2012 Tour de France - Spoilers / Alerts / Ramblings

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:48 am

Stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France starts this Saturday, June 30th ... :shock:

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2012/us/days-stage.html

Predictions ???

Winner ???

Dope Free ?? :shifty:

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:49 am

Mark Cavendish already prediced fewer stage wins this year, due to the London Olympics later this summer ...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/tour-de-france/9358713/Mark-Cavendish-expects-fewer-Tour-De-France-2012-stage-wins-due-to-London-Olympics.html

La · Postby La » Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:05 am

PVR is set. I will be away this weekend, so I won't be able to see the first few stages.

Sir Crashalot · Postby **Sir Crashalot** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:17 pm

Hoping to watch a few stages at the office ...
:lol:

abhainn · Postby **abhainn** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:50 pm

Does anyone know if it will be available to watch online? And maybe download? I have zero cable.

RobAllen · Postby **RobAllen** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:42 am

abhainn wrote:Does anyone know if it will be available to watch online? And maybe download? I have zero cable.

http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/

jonovision_man · Postby **jonovision_man** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:57 pm

HCcD wrote:Predictions ???

Winner ???

Dope Free ??

Cadel repeats...
Hesjedal gets a stage win...
Radioshak implodes...

Dope Free - never... but closer than we've been in decades.

jono

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:57 pm

They should be renaming this year's as Tour de Cr@sh ... :shock:

jonovision_man · Postby **jonovision_man** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:03 pm

HCcD wrote:They should be renaming this year's as Tour de Cr@sh ...

That was a tough break for Cav... although glad nobody was injured, that looked really bad! My money is on him abandoning early, he's not really competing for the green jersey and the Olympics are coming up very soon. Maybe even as soon as the first rest day?

jono

abhainn · Postby **abhainn** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:15 pm

jonovision_man wrote:
HCcD wrote:They should be renaming this year's as Tour de Cr@sh ...

That was a tough break for Cav... although glad nobody was injured, that looked really bad! My money is on him abandoning early, he's not really competing for the green jersey and the Olympics are coming up very soon. Maybe even as soon as the first rest day?

jono

If I remember correctly he held out until the first really big day of climbing to drop out for the olympics last time? Someone correct me if I'm wrong - but I would expect the same this time around.

And I finally got cable hooked up but I'm so used to not turning on the tv when I get home that I've completely forgotten I have Tour viewing now. Missed over an hour of today's stage coverage, though I did watch some this morning.

Half-Mary · Postby **Half-Mary** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:22 am

I'm recording the Tour everyday so I can fast forward through the boring bits and rewind the crazy bits like the crashes. I'm glad for the 3km crash rule at the end, although the standings would be completely different if that rule didn't exist!

VeloCarrie · Postby **VeloCarrie** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:43 am

This is the first year I've watched the TdF & am really enjoying it. I guess I have a new appreciation for it since I started biking this year.

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:45 am

Now, what a pretty bike this is .. :whistle:

jonovision_man · Postby **jonovision_man** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:47 am

^^^ Nice!

jono

La · Postby La » Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:16 am

I saw a link to that photo on Twitter, but it was too small on my BB to really see how cool it was! I want that bike!! :mrgreen:

ETA: here is a link to the full story with multiple images of the bike -> http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/p ... ca--34473/

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:35 pm

It appears that the Tour de Cr@sh cotinues today in Stage 5 ... :shock:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/18728289

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:45 am

Another day of crashes today and, apparently, Ryder is no longer in contention for this year's TdF .... :shock:

Stay healthy for the Olymoics .... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/tour-de-france/9381011/Tour-de-France-2012-live.html

Sir Crashalot · Postby **Sir Crashalot** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:46 pm

Today's crash was horrible... took our guy out.

Half-Mary · Postby **Half-Mary** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:57 pm

I wonder if Hesjedal will drop out now that he has no chance of winning, since the Olympics are so soon. Garmin-Sharp has lost their two best chances due to injury.

DougG · Postby **DougG** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:29 am

TSN reported that he has dropped out of the Tour.

.CANADA'S RYDER HESJEDAL WITHDRAWS FROM TOUR DE FRANCE
The Canadian Press
7/7/2012 7:09:36 AM

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Giro d'Italia champion Ryder Hesjedal of Canada has withdrawn from the Tour de France after sustaining a left leg and hip injury during the crash-marred sixth stage of the race.

His Garmin-Sharp team said before the start of Stage 7 on Saturday that Hesjedal is not able to pedal normally.

Team doctor Prentice Steffen said the injury would only be worsened if he tried to ride today.

Hesjedal was among at least two dozen riders caught up in a nasty crash with 26 kilometres left to go on Friday. He lost more than 13 minutes and dropped to 108th overall.

La · Postby La » Sat Jul 07, 2012 7:47 am

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:20 am

So, that's why TSN2 dropped the telecast this morning in lieu of a rain drizzled / delay formula 1 race ... :evil:

Thank goodness HDNBC is televising it this morning ...

Sir Crashalot · Postby **Sir Crashalot** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:32 pm

TSN2 had TdF coverage this morning... caught the last 6km!

La · Postby La » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:53 pm

Sir Crashalot wrote:TSN2 had TdF coverage this morning... caught the last 6km!

Yeah, they were showing rained out F1 racing instead. :roll:

It was also on the NBC main network, which is where I watched it. The TSN2 coverage jumped in with only 30 miles to go in the race.

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:38 am

Wiggins response to allegations of doping .... http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8496140 :shock:

The question and its implications prompted a fiery response from Wiggins, who is noted for his straight talking and his support of clean cycling.

"I say they're just f***ing wankers, I cannot be doing (sic) with people like that," said Wiggins, who took the yellow jersey on Saturday and holds a 10-second lead over Evans.

"It justifies their own bone-idleness because they can't ever imagine applying themselves to do anything in their lives.

"It's easy for them to sit under a pseudonym on Twitter and write that sort of s***, rather than get off their arses in their own lives and apply themselves and work hard at something and achieve something.

"And that's ultimately it - c***s."