Tour de France: Prologue - Rotterdam - 8.9km

[The Barb]

No one is going to touch this time by Martin ... even Cancellara.

Martin still available at 1.90 on Betfair which is outstanding.

 

[Parrot23]

Very poor by Brad, but a lot worse if he fell off his bike. Lot of riders can lose this first week with mistakes.

 

[Mellow Velo]

I am sorry Dim but that is a cop out. Wiggins was very dissapointing.

How are Phonak doing?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Rain surely won't be too influential due to the fact the course is not technical?

 

[Anonymous]

Poor by Brad, but a lot worse if he fell off his bike.

ditto. better safe than sorry.

And ACF stop talking rot, its a bit early in the tour to be talking nonsense already, at least wait till stage 3 . its pouring with rain.. see where your boy finishes in the rain

 

[sublimit]

if it stays raining could well be tony martin in yellow. Happy with that, hes in my fantasy team

I have Martin, Kireinka ,Hagen in mine so i'm looking good also.

 

[El Imbatido]

@TeamSkyFans Dim, are we able to see who other teams picked for the fantasy comp yet. I had a quick look but couldn't find anyway to yet.


Sorry about the Off topic

 

[Anonymous]

Rain surely won't be too influential due to the fact the course is not technical?

No, but i think contenders wont want to take any stupid risks.

 

[auscyclefan94]

How are Phonak doing?

Phonak are a dope squad. BMC are clean(ish)! BMC are going quite well. Sky are a crap squad!

 

[Sophistic]

it cant be that bad when Grischa Niermann is just 40s behind Martin

 

[auscyclefan94]

dim, quite a few people said he was dissapointing. I am deadly serious. For a guy like him I expected a far better time.

 

[pedaling squares]

Very poor by Brad, but a lot worse if he fell off his bike. Lot of riders can lose this first week with mistakes.

Exactly. I'm sure he wanted better but the only time gaps that count are those against GC contenders.

 

[Parrot23]

First week about NOT losing, I'd think. Lot of nervous riders.

 

[pedaling squares]

Phonak are a dope squad. BMC are clean(ish)! BMC are going quite well. Sky are a crap squad!

ACF please don't let your 4 yr old touch the keyboard.

 

[auscyclefan94]

ACF please don't let your 4 yr old touch the keyboard.

That comment was to get Dim going but he probably hates me now!

 

[armstrong]

OLN 2010 TOUR DE FRANCE SCHEDULE

Thanks for posting this. It will comprise a big part of my life over the next 3 weeks. There's a reason I love July.

Oddly, for today's prologue, it says:

P Saturday July 3 Rotterdam to Rotterdam 8:30am-11:30am


But as someone posted correctly, it'll apparently start at 11:30am. Anyone know why it says 8:30 here?

 

[Publicus]

Bottle is on deck. Which means Vino is in the next few minutes as well.

Is it still raining?

 

[stefrees]

Phonak are a dope squad. BMC are clean(ish)! BMC are going quite well. Sky are a crap squad!

For everyones sanity can you grow up and behave and enjoy the tour?

 

[Cal_Joe]

Thanks for posting this. It will comprise a big part of my life over the next 3 weeks. There's a reason I love July.

Oddly, for today's prologue, it says:

P Saturday July 3 Rotterdam to Rotterdam 8:30am-11:30am


But as someone posted correctly, it'll apparently start at 11:30am. Anyone know why it says 8:30 here?

Starts at 8:30 on Versus in California.

 

[pedaling squares]

Bottle is on deck.

Always wondered where this nickname originated. Noggin size???

 

[Mellow Velo]

Wiggins's time is only relevant to the other contenders. Need to wait and see what risks the rest are prepared to take.
Remember we had the same worries last year, only the rain never materialised.

 

[Anonymous]

@TeamSkyFans Dim, are we able to see who other teams picked for the fantasy comp yet. I had a quick look but couldn't find anyway to yet.


Sorry about the Off topic

they appear at some point. might be after the first points are allocated which is generally a few hours after the race, sometimes next morning. (the guy who does it does it for nothing so if its next day nobody moans too much)

I have both rogers and cancellara

I WANT LIVE PICTURES

 

[pedaling squares]

Anyone know why it says 8:30 here?

Their coverage usually starts at 0830 hrs EST as per website, it might just be the prologue that starts later due to its length.

 

[Anonymous]

That comment was to get Dim going but he probably hates me now!

No i just pity you. There is actually a talking crap/barracking scale. It starts with maybe one mild peice of banter three days before the race, nothing for three days, then some targetted crap talk on stage 3, gradually increasing to a peak on the queen mountain stage, after which in your case it gradually declines as paris approaches and you realise your boy is going to finish off the podium. I cant be bothered to post the graph.

 

[auscyclefan94]

No i just pity you. There is actually a talking crap/barracking scale. It starts with maybe one mild peice of banter three days before the race, nothing for three days, then some targetted crap talk on stage 3, gradually increasing to a peak on the queen mountain stage, after which in your case it gradually declines as paris approaches and you realise your boy is going to finish off the podium. I cant be bothered to post the graph.

Some people are so f****** precious! Geez, it would be alright if we did it to a lance fanboy or bagging lance.