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Suisse Stage 6... LIVE!

Copy_of_pineapple_face_tiny by Chris... on in Live Races

suisse Stage 6... LIVE!


out of things to say, almost... This is the uphill finish we've been waiting for.  Whether or not the rest of the stage is difficult enough for this to be a decisive feature remains to be seen. Still, it's an uphill finish. Should be fun. Enjoy!

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Gora Gora Gora!

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris... on Jun 19, 2008 10:59 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

profile

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jun 19, 2008 6:36 AM EDT   0 recs

167km to go -- FINALLY ... some action

iglinsky (AST) attacks, followed by loosli (LAM)....

iglinksy gains 60 secs over the peloton quickly, being chased by santaromita (LIQ), schwab (QST), and loosli (LAM)....

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jun 19, 2008 8:28 AM EDT   0 recs

new chasers

voigt (CSC), rujano (CGE), and zampieri (COF)

[boy, ticker is weird today]

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jun 19, 2008 8:38 AM EDT   0 recs

Jens! is taking off again?

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 9:08 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

135km to go - gap of 7 mins

11 riders in the break

Maxim Iglinsky (AST), Jens Voigt (CSC), José Guillen Rujano (GCE), Steve Zampieri (COF), David Loosli (LAM), Philip Deignan (ALM), Giovanni Visconti (QST), Mathias Frank (GST), Johan Schopp (BTL), Andreas Dietziker (VBG), Maarten Tjallingii (SIL).

Andreas Dietziker (VBG) occupies the 38th place with a delay of 9’15’’.

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jun 19, 2008 9:27 AM EDT   0 recs

Interesting sight

Alexandre Moos of BMC is in 14th, only down 1:09… same time as Cunego. I hope he moves up more on the GC – good results for the American Pro Continental in the race are always good for cycling here

by BDBrian on Jun 19, 2008 9:36 AM EDT   0 recs

he's swiss

Makes an extra effort for suisse and romandie, and/or knows them well from a young age.
Phonak era wins here

by JFS_PGH on Jun 19, 2008 9:48 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm hoping BMC has good results as well.

They lost two guys yesterday though with injury related pull outs but hopefull the remaining ones are strong and they all do well.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 9:56 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

106km to go, gap is 10+

weather is nice with a few clouds

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jun 19, 2008 10:08 AM EDT   0 recs

85km to go -- break in the feed zone

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jun 19, 2008 10:38 AM EDT   0 recs

gap around 11 mins

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jun 19, 2008 10:39 AM EDT   0 recs

Anyone in the break that could potentially challenge for the GC?

by dwilson on Jun 19, 2008 10:46 AM EDT   0 recs

Doesn't look like it...

Dietzkier is the highest on GC in 38th (at 9:15)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 10:50 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Looks like gap has dropped

a lot since the feed zone. Down to just over 7 minutes.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 10:48 AM EDT   0 recs

they must be flying...

or the break is just enjoying their snack more. ;-)

by dwilson on Jun 19, 2008 10:53 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

At 130k - 58ish to go the gap is down to 6 minutes

The pack is flying right now as the time checks are conisistenly dropping.
Euskaltel is leading the drive.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 10:59 AM EDT   0 recs

Good Morning Rebecca and Harold. :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 11:09 AM EDT   0 recs

morning nikki :-)

lucky escape for Schleck yesterday!?

by rebeccactv on Jun 19, 2008 11:11 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Still can't believe how okay Frank looks

Just some serious bruises and some scratches. Lucky lucky man.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 11:12 AM EDT   0 recs

with the top 10 within :40sec

I guess it’s all up for grabs today on the climb to Verbier

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jun 19, 2008 11:16 AM EDT   0 recs

perspective

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jun 19, 2008 11:20 AM EDT   0 recs

37 km to go, 4.39

heh. heh. hills.

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:25 AM EDT   0 recs

lovely scenery as always...

love watching this race.

look at those euskies ride! little cross wind maybe, the line’s looking a little bendy.

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:27 AM EDT   0 recs

Looks like they'll roll down this valley a bit more

then take a left and begin to climb.

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jun 19, 2008 11:33 AM EDT   0 recs

Is it left?

I think they are riding towards Lake Geneva, in which case I imagine they would turn right sometime after rolling through Martigny. I wish I had a map of the route.

by pigilito on Jun 19, 2008 11:38 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I only wish Lake Geneva WI had that sweet view...

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 11:39 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/suisse08/?id=stages/suisse086

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jun 19, 2008 11:39 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks.

Left it is.

by pigilito on Jun 19, 2008 11:42 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Free Andy Schlek!

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jun 19, 2008 11:34 AM EDT   0 recs

lol, totally!

go andy!

nice vineyards there. and a train. what’s that like four or five tracks? sigh…

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:35 AM EDT   0 recs

I hope the little schlecklette kicks some booty!

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 11:37 AM EDT   0 recs

mmm, castle ruins

lol, really, you can’t have a stage race without them.

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:38 AM EDT   0 recs

roman ruins? looks like it...

suisse to italia: see, we have ruins in our bike race, too!

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:40 AM EDT   0 recs

28k to go, 4.29 gap

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 11:40 AM EDT   0 recs

kilometers ticking by...

gap holding steady

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:42 AM EDT   0 recs

someone's thirsty

guys looking for team cars. mmm, snacks.

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:45 AM EDT   0 recs

never a good sign to be looking at the legs

like, come on, just a little more…

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:46 AM EDT   0 recs

unless

I’m doing the looking ;)

by Katiek on Jun 19, 2008 12:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

mos' def!

it’s always good when we’re doing the looking!

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 12:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

looks like the break is going to stay away. is this the beginning of the return of the elf (Rujano)?

by Hons on Jun 19, 2008 11:46 AM EDT   0 recs

You hear that Drew?

The Elf is going to finally win a race…

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jun 19, 2008 11:47 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

cycling.tv has found a whole new way to be fucked up

I was able to log in before the race went live, but after the race went live, I got “system error” when I tried (several times) to go to the live coverage.

So, I closed the windows and have now tried repeatedly to log back in, using both the link above, and opening a separate window. Every time I try to log in, I get this:

This site encountered an error trying to fulfill your request. The errors were:
Error Type
ConflictError
Error Value
database conflict error (oid 0xe96d, class Products.CMFPlone.Portal.PloneSite, serial this txn started with 0×037696c150b22466 2008-06-19 15:29:18.913094, serial currently committed 0×037696c178e87a66 2008-06-19 15:29:28.337840)
Request made at
2008/06/19 16:31:03.472 GMT+1

What’s going on, c.tv folks?

by Tifosa on Jun 19, 2008 11:47 AM EDT   0 recs

I had to wade through that error as well.

Took about 5 min to get in.

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jun 19, 2008 11:48 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

danish feeed is open today

at least you can watch the race… hit cyclingfans.

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:50 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

When I click on the link for the Danish feed

it says I need a Danish IP address.

by Tifosa on Jun 19, 2008 11:53 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

did you try it today?

cuz today you don’t…

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:54 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I just did

And I got the Danish IP address message

by Tifosa on Jun 19, 2008 11:59 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

clear your cache

might be a cache problem.

i’m in without a proxy today. no problem.

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 12:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yep

they opened it up again. grazie lovely danish people!

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:56 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

uck!

All too typical.

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jun 19, 2008 11:50 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, I've had it

Thanks for ripping me off again, cycling.tv!

by Tifosa on Jun 19, 2008 12:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

same here...

just click between settings and live events tab until you stop getting those errors—that what I did.

live to ride, ride to live

by orangekick on Jun 19, 2008 11:49 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i get an error that looks similar

every time I try to log in, but if I look at the side of the screen I am actually logged in so I just ignore the error and continue on – not sure if it’s at all the same thing happening to you (but just make sure you’ve verified you aren’t logged in so that you don’t end up wasting time trying to log in when you already are – been there done that).

by guidemd on Jun 19, 2008 11:53 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

As fast as that gap dropped after the feed zone

I really doubted they’d keep away. Now being out and it being steady it is looking like they might.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 11:48 AM EDT   0 recs

depends on the climb

and the motivation behind.

that’s a big group they let go away, though. euskatel isn’t all that strong, so pretty hard to keep things under wraps. there’s some power in that break for sure. i wouldn’t be at all surprised if a few guys out that mix make it to the finish. probably not all, though.

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:49 AM EDT   0 recs

I'm thinking maybe 2-3 or maybe 4 from the break might stand a chance.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 11:51 AM EDT   0 recs

I'm listening way more than watching

but wow… do those guys up front of the pack look beat as hell.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 19, 2008 11:53 AM EDT   0 recs

yep

eusk doesn’t quite have the legs to control a race like this… they’re looking worked.

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:53 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

must be a tad warm today

or the guys are working on their tans. lots of rolled up sleeves

by gavia on Jun 19, 2008 11:53 AM EDT   0 recs

Buffering......

CTV:

Buffering, buffering, buffering. All I can do right now is buffer. I had a lunch hour chance to watch the end of todays stage and what do I get for my MONEY? a few seconds of racing separated by
BUFFERING.

Why is it that I can watch people falling down at weddings for free, good quality porn for free, and live shows of local bands for free but I CANNOT WATCH A BIKE RACE THAT I PAID FOR??????

by tshawytcha on Jun 19, 2008 11:55 AM EDT   0 recs

life's a paradox...

live to ride, ride to live

by orangekick on Jun 19, 2008 11:56 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

What about a little help here Harold?

This is a highly placed VDSentry entrant here.

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jun 19, 2008 11:57 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

...

I’m always willing to help anybody who’ll admit the a whole internet community that they watch good quality porn.

Unfortunately, I can’t see any problem with any of the streams. Which datarate are you trying to watch? I’m going to continue looking into the problem, but if you could point me in the right direction, that might help me find it sooner.

Is anybody else getting a lot of buffering?

by CTV-ROLD on Jun 19, 2008 12:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I had

a little a momment ago, but it has cleared up. I’m on the 400 stream…but its’ looking more like 800 today.

by Hons on Jun 19, 2008 12:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs