Le Tour Stage 17... To the Alpe: Second Live Thread
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 9:35 AM EDT
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German TV says...
“That’s a body slam for Cadel Evans, but i’s a good sign for the sport of cycling”
Ricco stole my marbles.
No, we are
“taking back the tour this year”
No suitcases of courage, refrigerated panniers, etc.
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Somehow
I need to work “humpty bumpty” into the front page of the site.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
You'll know we've arrived...
... when Phil says “Cockpunch”. Until then… it’s not a big deal :)
Ricco stole my marbles.
I don't think he does...
I’d spend half an hour logging in if I could hear Brian and Anthony instead of Phil and Paul.
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The other day I had emailed Phil something
and he did comment on it during the stage. I should ask for a hello to the PdC gang.
That would be pretty damn funny to get a shout out from Versus.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
OK
when P&P start doing Terry Tate riffs, then we’ll know.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Jens! Goes back for bricks.
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Jens! getting bottles
And Sastre back there on CSC? Huh?
Cancellara on a slight downhill again. That’s why Sastre is back, I guess.
What must that be like?
JENS! drops past you to go fetch bottles…
YOu think “whew” he’s dropped, then…
Then he comes back by you again, straight to the front and tells Cance to quit being a wimp and start turning the screws again.
while
yelling at his legs in German
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Umdrehen! Umdrehung, du Arschloescher!
Warum bist du da untern außerdem fuer mich zu arbeiten!!!!
Ricco stole my marbles.
Well, I suppose that Sastre going for drinks can be
held up as an example of equality. But I’m thinking it’s an example of something else . . .
like disaster...
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
might as well
get Cadel a couple while he’s at it.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
German TV reports an interview with Cadel where he states...
“Silence-Lotto isn’t as strong a team as CSC”. Immediately he was handed the “Obvious Statement of the Tour” award.
Ricco stole my marbles.
odd little pinnacle formations
basalt???
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 9:47 AM EDT reply actions
Sorry
who’s our staff geologist anyway?
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not a geologist
but I think that’s lest over stuff from glaciers. Note the big boulders on the peaks of the formations.
or, using the Paul book of world history
those peaks were built by Charlemagne to keep Hannibal out of France. True story.
Dude, I'm eating breakfast
now I have to wipe down the keyboard. I spewed my yogurt laughting at that!
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(The guys in the production truck shaking their heads)
“Those peaks were built by a certain man by the name of Charlemagne”
“Charlemagne indeed Phil, and you can really tell that the building was really grippy work…”
Ricco stole my marbles.
Didn't know that was there.
Tell you what, though – that’s one edge I’d stay far away from, on my skis.
I think France
Is like the Moon Landing: didn’t really happen, just a stage set….
Cancellara is a machine
CSC putting other riders in the gutter on a climb! Nice.
85k to go, gap to Schumi and Velits 3:30.
Augustyn falling behind. Spartacus still hammering on the Iron Cross. (sorry)
Ja
They made them differently back in the East Germany. Can you imagine being a kid training w/ Jan, Erik, & Jens?
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actually, that's a pretty horrifying thought.
(know a guy who grew up in the gymnastics program in Czech in the 80s. Scaaary. And he says they had it super easy, compared to the East Germans . . .).
German Commentators
Just said something about the hellish tempo Tony is making
Saying...
... that Tony has said in the past that he could win the tour, but under these circumstances, he can’t since he has to work for his team. But it can be seen from the effort that he’s putting in in the mountains, that he has proved that he can ride at the front on the big mountains and survive.
Ricco stole my marbles.
Beaver!
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
CSC is burning a lot matches
Though – someone is getting a free ride to the bottom of the Alpe
It ain't Popo though
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
You
are on fire this morning.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
http://www.instantrimshot.com/
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
A shrine should be built.
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Yes!
This plaque commemorates the place where Damiano Cunego heroically limited his losses in the 2008 Tour de France. The race is reported to have continued to Alpe d’Huez, though no records were kept of the results.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
like since yesterday
when he came in with the yellow jersey group….
"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 Jul 23, 2008 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Phil
expressing skepticism about CSC’s tactics.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 9:56 AM EDT reply actions
Menchov
looking cool.
Menchov, Sastre, Valverde sitting in the middle of the field as Tony grinds his foes to powder.
hi :-)
greetings from starfucks.
the interwebs broke at chez gavia. quel horreur!
wha’ di’ miss? :-)
Tapout ads
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
oh and
welcome to the show
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
thanks for having me on the show bob...
i know, i know, my prize is behind door number 3….
man, the espresso at this place sucks ass.
Gav
Vilits and shumacher up the road. Vilits doing most of the work
CSC – TONY – setting big pace up the Col de fER
grazie :-)
actually, i checked the letour ticker.
‘kay, i don’t think the connection here can carry the stream and the live bloggage. so i’m out for a bit. back alates.
heh
I have been wondering if something is wrong that I enjoy watching Jens and Cance more than the real climbers
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Good Camera work
I have to say, I take it for granted but these scenes where the moto backs down the group and they show the riders and their face – awesome. This is the best camera work in cycling.
A dreadful silence fell across the conference table...
...as the commander of the Vl’hurgs, resplendent in his black jewelled battle shorts, gazed levelly at the G’Gugvuntt leader squatting opposite him in a cloud of green sweet-smelling steam, and, with a million sleek and horribly beweaponed star cruisers poised to unleash electric death at his single word of command, challenged the vile creature to take back what it had said about his mother.
The creature stirred in his sickly broiling vapour, and at that very moment the words, ‘Stuffed Cow”’ drifted across the conference table.
Unfortunately, in the Vl’hurg tongue this was the most dreadful insult imaginable, and there was nothing for it but to wage terrible war for centuries.
Ricco stole my marbles.
Shorter Matt White
CSC’s tactics suck. Granted, it was a leading question from Phil.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:00 AM EDT reply actions
Wonder if that's someone's mom in the car with Matt White?
There might be a Danny Pate resemblance there??......
Matt tells it like it is.
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Cancellara down in the well of pain
almost over for him.
Little P
ticking…
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Oh Jens!
Just hanging on by his fingernails.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:04 AM EDT reply actions
Jens! at his limit
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Well
the entire cycling world is imploring CSC to attack, not ride tempo. You’d think they would listen.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:04 AM EDT reply actions
1 fish, 2 fish...
red fish, blue fish…
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
SOme can climb and some can sprint ...
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
And some can push a big, big ring
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
I raise you a Menchov and an Evans
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
No jokers allowed
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
But remember
A Schleck is trump on an uphill, but if you have it on the downhill, well, you’re schlecked.
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On a downhill hand always play a Samsan and a falco
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
Gustov/Gusev gone
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Yeah
is that like some lame disguise?
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Paul "mixed metaphor" Sherwin
..”he better get on the back step of the bus because the train is leaving the station…”
Multiple metaphor Sherwen
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
interesting from cassani on rai
saying that cunego is not really a rider for the grand tours, better for the one day races. he said more than that, but i’m too sleepy to type more. as cunego detonates. poor dude.
Cool!
They read the Podium cafe too!
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
"Isolated"
I love how that means that there’s 3 CSCs left.
Chris Froome is still in the peloton? Nice riding by a Barlo rider
i think it signifies that he's kinda definitely hot? ;)
not that I can even watch this from work
181 & 165
by callmecayce on Jul 23, 2008 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Interesting
To see what will happen in the 10k of the valley lead-in to the Alpe: if none of the CSC’s get back on the descent, could be some fireworks.
So fickle in your love...
... not two months ago it was all “Ooooo Italy, Italy, Italy” and now, now it’s allll about France. Jeez :)
Ricco stole my marbles.
What can I say... all about the current moment.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
So...
from that helicopter shot, it looks like they’re on the 70% grade section now?
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:10 AM EDT reply actions
so... jealous...
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
welcome!
I wish I could get back there for a proper visit. Last one was too brief, tho’ it involved one of my favorite small hotels in the world.
You know,
Southern Ontario has climbs just like that…..
Ahh, no….
So does Edmonton...
... except the switchbacks are spaced 20m apart and the climb is only 200m!!
by Patrick B. Penguin on Jul 23, 2008 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Pace has slowed
A bit? More folks in the group
CSC
doing a brilliant job of defending their team classification lead.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:13 AM EDT reply actions
First place: A cadillac...
Second Place: A set of steak knives
Third Place: You’re fired.
Ricco stole my marbles.
Nice to be a Schleck
Just drift back, get your stuff, go right back up again
Helps that you weigh about 4kilos…
1KM from the top...
SELLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh wait… wrong race…
Ricco stole my marbles.
OK then
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Velits
Red Number tomorrow.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:18 AM EDT reply actions
Someday, somebody
is going to figure out that people will pay to be on those mountains.
I'm thinking
the ETA probably thinks “people will pay to get off these mountains” in the Pyrannes. Good money in ransoms, I hear.
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it's an heirloom
you’ll pass it on to your grandchildren.
You're better off.
Eurosport’s better, but has worse picture quality and the English audio 30 seconds or so behind the video which is about 30 behind the Versus video.
On the plus side, Rebecca did show up on Eurosport talking with their team (Kelly and… someone else?)
personally
i love listening to him. definitely a lot more than phil and paul
181 & 165
by callmecayce on Jul 23, 2008 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I miss B & A
Add in Rebecca and Harold and not much can compete.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Descent time
new thread at the base of the Alpe.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:24 AM EDT reply actions
Seriously
The French Department of Tourism keeps those horse in stables, just to be released for the heli shots…
Cancellara gets back onto the group
time for dealing pain on the valley road?
I think he invented a speed hump with his energy in it. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Evans must be feeling pretty good
Only a few more miles to go, and he’s almost got this Tour in the bag.
Hey!
I wrote the number down – do I have to fly to Germany to get the work done?
get rid of your unsightly back hair
and cure your baldness at the same time!
Genius!
Jaws was just another film until the shark appeared.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
That was from the ES feed. Not sure which guy said it but I liked it.
Bring on the Alpe!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Jens, Cance, KAA
won’t be able to do anything on the Alpe. It’ll be heads of state in a couple of minutes.
Yeah, can that thing be legal?
I suppose under the Homeland Security Act it probably is.
by NE Observer on Jul 23, 2008 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
It almost looks like something someone slapped on him
maybe during a climb? Or has it been there since the start?
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Oh fuck me...
... I’m riding that on the bike… holy god that road is beautiful
Ricco stole my marbles.
lol, bulba and cassani
are going through which name is on which curve of the alpe
and no, i can’t live blog that for you. such nerds, those guys :-)
And... and this ... this one's called... uh... "18"...
and the next one Bulba?
Well I’m glad you asked… that one is called… let me check… uh… “19”
Ricco stole my marbles.
no....
each curve has the name of a winner of the stage. so, lance, coppi, all the dudes have a hairpin named after them. so they were reciting them all out.
we don't have those...
the cafes with free interwebs didn’t open until 7.00.
i couldn’t really wait…
yup
or a local shop. even the records-in-douchebaggery-achieving indy shop down the road from me gives it away.
si
i live in a sorta weird place. no one really goes looking for coffee here at 6.00 am like in a city… so starfucks was the only thing open when i came out here.
otherwise, yeah, i’d be chilling at one of my fave cafes drinking good espresso and watching for freeeee!
well, next time you're looking
my wifi is open.
(My door is never locked, either, but there’s no coffee to be found inside.)
There's one just across the street from work...
... there isn’t a single healthy thing to eat there… you should look up the nutrition info on the salads… it’s worse than the sandwiches!
Ricco stole my marbles.
who decided
that starfucks has to be air conditioned like a freakin’ meat locker?
crap, i’m frozen….
oh, the suffering.
Or should it be CTFU? ...she's in the right place.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
put on some arm warmers
and a rain cape, or just shove a newspaper down your shirt.
What the hell???
Is EuroSport intercutting different Alpe finishes into coverage? I’d swear that was just a Schleck in a previous incarnation CSC jersey?
Ricco stole my marbles.
Velits keeps looking over his shoulder...
... like he thinks Jens! is about to show up.
Ricco stole my marbles.
P&P on Versus
They just said CSC is ripping apart the race. Isn’t their 27 riders in the yellow jersey group? Doesn’t seem like they are ripping apart much of anything yet.
a 1:45 gap on the Alpe
isn’t gonna hold, sorry.
And
into yellow! Boy, that’d be a nice reward to CSC for their hard work.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Confused
Can I hate Tapout if they use old joe Jackson tunes in their ads?
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:43 AM EDT reply actions
I had to google
‘Tapout’ to even find out what it was: I figured it was something distasteful and trashy, given the, ahem, quality of people wearing the t-shirts…
No... imagine all the joy of MMA fighting...
... combined with all the subtlety of a CSF Navigare Team Car crashing into Charo.
Ricco stole my marbles.
Actually... we are born hating TapouT...
... it’s only through evolution and development of the mind that the possibility of enjoying it arises. It’s a recessive gene.
Ricco stole my marbles.
I'm getting fond of the Cannondale ads
Is that Quinziato in bed?
Pineau and Velits can work together
and now they will be able to get around the first hairpin before they are swamped.
The riders are on the alpe
and Vs. is doing a promo. Dumbasses!
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NO
They have 10km to go before the alpe I think
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Andy has been the strongest since his bonk.
If he had not lost that time, my vote would be totally on him for this. He’s better than big bro and carlos.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
not bonking is important
the consistency of the GC guys is amazing to behold. No bonking allowed.
about 10k, yep
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
lovely bridge over the water there
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
in a moment or two
it’s parked in the garage. I want to switch close to the Alpe, cuz that thread is gonna get filled.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
almost 400 posts now
"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 Jul 23, 2008 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
dang vision... where 4s look like 9s....
"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 Jul 23, 2008 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
off topic.... as dolly starting to make landfall
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
nah, sitting comfy in virginia...
just watching the weather channel….
tropics starting to get busy now…
"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 Jul 23, 2008 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
and now dolly's a slow moving cat 2....
can we say flooding….
"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 Jul 23, 2008 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
i knew this!
because i just had a patron we call ‘the weather man’ come in and ask for images of it. at least he didn’t ask what the size of hail is this time.
181 & 165
by callmecayce on Jul 23, 2008 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
well, if they make it so easy to lift
why can’t you pick it up, woman?
(hopefully this is not a local insert for me)
Gawd Dayumit
I’ve got to go to work. I rely on you all to call the finish for me.
:-(
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fantastic shot of the valley
peloton is moving fast
Nature break...
Almost went out on the street, in solitarity….
Probably the George Hincapie
sport village, or whatever that’s called.
You can probably pee right out on the road without fear.
that's in South Carolina, right?
Please. They’d probably jack you up on obscenity charges, and then burn crosses in your front yard for good measure. Lincoln made a big mistake letting them back into the Union.
Just crossed the bridge on my feed...
... it’s gettin’ close… eeeheheheheheheheeee…
Ricco stole my marbles.
CSC burned five guys
and still have thirty-six guys behind them?
yeah
not exactly ripping apart the race
by PopUp Rolen on Jul 23, 2008 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
kept the race together....
I guess if you have the bodies to spend, you spend them now.. No point saving for later when there is no later.
Ok... time to close the office door...
... is it sad that everyone in the office will know that I’m NOT looking at porn?
Ricco stole my marbles.
Gavia
after she tastes the next espresso
by giant rider on Jul 23, 2008 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
New thread time...
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
PLEASE SWITCH TO THIRD LIVE THREAD!!
The thread of threads.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 23, 2008 11:01 AM EDT reply actions
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