Link du Jour

by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 16, 2009 3:23 PM EDT in News

Not that I'm in the actual habit of passing on links, but it occurred to me as my DVR failed to tape Paris-Nice that not all is lost. Thanks to my new best friend Wielerflits. Check out his Youtube page -- he/she has been in the habit of posting same-day video of the closing stages of every race this year. I'll embed today's action, but rather than clogging the front page I'll just refer you (and my lunch break) to Wielerflits' collection of Paris-Nice videos from the last week of amazing action.

Tirreno-Adriatico 2009 Stage 6 Final Kilometers (via Wielerflits)

[...adding, I make no representation about whether these clips are authorized. I leave that to Youtube and Wielerflits to figure out.]

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I was lucky. I checked my TiVo to make sure it was recording it yesterday. It wasn't so I did it manually.

This seems to be a new problem for Versus Channel. I am thinking someone at Versus isn’t putting the correct keywords in all of their cycling productions. As a result, the wishlists and season passes I have (and others) set up for cycling aren’t seeing these shows. I had the same problem with the ToC preview shows. Once I set a season pass for “Tour of California” it worked fine.

by ZoeRochelle on Mar 16, 2009 3:31 PM EDT reply actions

Schedule showed that the episode was the same as last week

Both the 3/8 and 3/15 P-N shows on versus were listed as the same episode. This wasn’t a problem with ToC.

by bytendog on Mar 16, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions

But the ToC didn't record with a cycling keyword wishlist that I have set up.

by ZoeRochelle on Mar 16, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Wielerflits completes me

I had to leave today right after they hit the summit of the big mountain, when I got back I watched the final few km on his youtube page. It was as good as watching it as live, really exciting.

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 16, 2009 3:49 PM EDT reply actions

Glad your DVR failed and thanks for the pass

Basso looked pretty good with that little engine check.

by sminer on Mar 16, 2009 5:42 PM EDT reply actions

Suddenly

Astana sucks at stage racing… interesting.

Come on, man. I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man!

by ELVISGOAT on Mar 16, 2009 6:16 PM EDT reply actions

Let's just hope...

that it extends to all three Grand Tours!

Go Basso!

Racing for Victory and Free Beer!

by DemonCats on Mar 16, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Hmm 4th and 2 stage wins at P-N and 3rd plus a stage at T-A

I agree for their standards they have been below par so far, but it must be nice to have such a strong squad that you can pull off those results and still be underachieving..

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 16, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions

As team they were far below par..

A Contador would have gained that score in any squad and Kloden also didn’t get much help.. His TT win wasn’t a team performance and he should thank Iglinsky on his bare knees that he’s third.. But where were the other 6 Astana’s?

Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Franzoi wins Parijs-Roubaix and I win a date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak..

by Frinking on Mar 17, 2009 7:36 AM EDT up reply actions