Stage 1: "Gołębiewski" Karpacz - Jelenia Góra 179.5 km

ursula's preview covered the basics, now here's the live thread! Because honestly, what else were you going to do on the Tour's rest day?

Today's stage features 4 laps of a 39 km loop and a very strong, Olympic-focused start list. There's a single bump in the profile climbed 4 times, and what looks like a downhill finish--could be a fun day! And no, I don't know why the official site puts Gołębiewski in quotes, but since they did, I did.

Official site, Start list, your own personal FSA DS start list

Stage info and profile, pics from team presentation (see Boonen in Belgian champ's kit!

Stage starts at 14:16 local time (CEST), which is 8:16 EDT, 22:16 Aussie EST

Official site ticker via the gnomes

Video expected from 17:30 CEST, 11:30 EDT, 1:30 Wednesday AEST UPDATE! Live NOW, here!

Check usual sources for video links: Cycling Fans, Steephill, etc.