2011 Tour de France Stage 1: Passage du Gois - Mont des Alouettes 191.5 km

[dlwssonic]

10 hours plus to the tour! Biggest Race in the world with the most publicity! The only cycling race that appears in my local newspaper! The only race my friends know of! Bring it on!!!!

How i wish my country followed cycling more

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

To tell the truth, for the next few days I'm more interested in the Giro Donne than the dull first Tour week, even though Vos winning today is way more predictable than Gilbert tomorrow or HTC on Sunday.

On the day of the utterly worthless stage 3, the women are climbing the Mortirolo.

Yeah, real shame they don't already hit the Ventoux on stage 3...

 

[greenedge]

I would laugh if CP gets his times wrong and has to get all the riders in boats if the high tide comes in. DLwssonic don't you read the SMH????

 

[auscyclefan94]

I like JJ Rojas or Ventoso for this stage. If it is too tough for them then obviously Gilbert. Wouldn't be surprised to see Sammy Sanchez and Cadel Evans in the top 10.

 

[dlwssonic]

I would laugh if CP gets his times wrong and has to get all the riders in boats if the high tide comes in. DLwssonic don't you read the SMH????

dont mistake me for an australian just because i support cadel

 

[jens_attacks]

oh man le tour starts today,this will be mega-exciting.
please nobody get hurt,no doping scandals at all and let's hope for a great show.
VIVE LE TOUR!

 

[dlwssonic]

oh man le tour starts today,this will be mega-exciting.
please nobody get hurt,no doping scandals at all and let's hope for a great show.
VIVE LE TOUR!

+1
ten characters suck

 

[Mellow Velo]

any live coverage?

Difficult to find coverage in women cycling.

Rai Sport 2 have highlights, each evening, at around 19-30CET (45 minutes or there about)
Meanwhile, Eurosport start their pre-stage Tour ramble in an hour.............

 

[jens_attacks]

and got to say that i love this promo of tour de france 2011 by NOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkBmdkISOU8

shiit tour de france is always drama at its best.

 

[ferryman]

oh man le tour starts today,this will be mega-exciting.
please nobody get hurt,no doping scandals at all and let's hope for a great show.
VIVE LE TOUR!

I know, I'm like a bairn on Christmas morning Bring it on

And I'm off to France on holiday next week

 

[dlwssonic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8YfzVHU4q0

guys this song is da bomb mixes well with the music too.

 

[dlwssonic]

somemore excellent cycling music videos, as we await the countdown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lLO_xZ9lgI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PPZc9-vkzQ&feature=related

 

[Libertine Seguros]

any live coverage?

Difficult to find coverage in women cycling.

No sign of live coverage, but RAI are broadcasting 45 minute shows tacked on to the end of their Tour coverage, since the women tend to race earlier in the day so that this can be done.

Yeah, real shame they don't already hit the Ventoux on stage 3...

They don't need to hit the Ventoux. I just want something where more than 3km of the stage is important somewhere in the first 2 weeks. Something that's a potential banana skin. Instead, everybody knows they can simply peak for week 3 and not take any risks in the first 2 weeks, so everybody bar Gilbert will be more or less on the same time gaps as they were after the TTT, +/- 20 seconds, until Luz Ardiden. It'll be like the week Nocentini spent in yellow in 2009 all over again.

 

[sportzchick]

OMG i cant believe how fast its come around.....I guessing its because my life has been crazy busy so I havent had time to count it down.

It's gonna be Andy or Contador sadly

 

[Tuarts]

******! My computer speed is now really low! Too much feed watching.

You and me both!

Luckily SBS have got their fingers out of their arses and now its LIVE! out West too! Very happy. Kudos to them!

 

[just some guy]

Will be a fun 3 weeks.

ps Tin Tin is now among us

 

[Gloin22]

Lots of roundabouts at last km !

 

[Anonymous]

eurosport up and runing. studio chat to kick off
http://www.teamskyfans.com/live.html

 

[jens_attacks]

oh oh rebellin avatars.how many of them?

 

[Hawkwood]

Really looking forward to it, but have got my holiday plans totally back to front! We arrive in Le Mans next Friday after the Tour has left! And our holiday destination, Pornic, is just up from the Passage du Gois, but we'll be there a week late (next Saturday)! Oh well will have to try harder next year.

 

[sportzchick]

You and me both!

Luckily SBS have got their fingers out of their arses and now its LIVE! out West too! Very happy. Kudos to them!

great stuff

a couple of side questions - last year or the year before there was a chat room during the tour coverage around here? is it still around?

And probally off topic but is Michael Rodgers riding this year???.....its like he has disappeard off the face of the earth!!!!!

 

[jens_attacks]

Lots of roundabouts at last km !

if i see well it's just one in the last 2 kms.

 

[Gloin22]

if i see well it's just one in the last 2 kms.

Oh, yeah I mistook reading the map Lol. Still potentially dangreous.

 

[thirteen]

coverage about to start!

well, the pre-race stuff, at least

 

[jens_attacks]

Oh, yeah I mistook reading the map Lol. Still potentially dangreous.

yeah i'm afraid there will be lots of crashes