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

[sportzchick]

yeah i'm afraid there will be lots of crashes

heart in mouth stuff

 

[bottomgear]

let the games begin

 

[Gloin22]

Any early live streams ?

 

[thirteen]

Any early live streams ?

Dim usually has them up pretty quickly: http://www.teamskyfans.com/live.html

(pre-race coverage starts in 4 minutes)

 

[bottomgear]

its going to taske time to get used to this format

 

[superconfex]

Here at last..3 weeks of joy

 

[Anonymous]

Dim usually has them up pretty quickly: http://www.teamskyfans.com/live.html

(pre-race coverage starts in 4 minutes)

weve got 2 eurosport up for now. more as the day progresses.
We are also doing full live text all tour from about 2pm cet each day (as long as all my promised volunteers are available )

 

[bottomgear]

and tired eyes the next morning

 

[canyonball]

So Gilbert got himself a new pair of shorts and a helmet. Looks much better now

 

[ak-zaaf]

Great idea to start in front of a pharmacy.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Great idea to start in front of a pharmacy.

Haha yeah noticed that too

 

[Tuarts]

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!!!!!

No idea about the chat

Mick has been injured several times this year and is no shape or form to attempt the Tour. Hopefully the Vuelta if he gets fit!

 

[Amsterhammer]

...and they're off....three glorious weeks!

 

[sportzchick]

Great idea to start in front of a pharmacy.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Saw that!

No idea about the chat

Mick has been injured several times this year and is no shape or form to attempt the Tour. Hopefully the Vuelta if he gets fit!

damm - he cant take a trick injury wise If it wasnt for bad luck he would have no luck at all!

found a eurosport link through fromsport GO CADEL!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Lotto Lang on the floor before the race has started.
Tell a lie it was Andre the giant.
(nice one Harmon)

 

[San Carlo]

Lotto Lang on the floor before the race has started.

It was Greipel.

 

[Tuarts]

Lotto 1 Carrots 0

 

[The Sheep]

Wonder if HTC will ride for that first sprint

 

[bottomgear]

pity heinrich haussler not racing this year

 

[Publicus]

So does this mean I should officially press the start button on my coffee pot?

 

[Wergeland]

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

9 roundabouts in the last 6k's. On the first day of the tour. Could be dangerous.

 

[Tuarts]

Uphill so will be slower than your normal sprint.

 

[thirteen]

So does this mean I should officially press the start button on my coffee pot?

now!

....

 

[Anonymous]

here we go

 

[Frosty]

Uphill so will be slower than your normal sprint.

The roundabouts are before they reach the climb. People will be jostling for position at that point