Tour de France: Prologue - Rotterdam - 8.9km

[Old&slow]

Wow Craig Hummer (or whatever his name is) has aged. Big time.

Hah I get the opposite feeling when I look at Hummer. He looks like he is 25 going on 12. Everytime I see him I think why are they hiring child announcers. He looks about 15 years to young to be on TV.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Eurosport live on HD

Hurrah! About time. Such plonkeurs........

 

[kjetilraknerud]

IF he stayed in second would G wear white or green tomorrow?

I believe he would be in green. I think it's yellow - green - polka - white.
Could be wrong though.

 

[Winterfold]

Brilliant stuff by Thomas

 

[sometriguy]

The Paul Sherwing "did lance hold back last year" line was priceless!

 

[joy118118]

Geraint 2nd and provisionally in white. Could have pushed martin closer if the roads hadnt been wet, he must be gutted, this was a big target for g. good ride though.

Nope, Tony Martin in white

 

[Anonymous]

IF he stayed in second would G wear white or green tomorrow?

I would assume white as that for me carries more prestige because it is GC based, and if he wore green a rider finishing very low down could end up wearing white.

its all a but hypothetical though, but hes got a chance, i think the guys that beat that time will be older.

 

[Anonymous]

Nope, Tony Martin in white

So if it stayed like this who would be in yellow if martins in white?

 

[scribe]

Wow! See all that blood??

 

[lilyprotector]

innocent until proven guilty

That was hard to watch, completely expected, but hard to watch.

They don't even consider that there is even a chance that maybe lance ever did anything wrong at all

i am totally a lance fan. doesn't mean i'm not open to the possibility that at some point in his career he doped. most of the cyclists who have done well to be honest have probably doped at some point. mostly i think that was years ago if it did happen. different time and attitude. that said, he has NEVER TESTED POSITIVE, something landis can't claim nor many others who have served suspensions. and the guy has been tested more than anyone else. at some point, it is ridiculous, if someone who has been more tested than anyone else and has never tested positive, to say, well he's guilty anyway and anyone who puts stock in the test results is just a suck up.

as for landis, he can say whatever he wants, but the fact that he comes out to talk right before the tour of california and now right before the tour of france says to me he is interested in personal vendettas and most of all hurting the sport. to me, that reeks of sour grapes. and i am one of the people who believed floyd when he claimed his innocence. so here's a guy who has lied for years, taken money from people who believed in his innocence, and now that that hasn't worked out, is trying a different tactic. it seems very self-serving. sounds like no one would hire him, he got ****ed, and decided that he would hurt as many people as he could and bring down the sport that wanted nothing to do with him anymore.

 

[sometriguy]

Wow! See all that blood??

scary, better them than me!

 

[Anonymous]

Wow! See all that blood??

no, we are busy having adverts

 

[auscyclefan94]

See ya guys. Will be back in 20 minutes!

 

[Anonymous]

and the guy has been tested more than anyone else.

I dont even want to reply to this as its completely off-topic and discussed elsehwere. But lets just say, Lance has NOT been tested more than anybody else. between 20 and 25 tests a year between 99 and 06. Not even close to the most tested rider, might just scrape the top ten. That is a complete myth spread by armstrong.

Now back to the prologue

 

[joy118118]

So if it stayed like this who would be in yellow if martins in white?

Well, I misunderstand.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Wow! See all that blood??

Not to worry.
I'm sure he's got some spare hanging about....

 

[Publicus]

Not to worry.
I'm sure he's got some spare hanging about....

You knocked that one out of the park.

 

[superconfex]

Not to worry.
I'm sure he's got some spare hanging about....

I see what you did there

 

[auscyclefan94]

Aus TV started. Phil Liggett is terrible as he stares at the interviewer with an unusual gazed look and taste le tour is back! Muppet tomolaris is still there also!

 

[python]

liiy, pls take texas and his doping to another forum, will you.

race day threads participants are sensitive to offtopic. thnk you.

 

[bobs nob]

The Paul Sherwing "did lance hold back last year" line was priceless!

I was cleaning the counters busily in my kitchen with the TV on, on top of the fridge. When I heard that, I stopped, looked up, shook my head, went back to cleaning.

Gold, Jerry, Gold.

 

[lilyprotector]

liiy, pls take texas and his doping to another forum, will you.

race day threads participants are sensitive to offtopic. thnk you.

no prob. i was only responding to what quite a few people had written about in this forum so i thought it was okay to repond. would be happy to take texas and his NONdoping to other forum.

 

[Ferminal]

Aus TV started. Phil Liggett is terrible as he stares at the interviewer with an unusual gazed look and taste le tour is back! Muppet tomolaris is still there also!

Yeh thanks for showing the actual race SBS

 

[Hugh Januss]

i am totally a lance fan. doesn't mean i'm not open to the possibility that at some point in his career he doped. most of the cyclists who have done well to be honest have probably doped at some point. mostly i think that was years ago if it did happen. different time and attitude. that said, he has NEVER TESTED POSITIVE, something landis can't claim nor many others who have served suspensions. and the guy has been tested more than anyone else. at some point, it is ridiculous, if someone who has been more tested than anyone else and has never tested positive, to say, well he's guilty anyway and anyone who puts stock in the test results is just a suck up.

as for landis, he can say whatever he wants, but the fact that he comes out to talk right before the tour of california and now right before the tour of france says to me he is interested in personal vendettas and most of all hurting the sport. to me, that reeks of sour grapes. and i am one of the people who believed floyd when he claimed his innocence. so here's a guy who has lied for years, taken money from people who believed in his innocence, and now that that hasn't worked out, is trying a different tactic. it seems very self-serving. sounds like no one would hire him, he got ****ed, and decided that he would hurt as many people as he could and bring down the sport that wanted nothing to do with him anymore.

"Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice..............."

 

[janus1969]

Man, I honestly expected Jens to do better...he sure looked "casual" in some of the footage and I wonder if he was holding back? (granted, his face at the end didn't look casual at all...)