there's been some stacks in the race already...even saw a police bike go down the other day on a wet road.
that would be the only reason I watch it too! but then again you see them highlights on the newz... ;D
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The speeds of the crashes seems to be higher this year to. :o
It makes me laugh when you hear the likes of footballers and other athlete's wing about backing up twice in one week but these blokes do it for three weeks and only 2 or 3 rest days. :cup:
Foo
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...but these blokes do it for three weeks and only 2 or 3 rest days
then have 11 months and a week off.
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then have 11 months and a week off.
Haha if only! ;D
Foo
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I reckon that they should throw oil on the corners to make it interesting...
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Watch the highlights everyday......cannot wait for the mountains to come as the bunch finishes can be boring.
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Watched the highlights from Thursday...how's the hail storm they had to ride through...lol
Was watching the race last night, and the one thing I love about the coverage is the buildings they show in the towns the tour goes through. That building last night which apparently is the largest brick building in the world was a prime example of what I'm talking about.
Seen a few more spectators baring their arses again last night also, was funny as a once off the day previous, but I hope it doesn't become the in thing for spectators to do...I love seeing how much the locals get behind the race, some of the displays they make up for 5 seconds viewing on the telly at most, is an impressive effort
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Finally Quintana managed to get a break on Froome, I doubt he'll be able to claw back the time he needs tomorrow to make it interesting with just the one day left, but atleast we got to see Froome struggle abit instead of just cruising along for the win.
Love watching these stages through the Alps, that 3klm section of zig zag road late yesterday for example is an amazing bit oh engineering. The views are amazing, and somewhere I'd love to drive one day.
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Yes tonight will be interesting.........it would be good if Quintana makes a race of it.
I haven't caught up last night yet, did the sky boys take it easy so that they have plenty in the tank to look after Froome tonight ??
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Yes tonight will be interesting.........it would be good if Quintana makes a race of it.
I haven't caught up last night yet, did the sky boys take it easy so that they have plenty in the tank to look after Froome tonight ??
the Sky boys seemed to just drop off once the attacks started, not sure if they were saving themselves or more like they just couldn't keep up. Hopefully they are done for and Froome and Quintana make a real race of it tonight, would be good to see Quintana make a break early and have Froome try and chase him down. Can't see it happening though, Froome seems to have had everyone covered in the race up until now, but last night saw the first chink in his armour and the previous day he said he was struggling at the end, so who knows what tonight will bring.
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Well i stayed up last night to watch the last real stage of the TDF...was a good effort by Quintana to try and steal the win i thought, but as i expected, Froome's lead was just to big to claw back in one day. The majority of the Sky boys dropped off the pack pretty quickly whenever a decent attack was launched, but Richie Porte managed to drag Froome up that last 13klm climb most of the way which certainly helped him. Would have been good if Froome's lead was only half what it was leading into the last mountain climb, as good as watching last night was, i reckon that would have made the viewing better.
Love the speeds they were reaching on the downhill sections last night, nearly 90 kph on some sections 8)
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Thanks for the summary.....a couple of beers and o was snoring just after coverage started.
Richie Porte will do well in his new team.
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Thanks for the summary.....a couple of beers and o was snoring just after coverage started.
Richie Porte will do well in his new team.
we had some of my wifes friends over for a bbq yesterday arvo / lastnight, they all left around 11.00 p.m which was perfect timing for me to then sit down and watch the last hour and a half of the race 8) 8) Quintana tried a few times earlier on to make a break but was unsuccessful, Porte dragged Froome up behind him several times to close the gap when the break attempts were made. Quintana would have needed the climb to go another 5 - 10 klms atleast to be any real chance of getting back that extra minute and a bit he needed to get. Froome ended up leaving Porte behind for the last few klms, i reckon Froome was just doing what he had to do to make sure Quintana didn't get 2 minutes infront of him, and seemed to have enough left in the tank to cover the time differance. That's why i reckon half his amount of lead before the days race would have made it more interesting, Froome would have had to try and stay a lot closer to Quintana then what he actually did today if that was the case. Good watching none the less, those guys are machines when it comes to climbing those mountains 8)
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Quintana is only 24yrs so I have faith that he will get a win overall at Le Tour. ;)
I have a vid on my bike page of the decent from Fridays zigzag up the side of the mountain and it is insane. 28klms of decent with no margin for error. :o
https://www.facebook.com/steve.rooney.184/videos/vb.100003949894511/598809880260670/?type=2&theater (https://www.facebook.com/steve.rooney.184/videos/vb.100003949894511/598809880260670/?type=2&theater)
Foo