ToC Stage SEVEN LIVE, Part Deux
by ursula on Feb 21, 2009 3:41 PM EST
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TUFT!
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
I hope I'm not
wrecking the race for you ursa
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Early attcks
trying to get a break away
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
lots of attacks
breaks can’t get established
Kirsten
allen lim tweets
that lots of riders are in trouble.
would love to see the back sometimes.
Kirsten
camera two on the tour tracker
Bork, bork, bork!
by TheFigurehead on Feb 21, 2009 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
Why second thread?
Shouldn’t the first have been good for another 200 posts or so? No biggie, but at the moment I don’t have anything else to wonder about. Slow day on the couch.
Google is my domestique.
why is the sky blue?
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
some snowing, not much
Bork, bork, bork!
by TheFigurehead on Feb 21, 2009 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
because Ursula decided it will be blue
Ursula, again no biggie just curious why thread 2 so early on ?
Second thread
cause its more visible on the main part of the page. If I could I would have just moved the 1st thread over but I don’t have those super powers.
good call
1st thread was hard to find
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
Looks about the same to me, but I'll take your word for it.
Okay, now that we’ve cleared that up, work on this one: why are the speakers on my husband’s laptop broadcasting the audio from Tour tracker a full second after I get it through the headphones on my laptop? The constant echo is driving me crazy.
Google is my domestique.
different for each connection
open two windows on the same PC and you will here it out of synch too
We came to get down, so jump around!
by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
cycling tv is on
they are showing the innertube right now, ’sposed to go live at some point
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I can't quit you!
We came to get down, so jump around!
by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
20 riders off the back
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
neutralized
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Frankie waxes philosophical
on the merits of stage wins vs GC hopes
We came to get down, so jump around!
the skinny guy
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
lol
he takes diet pills
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
He did a good TT yesterday
Bork, bork, bork!
by TheFigurehead on Feb 21, 2009 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
HA!
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 3:57 PM EST up reply actions
+1.5
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
they still have maybe 900 vertical metres / 3000 feet of climbing before KOM -
lots of time for us to list our favourite picks for the KOM
early attacks
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
nothing is bieng permitted to goup the road
but that hasn’t stopped them from trying
We came to get down, so jump around!
by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
BJM and Timmie
representing the CX world
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
break going nowhere
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
?
they have a half second
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
Oh cool
another interview while a break tries to get established
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look in the ditches
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
+10
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
I have such bad bandwidth
that the Tracker is lagging something godawful. I’m not entirely sure the slideshow I’m watching is even todays stage. Your comments make for far better coverage.
don't encourage us
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
Armstrong has gone up the road by himself
he has single-handedly ridden the field off his wheel and established a ten minute gap in less than a kilometer
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
and really great restaraunts
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
more interviews!
all this attacking is affecting tourism marketing
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
[shakes fist in air]
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
normal downhill, or schleck downhill?
Bork, bork, bork!
by TheFigurehead on Feb 21, 2009 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
rough
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
thanks
I was wondering
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
Everybodu calm
Now locate in your solar plexus you inner Swede. Nourish it. Make friends with it.
STAY AWAY FROM YOUR INNER FINN!!!
nothing better to do?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Rabo has been consistanly
on the attack all day
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Afternoon Party People
Just back from training and I am freaking worked. What’s the situation on the road?
(too tired to read the thread so far)
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
Riders are nearing the day's first intermediate sprint, at 25 miles
no attacks sticking,
There is a group of 15 or 16 riders already more than 1:20 off the back of the main field.
Great racing here
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Um....a little more help Egoat?
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
13:13 PST 25.4mi/63.5mi to go
That laughing group, the group off the back, is at 3.40 behind the main peloton. Meanwhile at the front, the action is still plenty hot, with 1km to go until the sprint in Acton.
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Gods bless you Wolverine
Ususal supsects in the main group?
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
we're visualizing
great riders of old in the race today. The interviews are so much more intersting than the actual race (insert roll eyes emoticon here)
(spell much Drew?)
I feel like I’m drunk
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
Well, with Hindi you get Gods so we're talking the same language
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
It has been full on all day.
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Let's see
There have been 281 interviews over the last week, and the only interesting is the two with Bobby Julich
Bork, bork, bork!
And he looked pained to give both of them
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
The gap you see now
has been the norm
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Good man, thanks
What’s the quickest way to recover 1500 calories without resorting to fast food……………
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
3-4 Guinness pints
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
1st, define fast food...
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Why would you want to do it that way?
Would you honestly prefer a bag of raw carrots to a nice dripping kebab?
stop it with the kebabs / fast food / etc - you are making me tooo hungry !
trying to keep my winter layers from expanding TOO far.
Gonna have Indian in about 3 hours
Soup will have to do for now
Mmmmmm soup
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
Mark Renshw abandons - not good for cav
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
lead out for any sprints left
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
CN doesn;t say
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
Wasn't
he writing about suffering from, ahem, stomach trouble, earlier in the week. Not the ideal leadout.
I can hardley toep[e
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
Bobby J
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Rogers went after bonus points
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
going after dz
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
13:18 PST 26.0mi/62.9mi to go
Official results for the first sprint at Acton are
1 Serge Pauwels (Cervélo TestTeam)
2 Tyler Farrar (Garmin – Slipstream)
3 Michael Rogers (Team Columbia – Highroad)
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
are these from CN?
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
chebas
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
FLandis
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
oops
NOte to self:Don’t believe Frankie.
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
hmmmm - wonder how accurate his hospital room memory was, or was he just commentating when he tesified ?
just wonderin is all, not saying anything.
Go and listen to Betsy's interview
over at competitorsradio. You’ll understand why he remembers that day.
THR and Astana
drill the chase
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
nice
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
Frankie is right
about the names on the jersey. IMO.
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
there to doom it
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
Big gap
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Frank and Booger should go on break
and leave Bobby J in the booth by hisself
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great if GH and CVV can stick this break w/ ShlecK
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
This might be it.
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
I think so to
Every time I get into a relationship
Bork, bork, bork!
by TheFigurehead on Feb 21, 2009 4:33 PM EST up reply actions
Damn strong break.
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
That was nutty.
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
And then it all froze up
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
ctv live now
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
thanks
much better!
We came to get down, so jump around!
by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
from Jake's twitter
30.4mi/58.5mi left Break is Danielson & Tuft (Garmin), Larsson, Van De Walle, Niermann, Vandborg, Elmiger, Rollin, Evans, Zirbel, & Sevilla
this might help the boys in the booth…
tee hee
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
Tyler
insert fork.
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
two "bottle passes" and now a mech check.... bwahhhaaaaahhhhaaaa
by Christopher See on Feb 21, 2009 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
meanwhile at the front
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Jake
To change things up a bit, now it’s Vande Velde, Hincapie, Frank Schleck, Marcus Zberg and Rinaldo Nocentini. But nothing decisive yet #ATOC
Chris Baldwin
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
magnus is railing that move
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
Bobby J and Frankie
elaborating on the feed zone antics great
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Note to frankie
Don’t ask Booger to check for course info. He just melts down and needs to go to commercial.
HA
please keep me up on the latest tour tracker shenanigans as I will be watching the good stuff at ctv
We came to get down, so jump around!
by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
I was watching the TT coverage this morning (out last night)
and noticed they spent quite a lot of camera time on Hincapie’s ass. Has anyone checked to make sure Zoe didn’t have a stroke?
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
(seriously)
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
Baldwin blew it
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Did George get a sandwich
from Baldwin’s bag? Seems like he owes him one.
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
I think so
TT guys said something to that effect…
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
1:05 time gap at the top
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
Skype is soo cool
I’m watching the race with you guys and my son calls from college. I don;t even have to get off my butt! Good times.
hehe, hehe...
She said “butt”.
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Hamilton and Horner - same age
But one seems to be riding better than the other.
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
Lance is 1 year older than both
I just love Horner, for a variety of reasons.
Hamilton – not so much
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
Anarchy in the USA!
Tyler will “never surrender”
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
awesome for you Bobby - props!
to be a pro bike rider and recycle your food wrappers etc is really beyond admirable – you should get some kind of environmental award, that goes way beyond call of duty.
"galactically stupid"
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
he wasnt passed out
in a ditch?
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by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
3rd thread is open
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
brave gh, pushing fs out of the way downhill
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Who are the 3 riders that bridged on the decent?
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
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