97th Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2011

[Libertine Seguros]

The footage of Purley trying to save Williamson from his burning car is the very last scene of the documentary. I'd never seen it before, it's incredibly tragic and very hard to watch.

It's one of the saddest things I've ever seen. I'm not going to pretend motor racing is safe, we still have deaths to this day, but thank God those days are over.

 

[dlwssonic]

di luca did attack

 

[auscyclefan94]

grrrrr...my speakers may be broken. well they work but I have to hold down the button for them to work. my thumb will be numb by the end of liege!

 

[Moondance]

WTF? FdJ leading the peloton?!?

 

[auscyclefan94]

WTF? FdJ leading the peloton?!?

who for do you think?

 

[cineteq]

who for do you think?

Sandy Casar?

 

[Jamsque]

It's one of the saddest things I've ever seen. I'm not going to pretend motor racing is safe, we still have deaths to this day, but thank God those days are over.

The whole documentary was a real eye-opener for me. I'm a pretty young guy and I didn't get in to F1 until the late 90s, so I arrived after Senna's death and never saw a race where a driver died. I knew F1 was a dangerous sport but until I watched The Killer Years I had no idea that there was an era where driver (and spectator!) deaths were just a part of the sport and races didn't even stop for fatalities.

 

[dlwssonic]

The chase has joined the break pretty strong group now

 

[auscyclefan94]

Sandy Casar?

lol, I doubt that

 

[Nastyy]

who for do you think?

Pierrick Fedrigo. I think he can do well here.

 

[Moondance]

Casar or Fedrigo... But that's not the issue. Noone is expecting FdJ to work.

Everyone is playing into Gilbert's hands, just a little annoying. I would love if Gilbert won today, but I wouldn't like to see him handed the win on a silver platter.

 

[Ferminal]

Next climb: Maquisard at 60km to go. Longest climb of the race, 4km.

 

[auscyclefan94]

The chase has joined the break pretty strong group now

could this be roubaix all over again?

 

[The Hitch]

Eurosport feed down?

 

[search]

Sandy Casar?

Casar is in Turkey

 

[beer_thirty]

Eurosport feed down?

not down, but it really sucks. jumpy as hell. I'm going w/the french feed on sky fans. Only know a little french, but the feed is good.

 

[Ferminal]

Or maybe Dave, Vino is unlikely to race beyond 2012, so he would like a strong team to manage.

 

[I Watch Cycling In July]

seems to be down hitch - ive gone back here http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-3.php

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The whole documentary was a real eye-opener for me. I'm a pretty young guy and I didn't get in to F1 until the late 90s, so I arrived after Senna's death and never saw a race where a driver died. I knew F1 was a dangerous sport but until I watched The Killer Years I had no idea that there was an era where driver (and spectator!) deaths were just a part of the sport and races didn't even stop for fatalities.

Hey, though I mentioned a grudge against Zolder for killing Villeneuve, Gilles died before I was born. I do remember Senna's death quite vividly, and Ratzenberger too. To be honest reading about Ratzenberger's death was a huge WTF because we all felt the sport was safe now. But he was an inexperienced driver (in F1 at least) in a small, low budget team. And then of course Senna, one of the most popular champions and natural talents the sport had ever seen, in the biggest team in the world at the time... suddenly from everybody seeming safe, it felt like nobody was.

 

[auscyclefan94]

stupid eurosport!!!!

 

[luckyboy]

Hey, though I mentioned a grudge against Zolder for killing Villeneuve, Gilles died before I was born. I do remember Senna's death quite vividly, and Ratzenberger too. To be honest reading about Ratzenberger's death was a huge WTF because we all felt the sport was safe now. But he was an inexperienced driver (in F1 at least) in a small, low budget team. And then of course Senna, one of the most popular champions and natural talents the sport had ever seen, in the biggest team in the world at the time... suddenly from everybody seeming safe, it felt like nobody was.

And there was Barrichello's crash on the Friday. Horrible weekend.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

mine down too!... lateste live report from cyclingnews:

The early break has been caught by the chasers on the slopes of the Masquisard, and the newly-expanded group has a lead of 0:46 over the peloton.

Situation:

Jesus Herrada Lopez (Movistar), Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM), Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) and Mathias Frank (BMC)

Enrico Gasparotto (Astana), Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank), Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), Jerome Pineau (Quick Step), Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Dario Cataldo (Quick Step), Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-Cannondale), Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank), Yannick Talabardon (Saur-Sojasun), Mickael Delage (FDJ) and Kanstantsin Siutsou (HTC-Highroad) at 0:16

Peloton at 1:08

 

[Anonymous]

if you are watching on teamskyfans refresh the page.

We have three eurosport feeds back up again, french is the best feed though

 

[auscyclefan94]

use the audio feed

http://eurosport.yahoo.com/audioplayer.html

 

[Ferminal]

mine down too!... lateste live report from cyclingnews:

More importantly JENS is on the front working.