Tour de France : Stage 1 Rotterdam Bruxelles 223.5 km

[Moondance]

According to ligget brussels is now a country

Well, I can understand where he's coming from. Brussels is an autonomous region of Belgium... He might've read that and gotten confused.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Not sure what happened to Farrar there, hope he's ok. Good for Ale-Jet though. I hate those finishes.

Maybe Frodo can't understand Holm's English? He was only told about that corner 3+ times.

May I ask where you are getting the Holm comments??
Is it through the C-HTC website?

Yip - Cav screwed up, lets hope he has learned how to apologise over the last few weeks.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

looking at the big crash, Cancellara was squashed. I wont be surprised if he got a bad injury.

No, he was laughing at the finish line. Seems he is fine.

 

[theyoungest]

Insane finish. chaos. Hopefully no one injured

*expects gesink broke something*

According to Tankink, neither Gesink nor Menchov were involved in any of the crashes.

 

[pedaling squares]

May I ask where you are getting the Holm comments??
Is it through the C-HTC website?

Yip - Cav screwed up, lets hope he has learned how to apologise over the last few weeks.

I watched OLN (Vs) for about 10 mins and they had a feed inside the HTC car. Or THC car considering how dopey Cav rode...

 

[auscyclefan94]

Did anyone see Cadel? I could not find him but I guess I was too busy punching the air because Ale Jet won!

btw, Tomolaris called pettachi the ail jet!

 

[Race Radio]

May I ask where you are getting the Holm comments??
Is it through the C-HTC website?

Versus has a camera in the HTC car. Holm was on the radio telling them about that turn over and over.

 

[Lifeshape]

No surprise Cav was near the hairpin crash. For those who didn't stick with live coverage they missed some exciting moments.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I feel like ripping cavs head off. Freire must not be happy as it was his type of finish! Hey what an exciting finish to a boring stage!

 

[mastersracer]

According to ligget brussels is now a country

we used to have a drinking game taking a shot every time Liggett makes a mistake. Trouble is, no one stayed conscious to the end of the race...

 

[JesusManzano]

seems to me Roelandts pulled down the rider in front of him in a similar way that Theo Bos did some time ago...DSQ in my opinion

 

[Cowgirlup]

Did anyone see Cadel?

I was looking for him also and couldn't see him so I went to official Le Tour website and it says he crossed the line in 28th position.

I don't think he was caught up in that big crash because he finished well ahead of Hincapie who you can see in the replays picking his bike up just after that crash.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I was looking for him also and couldn't see him so I went to official Le Tour website and it says he crossed the line in 28th position.

I don't think he was caught up in that big crash because he finished well ahead of Hincapie who you can see in the replays picking his bike up just after that crash.

Cadel just tweeted about Peter brocks car being allowed to be ridden!

 

[online-rider]

Well...it's flat. It's crowded. Youu won't have to ride far from city to city. So yeah, very different from Australia.

But I'd love to be in Australia, I enjoy nature more than crowded space

I must inform you, Australia is a barren sh1thole ! No offense to the aussies but it really is.

 

[The Hitch]

I was looking for him also and couldn't see him so I went to official Le Tour website and it says he crossed the line in 28th position.

I don't think he was caught up in that big crash because he finished well ahead of Hincapie who you can see in the replays picking his bike up just after that crash.

in other words. He finished isolated from his team on a flat stage once again.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I must inform you, Australia is a barren sh1thole ! No offense to the aussies but it really is.

You obviously have not been there! Why would aussies take offence to that?

 

[sublimit]

seems to me Roelandts pulled down the rider in front of him in a similar way that Theo Bos did some time ago...DSQ in my opinion

He cant be disqualified because i have him in my fantasy team. I'm hoping he will bring me many points otherwise...

 

[Mellow Velo]

I must inform you, Australia is a barren sh1thole ! No offense to the aussies but it really is.

It's a barren sh1thole and it's got ACF living there?
Think I'd prefer to visit prison..............oh wait!

 

[pedaling squares]

Hey what an exciting finish to a boring stage!

I hate those finishes. Spent hours watching nothing happen only to be deprived of seeing the best sprinters and their teams fight it out. It made a boring day even more boring.

 

[theyoungest]

I hate those finishes. Spent hours watching nothing happen only to be deprived of seeing the best sprinters and their teams fight it out. It made a boring day even more boring.

It was to be expected... the riders had spent no energy whatsoever, so they went all out in the final 10-20 kms. Bring on the tougher stages, tired legs make for less taking of risks.

 

[warmfuzzies]

The Uniballer is intact.

Using the word "uniballer" in reference to Lance Armstrong shows hatred for someone who survived cancer in part by having a piece of themselves cut off. Arguably, such a person has a disability. Is making fun of the physically disabled something CN moderators view as acceptable?

Expressing a dislike for LA the rider/human being is acceptable - but expressing this dislike in the form of making fun of a cancer survivor is hateful and disgusting.

 

[cineteq]

Did anyone see Cadel? I could not find him but I guess I was too busy punching the air because Ale Jet won!

Cadel finished 28, same time as everyone.
Yet Klodi and Martin way down...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Using the word "uniballer" in reference to Lance Armstrong shows hatred for someone who survived cancer in part by having a piece of themselves cut off. Arguably, such a person has a disability. Is making fun of the physically disabled something CN moderators view as acceptable?

Expressing a dislike for LA the rider/human being is acceptable - but expressing this dislike in the form of making fun of a cancer survivor is hateful and disgusting.

ITS THE MORALITY KNIGHT

 

[Goldberger]

How did klöden lose time? i think i remember seeing him at the front of the peleton inside 3 kilometers

 

[theyoungest]

How did klöden lose time? i think i remember seeing him at the front of the peleton inside 3 kilometers

Stuck in or behind a crash, I guess? Not entirely impossible, is it?