Champagne!
by Jen See on Jul 27, 2008 11:49 AM EDT
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Podium Time!
Here is the final general classification for the 2008 Tour. Chapeau Carlos and Team CSC-Saxo Bank!
(phew)
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Top podium step to all of you.
As always, it’s been a great bit of fun to follow along with everyone here.
I’m off to get a few things done so I can get a ride in before the t-storms.
Many thanks, all.
that ny times, so on top of things ;-)
oddly, the print edition of the sports section put a huge photo of evans on the front page.
why no carlos? so disappointing.
But the NY Times
has been giving the race more coverage than almost any other US paper, so I can’t complain too much
Just beat me to it
Little Marco Freire sets a challenge for all future Tour kids
That's what the French commentators are asking him
When are you coming back for yellow? One year? two years? Andy looks suitably embarrassed. Coyer than Sastre’s kids.
the speech
thank you. I’ve made my dream true.
by King of Doping on Jul 27, 2008 12:11 PM EDT reply actions
I love that side view of the sprint
Ciolek’s bouncy headed style is, to say the very least, distinctive. Maybe he’d go a bit faster if they could find a way to stick another pedal on the top of his head.
not yet
Today, I raced à la Chavanel, and I succeeded.
by callmecayce on Jul 27, 2008 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't they let these poor guys put on sneakers
before climbing on the podium? Or does walking like you’ve been hobbled just feel more comfortable?
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
Ah the boys all looked good - but tired (understandably)
Now THAT will be the party to be at tonight
np :)
Today, I raced à la Chavanel, and I succeeded.
by callmecayce on Jul 27, 2008 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
What a team...
Current Yellow Jersey
Current White Jersey
Current Nat. Champ Luxembourg
Current Nat. Champ Norway
Let alone the palmares between those dudes…
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
Doesn't that only count when there's a crash or something? I can't remember...!
The official results seem to suggest that the times are official as the winning margin is down to 58 seconds.
hmm
i thought it did for all the sprint stages – that is, the gc riders could sit up at 3 km, and get mt.
but eh, these wee details. they make my head hurt ;-)
That was for
those nasty sprints in the Giro. and it made the results confusing as hell to read.
yes
heh, did they change the rules again when i wasn’t paying attention? because they did write a rule after all the crashes at the tour a few years back that gc riders get mt at 3 km in the sprint finishes. heh, i’m dreaming. i must be dreaming.
No you aren't dreaming
If there’s a crash within the last 3km then everyone is given the same time (such as Stage 2 last year) – but only on a flat stage – coz as we saw when Schumacher crashed and lost yellow at Super Besse – the rule didn’t apply there because it was an uphill finish
Eurosport had some nice interviews
Cadel in a better mood today. Says he did all he could do and looking forward to next year. Good to hear.
I've just checked out
our Podium Cafe Quick Challenge. Between us we picked one winner in the main competition, so bravo to itswells for getting Sastre, and one winner in the tie-break so presumably steph- gets 2nd spot on the podium. Otherwise it’s quite frightening how much of a curse we seem to have put on anyone else we chose.
Stage results, per CN:
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 3.51.38 (37.04 km/h)
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence – Lotto
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
6 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone
10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
Seriously, one of these guys who finished Top 10 on the Champs in Paris does not fit (you know, the one that was active in the Mountains and won 2 TTs…quite the all-arounder suddenly, doncha think?)
ouest-france
the bretagne newspaper ouest-france comments that schumacher and kohl are room-mates, and they “appear to have profited from the same positive spirits.” so, you’re not the only one askin’ this question. this is the same newspaper that published the interview with huelot about gianette and saunier duval.
Yeah, Boomacher... sheees
Didn’t he get the memo?
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
post-tour crtis start tomorrow for the riders, for us sleep, rest til the Olympics
sastre will be winning er racing the crit in Alost, Belgium. But before that, he’ll visit children stricken with cancer at a hospital in Gand. He’s been financially supporting a charity for years to help these kids. For example, all the dues from his Belgian fan club goes to the charity.
Of course the one that we really want to see
is the one in Herentals on 31st where the line-up includes Cavendish, Boonen and Bennati. And that’s one you really don’t want them to fix.
CBS has TdF highlight show in HD starting at 10AM PST...
... so in like 5 minutes.
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
I'm already hating this coverage.
Taking Phil and Paul’s voices, upping the echo thus turning them into “STADIUM PHIL…Phil…Phil” in the opening montage.
And, is the CBS correspondent covering a golf match with that voice?
Yeah... didn't take long to start sucking...
... Greg Amsinger sounds like me when I’m making fun of people that sound like him.
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
The other insult
is that he mentioned that “there aren’t any “household” names like LeMond or Armstrong”. Uh, he’s never been to our household. (And, he never will be.)
Imagine that voice after opening the front door...
“Hello Beth and Mark… I’m Greg… have you been looking for ways to supplement your monthly income? Would you like to know more about selling Amway products?”
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
Ok... it's not in HD...
... it’s also painful to watch; Greg Amsinger is really pushing the “broadcaster gravitas”. Although it does have Phil providing commentary… he’s been busy today… CBS, Vs., Australian TV…
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
this is hideous.
It’s like that asinine “Man Vs. Mountain/Beast/Tractor” show that sometimes followed/preceded the Tour.
My bosses brother...
... produces all the “Can a Group of Midgets Tow a 747?” shows for Fox.
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
oh good lord
Not only did they recycle the opening graphics from Versus. They have to use the same commercials! Kill me now.
Saab, Michelob, Hampton Hotels...
... a Via advertisement for the Olympics (that will be broadcast on NBC eheheheheh)...
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
OMG this is sooooo bad
who is this idiot with the gravitas voice?
wonder if Phil has to look at his shirt logo to see who he’s working with
Hello Lyne...
... my name is Greg… Greg Amsinger. You were hoping for John Eustice perhaps?
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
OoOoOooo... and they have fakey fakey...
“Les Miserables” rehash music in the back
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
Careful... Mark already pissed someone off today...
... with almost that exact same remark.
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
Oh yeah... go to the first live thread for today's stage...
... and just search for “Tesh”
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
patience... they're cycling through all the other ads...
... hehe…”cycling” through
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
nbc
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
correction
versus parent company is comcast
versus has several different broadcast partnerships (cbs, nbc, etc)
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
don't you know?
CBS is the “family friendly” channel. No double-jointed rump shaking going on there. (But, they can feel free to continue showing Phelps in the Power Bar commericals. Hel-loooo.)
the hilarity that lives on the side of the road contrasts sharply with the fury that rides up ....
beurk
I'm also wondering...
Do you think a little part of Phil dies when he has to say things like, “These helpers…we call them domestiques…”?
"Red, white, black & blue"
A little part of me died when Phil had to promo the Ultimate Cage Fights on Vs before they would start back in after a commercial.
sigh
Hey Exxon...
... no one… not one single person on earth… actually believes that you will provide support to any technology that will cut into your hegemenous blood curdling marketshare death grip on refinement, distribution and sale of petroleum.
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
The HD broadcast is SD resolution...
... but better quality. The valley with Bourg d’Oissan is effin’ beautiful. Wow…
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
this peloton..... will make its own history with Alpe d'Huez .... dead ahead
I wonder if I should use pauses like that in my everyday stuff
I’d like … a pound of ….. coffee
lol
Ha!
Mark is in the back room smartly avoiding this coverage. I just heard him yell out in his best preview-man voice, “In a woooorld, on the alpe d’huez…”
... three men will fight ... two will die...
... Matthew Mcconaughey, Brad Pitt and Carrot Top in a Jerry Bruckheimer production… “Death on the Alpe”
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
I am glad mark did not go out to ride
There is a big T storm line coming your way.
Mark is kicking himself for not bailing to ride earlier
But who I feel really bad for are the guys out at Wakefield in the expert class (MTB) race that was slated to start at 1:30. And i know they were alllll there. Suckage.
Its clear out here now in the burg -
coming your way and its heating up again too.
Yup.
I just had to run and bring in my bike. Sky…is…dark. The…ominous…clouds…are…on…the…horizon. She saved her bike just….in….time. (Oh, sorry, the music playing was so inspirational.
A sad cross breed between...
... a Harvard creative writing grad and a Stanford MBA… you can tell who they are because the can only play the banjo and eat applesauce through a straw.
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
Frailty?
Wasn’t that Thor “bloodbath” the result of him being sliced from one of those green “fan hands” and a high heartrate?
Maybe they're hoping to snag some of the Red, White, Black & Blue crowd from VS.
I know they havent’ had much time to edit in today’s action, but what’s with all the recycled footage from the last two years?
Wow... never saw the sparks flying off of Ulrich's bike in..
... that ITT fall in the rain.
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
Contador... hammering it on the ITT...
... looks sort of like an alien from Alien.
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
Weird... Cadel Evans had kleenex stuff up his nostrils while putting his skinsuit on
before the TT… did he have a nosebleed or is that some sort of “opening up the air passages” deal?
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
I got a really nasty sunburn on the Fourth of July this year...
... and I bought some of that Lidocaine / Aloe gel stuff to put on it. i didn’t see that it had menthol in it. I slathered that on my whole chest and stomach… felt the first breeze blow across it… and … talk about opening up the air passages…
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
and guess where Drew puts that stuff?
I don’t care if it has the Assos name on it or not. I am never looking for a hot tingly feeling like that . . .
I wonder if they've been
showing TdF commercials during TapOut episodes. And what THEY are saying on the TapOut blog?
LOL...
... interesting point. I’m guessing lots of words that rhyme with “hay” and “shmaggot”
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
Try to appeal to their sense of history...
... probably not the best course of action with TapouT fans. Like trying to convince a NASCAR fan to watch a race where people turn RIGHT too.
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
"What's the difference between first and second in your eyes Cadel?"
“Many and many hundreds of thousands of euros”
Wow… didn’t see that interview before.
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
"many, many hundreds of thousands of euros"?
Did he really say that? When asked “what’s the difference between 1st and 2nd?”
I think I just lost a little more respect for him.
Triathalon coverage on NBC...
... I personally am going to go pour gasoline in my ears and permanently prevent me from ever having to listen to that moran again.
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
I can't ride this recliner for another moment...
... I gave it 110% but I’ve just come up short. I’m gonna get the hell out of my apartment and go hiking.
Everyone… it’s been a helluva three weeks, I’m glad so many of you stuck around from the start to the end, and in this instance, into the Tour Hangover of CBS’s atrocious highlight reel. You’re all a blast to hang out with here…
See y’all in the comments later today… and tomorrow… and the next day… and the next… and the next…
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
I want to understand thist
Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I’m supposed to compensate the owner?
Carlos's father
is even shorter than he is!
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