Versus TdF Preview Today 7pm EDT

by Ruthann on Jun 28, 2009 4:56 PM EDT

Hi, folks. Just a quick reminder to all Vesus-watchers that their 1/2-hour Tour de France preview show is on today at 7pm EDT/6pm CDT.

VS started their cycling "coverage" today by showing five hours of LA's "greatest" stage wins in the TdF. 2001 stage 10 ("The Look," on l'Alpe d'Huez,) 2001 stage 13 (Ullrich crashes, LA waits,) and are now in their third hour (2002, Stage 12, the stage where Christoph Moreau punched Carlos Sastre in the face and the Chechu/Heras/LA train charges up and passes Laurent Jalabert on the Plateau de Beille.)

I haven't watched these Tours for a couple of years now, and it's amazing how many convicted dopers were right in there: Ullrich, Botero, Rumsas, Sevilla, Heras, Serrano, Didier Rous, Gonzalez de Galdeano, Frigo, Piepolli, Landis. I'm watching and mentally checking them off: doper, yup, doper, yup, doper, yup. I'm glad I was a more naive cycling fan back then, it's enough to break your heart...

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and don't forget to set your tivos

for the garmin documentary on sundance tomorrow night. i auto-record cycling but that got missed.

by cg. on Jun 28, 2009 5:01 PM EDT reply actions

whuh?!

[runs to tv…]

Abruzziamo!

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 28, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Cool!

and done…

Abruzziamo!

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 28, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions

glad to help!

by cg. on Jun 29, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Showing stage 13 of 2003 Tour right now..

never thought I’d be so happy to see Ullrich again but I am.

by Phil H. on Jun 28, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions

Ahhhh, but not Vino

by Phil H. on Jun 28, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Whaaat?!

That’s hypocretic dude. You know that.

Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Frining "It's what he thinks.. But he always do.. I eat my shoe if he ride top 15 in le Tour" about Devolder

by Frinking on Jun 28, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah it is, not denying it, have a prob frinkster?

by Phil H. on Jun 28, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Uuh yeah.. I loooove Vino.. Touching him is touching me you know..

I loved him..

btw
After that I always rooted for Der Jan in the Tour.. Couldn’t stand Lance and still after numerous fails I jad hope Der Jan could beat Lance.. Unfortanetly it never happened

by Frinking on Jun 28, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh I don't want to touch you Frinkster

well I think I’m happy seeing Jan because I know he’s not coming back and don’t want him to now. Vino is coming back and so it’s a bit different.

by Phil H. on Jun 28, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions

"Touching him is touching me"

Isn’t that an ABBA song?

Racing for Victory and Free Beer!

by DemonCats on Jun 28, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Ha ha!

The dirty version.

by tedvdw on Jun 29, 2009 7:19 AM EDT up reply actions

I think it's almost safe to put Vaughters in the category of delusional.

Did he say that winning the Tour is their #1 goal? I don’t have tivo.

by sminer on Jun 28, 2009 7:19 PM EDT reply actions

yes. yes, he did.

by cg. on Jun 28, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, maybe that Q&A took place when he thought they might get Contador.

by sminer on Jun 28, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Or before CVV got hurt

still would see it as quite a stretch but the DS is supposed to say stuff he really doesn’t believe to give his team leader confidence.

by Phil H. on Jun 28, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey my #1 goal is to win the Tour too.

by ursula on Jun 29, 2009 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions

What's wrong with having that as your goal?

While it may not be realistic, I have no problem with him saying that is their #1 goal. I mean you have a guy that finished fourth in the Tour last year, so why not make it a goal to win the tour. Shouldn’t that be every director’s goal?

by ncmussell on Jun 29, 2009 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions

Or

put another way, as the team directeur, it’s not totally outlandish to think he has to say that. Some directeurs will come out and admit the obvious, that they aren’t going to win, but I can understand other DSs feeling like they shouldn’t say that. His real goal is to do as much as they can, and if setting the expectations high is what they need right now, OK I guess.

Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
Roll on Columbia, Roll on!

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 29, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Not to take anything away from Garmin's GC hopeful,

but they’re going up against the same riders as last year, and some of them I think are better than last year. And then you add Astana back into the mix and you’re further out of the picture. I’m all for the power of positive thinking, but when you stack it up against the reality of this year’s situation I think your just left with delusional musings from an insane person. And on top of that, I don’t think those side burns work for him.

by sminer on Jun 29, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Jeez...

you said it…shave the side burns for god sakes!!

by TRDean on Jun 30, 2009 7:27 AM EDT up reply actions

couldn't say for sure... as usual, vs background audio is too much in the foreground

"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 29, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Man

was that Vesus preview cursory… maybe they have another one in the hopper for Friday night??

Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
Roll on Columbia, Roll on!

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 29, 2009 12:48 PM EDT reply actions

They focused on the important parts.

Now I know Lance is riding.

"I get paid to hurt other people. How good is that? How good is that?
I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, that's good." Jens!

by jsallee00 on Jun 29, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Lance is riding the Tour?

Shit i missed that.

by sminer on Jun 29, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions

you should have watched the preview

"I get paid to hurt other people. How good is that? How good is that?
I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, that's good." Jens!

by jsallee00 on Jun 29, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions

My own prep for the tour may involve an HD Tivo

Anyone have a better suggestion than the $200 refurb from Tivo itself?

by Sui Juris on Jun 29, 2009 1:04 PM EDT reply actions

you're stuck with comcast right?

"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 29, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Can't you

just get the DVR from your cable dudes? I pay $6 a month for renting one. TiVo is probably better but this will do.

Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
Roll on Columbia, Roll on!

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 29, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions

The DVRs from cablecos are horrible.

Horrible horrible.

I’m perfectly happy with the Tivo deal (esp. since the last time I looked they were $800), but I thought I’d check here in case anyone knew of better pricing/options.

by Sui Juris on Jun 29, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions

How about a TV card in an old PC

(or one of those little USB plug in sticks) plus a big hard disk. You don’t need a fast computer if it’s just recording the stream and not trying to show the picture. I’ve got an old P3 700Mhz box that manages fine, and lets me tap into the recorded files as and when I want. On average an hour of TV takes up 2 Gig, so a Terabyte disk would come pretty close to letting you record one channel non-stop for the whole 21 days.

by Monty. on Jun 29, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions