Tour du Haut Var Stage 1 LIVE
by Jens on Feb 18, 2012 6:20 AM EST
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Draguignan - La Croix Valmer
189.2 km
One of the highlights of the early season program. The always aggressively raced Tour du Haut Var follows the Tour Med on the prep course for riders aiming for the early results at Paris-Nice. Although it consists of two stages this is essentially two one day races. A flatter one today and a hilly /uphill finish stage tomorrow.
Podiumcafe likely suspect: Romain Feillu
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Live video:16:00 CET (10:00 US EST, 02:00 AUS EDT)
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Thanks for not saying "First."
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by tehGrindCrusher on Feb 18, 2012 6:36 AM EST up reply actions
I find that practice to be incredibly idiotic
(and notice how I’m only commenting on it when someone directed a comment to me about it? I’ve been trying to play nice :) )
You and me both, sister.
That’s why I commended you on showing such restraint. Pretty much anything other than a verbatim quote from Mein Kampf is better in my opinion.
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
Never use a long word where a short one will do.
If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
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Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Feb 18, 2012 6:52 AM EST up reply actions
Whilst I agree with you, Mein Kampf may be going a tad too far, but I noticed that a friend of mine put this up
at the Cyclingtips blog, so I saved it for just such an occasion.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
an editorial comment from the distant past:
“if you would inform, a positive dogmatical Manner in advancing your Sentiments, may provoke Contradiction & prevent a Candid Attention. If you wish Information & Improivement from the Knowledge of others and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix’d in your present Opinions, modest sensible Men, who do not love Disputation, will probably leave you undisturb’d in the Possession of your Error; and by such a Manner you can seldom hope to recommend yourself in pleasing your hearers, or to persuade those whose Concurrence you desire.”
I was hoping for howard, but you may well be right.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
with just about all the top sprinters hanging out in Oman, we probably need to dig
a little deeper:
Hushovd
Bosic
Cantwell
Rojas
I am going to stop here of fear of looking like a complete imbecile.
I sincerely hope Jens is wrong and it won't be Feillu. he's a menace.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I've heard it after sprint finishes a number of times. the last time it was Goss at the TDU, but I also have a vague
recollection of at least one sprint in last year’s TdF where he was talked about after a sprint.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
you go girl
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
o/t Pon Holdings acquires Cervelo.
piece on CN website.
and, if you need time to kill, you can go rewatch last year's haut var.
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
well, yes. but you can also watch it online. cyclingfans has the links to the full coverage.
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
(there are few races i don't have a disk)
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
I remember buying a 10mb HDD for about $2000 in the past.
Rode my bike ever since.
now that's a blast from the past
currently, i have around 20 2tb hard drives wandering around this house attached to machines.
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
not for another hour. and, it's on exqi
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
It is, on TV Limburg
Live thread: www.podiumcafe.com/2012/2/18/2807887/caubergcross-live
Coffee cures all. ~ Gav
Good morning peoples..!
Strava...? We are going for the TOP 10 this year...! Are you going to be part of something great or not?
to you I am getting ready to go for a ride...
Tomorrow is a club race and I don’t know the course or the area… so Mister Frank will take me there in a few to ride around the course.
Strava...? We are going for the TOP 10 this year...! Are you going to be part of something great or not?
Don't worry I won't be chasing any KOMs today...
2 km uphill in the dirt will be a segment when I come back… is like small circuit of 10 km and I believe is 3 laps.
Strava...? We are going for the TOP 10 this year...! Are you going to be part of something great or not?
meanwhile, nibali wins stage 5 of oman
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
so many races going on..!
Strava...? We are going for the TOP 10 this year...! Are you going to be part of something great or not?
Peter Velits is second. Just waiting to hear who came third and who now has race leader's jersey.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
and i had just swapped him for Scarponi
Now i need to rethink, again
from 5km out with velits. then dropped velits and soloed to the finish.
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
nope. velits.
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Caubergcross starts in 10 minutes
FYI.
http://www.podiumcafe.com/2012/2/18/2807887/caubergcross-live
Coffee cures all. ~ Gav
Meanwhile over in Italy
ORDER OF ARRIVAL: 1, Moreno MOSER (ITA, Liquigas – Cannondale), 2 ° Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col, Androni – Venezuela), 3 ° Montaguti Matthew (Eng, Ag2r La Mondiale) 4° GianLuca BRAMBILLA (Ita, Colnago – CSF), 5° Francesco GAVAZZI (Ita, Astana)
Ah
that explains why my France 3 has a dude standing on a hill talking about the ocean
Coffee cures all. ~ Gav
Depending on which passage of the finish line that was
Distance to go/gone estimated time at 42/39/35 km’h
24,4 164,8 Premier passage ligne d’Arrivée ( montée village étroite ) 16:14:41 16:32:52 17:01:47
18,3 170,9 Deuxième passage ligne d’Arrivée 16:23:23 16:42:15 17:12:14
12,2 177,0 Troisième passage ligne d’Arrivée 16:32:05 16:51:38 17:22:41
6,1 183,1 Quatrième passage ligne d’Arrivée 16:40:47 17:01:01 17:33:08
0,0 189,2 Arrivée finale La Croix Valmer Le Forum 16:49:29 17:10:24 17:43:35
probably btwn 3rd and 4th lap
"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 Feb 18, 2012 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
Beppu sighting :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Haut Var
Hardy and Koretsky → 55 s Bertogliati, Madrazo and Georges → 1.30 peloton
And Allez Hardy. He is going to win :)
thank you. I'm finding this very confusing.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Thanks. I was wondering, and the circuit seems tiny.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
No...
…crit courses are usually 1-2 miles long max
Yeah, so lots and lots of laps of a pretty short course...
…is usually how they work.
In Algvare
A breakaway with: Algavre → Breschel, Devenyns, Bussche, Sanchez Pimenta, Pardilla, Bakelnts, Cherel, van Avermaet
has it's own thread, frinking
"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 Feb 18, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
No don't..my computer's struggling as is my brain.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Hardy is looking a bit tired to me
by uninformed consent on Feb 18, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
I was thinking of another 'H"...Howard, and isn't it 180 k's today?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
So seriously, who won? i thought there were about 20 k's to go.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
very regional
no moto cam on final circuit, seems just fixed camera. Bit like watching a horse race in the fog, with runners only in view for part of the course
Odd, b/c I could have sworn they were saying the opposite...
…but my verbal French isn’t great either.
I think we'll give you a stay of execution for now. Happy your boy won.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I have to check the map to see where the finish was.
Looked cold there; but still, the sun was shining and it is France! A mini-vacation for my eyes!
by uninformed consent on Feb 18, 2012 11:23 AM EST reply actions
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