Tour de France: Prologue - Rotterdam - 8.9km

[Beech Mtn]

Something about seeing Baby Schleck in a TT champion's skinsuit just seems off.

 

[Big GMaC]

So Paul, SRAM make electronic groupos now?

 

[pedaling squares]

gave up on Versus for Eurosport UK.

Me too. Going to really miss that quality inside footage of mid-level movie stars hanging around Lance pre-ITT.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Sastre and Kreuziger on course.............oh and of course Tommy Voeckler.

 

[BroDeal]

Frank S matches Wiggins's time.

I guess that warm air did not help as much as Wigans hoped.

Wow, Versus blows. After being spoiled by Universal sports, this is like being kidnapped from a East European Hostel owned by Eli Roth.

 

[Anonymous]

remaining riders (times uk)
174 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack 18:08
175 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 18:09
176 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 18:10
177 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto 18:11
178 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 18:12
179 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 18:13
180 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18:14
181 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 18:15
182 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18:16
183 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 18:17
184 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 18:18
185 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 18:19
186 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 18:20
187 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 18:21
188 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 18:22
189 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 18:23
190 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 18:24
191 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 18:25
192 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 18:26
193 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions 18:27
194 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 18:28
195 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team 18:29
196 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack 18:30
197 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 18:31
198 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 18:32

 

[Beech Mtn]

Brajkovic looking all fired up. And verrrry skinny.

 

[Anonymous]

How many times will menchov fall in the wet?

 

[valentius borealis]

gave up on Versus for Eurosport UK. Already had enough Phil-n-Paul for the whole month of July. Plus Versus seems to favor the overhead shots and breaks to rider profiles instead of showing the actual riders on the course. At least Eurosport covers who's on course and how they are finishing.

You could always play a Phil-n-Paul drinking game. I plan on skulling a beer when the suitcase of courage comes out.

 

[Beech Mtn]

Niki Terprstra nearly caught Tommy Voeckler

 

[pedaling squares]

remaining riders (times uk)
174 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack 18:08
175 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 18:09
176 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 18:10
177 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto 18:11
178 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 18:12
179 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 18:13
180 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18:14
181 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 18:15
182 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18:16
183 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 18:17
184 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 18:18
185 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 18:19
186 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 18:20
187 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 18:21
188 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 18:22
189 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 18:23
190 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 18:24
191 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 18:25
192 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 18:26
193 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions 18:27
194 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 18:28
195 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team 18:29
196 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack 18:30
197 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 18:31
198 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 18:32

This place is going to get a little *** at 18:20.

 

[auto de fé]

It's total bedlam here in Munich this evening. Fantastic to see the support for the young Mr Martin.

 

[Beech Mtn]

Baby Schleck getting a lot of airtime (which is appropriate), but I take it that means I won't get to see Iglinsky go off.

 

[auscyclefan94]

This place is going to get a little *** at 18:20.

I will be glued to the tv!

 

[Beech Mtn]

Here we go - Menchov! Watch out for those white lines!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Brajkovic looking all fired up. And verrrry skinny.

But he appears to missing that extra 50 watts and then some.........

This place is going to get a little more *** at 18:20.

Fixed that for you.

 

[Beech Mtn]

I traded off the Versus SRAM commercials for "I'm Tyler Farrar, sprinter for Team Garmin-Transitions" and a barefoot Alberto gangster dude.

 

[sublimit]

Drying roads can be sticky and slippery, this could be difficult for these riders.

 

[Beech Mtn]

But he appears to missing that extra 50 watts and then some.........

Can't show up the old man.

TRS must going for that All-Important Team Classification.

 

[sometriguy]

Is the video feed the same for everyone, regardless of station?

Don't know if I can blame VS or not ( i know that when they cut away and do a segment that they are not showing the "world feed")

 

[superconfex]

poor time for Brajkovic considering........................

 

[sometriguy]

wow andy sucks.... not that he has shown anything at all this year

 

[Anonymous]

Pretty bad performance by andy.

 

[Beech Mtn]

Baby Schleck in 103rd place. Nearly a minute down

 

[Cal_Joe]

A Schleck 59 seconds down.