Recent content by Ewbles

Hi everyone. I'm having a holiday in Burgundy this summer and thought I'd try to see the ITT stage to Besancon, and maybe one other stage. Thing is, I've only spectated at the Tour once before, in 1997, and I took a rather unsophisticated approach. I got myself next to the start ramp in...

Well, I had Anton, so at least I'm not alone in picking badly. For all his win today tough, Rodriguez's acceleration didn't seem to be as frightening as it sometimes is. Maybe he just didn't need it to be. Still and all, I think I'm shifting my pick to Scarponi now.

Thanks for all the help guys. Sadly, I only managed to train for a few weeks after starting this thread before a brief but desperately needed spate of employment derailed me. Nevertheless, I had a crack at it, and loved it...

Great fun, thanks for organising it Sasquatch. Next time I shall take the time to do the maths.

Well, my joker kept me in that, but as the only person who hasn't selected Contador for his team, I expect to plummet down the ratings now.

This is all really helpful, thanks guys. So, a big gear to work my legs, rather than a little one to let the bike do all the work, and rest time to make sure I'm capable of working hard when I do hit it? My Dad once successfully trained for his first marathon by compressing a three-month...

Can I ask for some tips? I've followed cycling as a sport for many years, but have never actually been much of a cyclist, in fact, I've barely put **** to saddle at all for fifteen years. By complete fluke, however, my summer holiday this year is in a gitte practically at the foot of Mt Ventoux...

This looks like fun, may I join in, please?

Rah, it's all getting exciting now the GTs loom, be interesting to see how the teams balance.

Oh dear, the Eurosport stream isn't playing. Is that likely to be a temporary glitch or permanent?

Brilliant, thank you TeamSkyFans.

Hmmm...thanks for that that link. It works, but only for a few minutes, at which point I get a warning about reaching 'Breakpoint' and then it all stops. Is that happening to anyone else? I'm wondering if its a problem with my computer, or something in the stream designed to restrict who views...

Mint, thanks. I'm going to cable the laptop into the telly and wait for the hills.

It says something about the poor quality of my screen that my first thought was that Alan Yentob gets everywhere these days.

Am I right in thinking that the one named sport-livez 3 seems to be the most likely candidate? At the moment its all talk rather than coverage, but at least its cycling talk (some of the other links seem to be showing sailing), so presumably once they hit the steep stuff they'll leave the...