Stage 18 TDF - (Warning Contains Spoilers)

petethedrummer

Click the grey 'Chrono' tabs to get time checks:

http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/LIVE/us/1800/allChronos.html


BBC 5 Live Radio Commentary

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8164747.stm

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/cycling/livematch/281276.html

warrfla

Ignatiev the man to beat so far 48.46

World Champ Grabsch 1.23 back in second !!

DrGroove

Hows me team doing on the Boards.ie fantasy Tour De France ?

For some reason Velogames is now blocked from here!

Shakers & Groovers is the name - last time I saw it we were near the relegation zone.

petethedrummer

Cancellara 20 secs down on Ignatiev after the first 2 time checks.

Velogames isn't working for me. Its not the most robust website in the world.

Hermy

petethedrummer wrote: »

Velogames isn't working for me. Its not the most robust website in the world.

Same here - 403 Forbidden - is it just down while they update scores?

Captain Havoc

It's been done for a few hours now

warrfla

oh my god Harmon doing the national champions jersey speach again - must he do it every day

Hermy

Bring back Duffield!

mloc123

When is captain america heading out?

warrfla

Hermy wrote: »

Bring back Duffield!

national champs jersey/helmets cumpulsory


V


Wine/Cheese/local delicasies(spelling)

I dont know which is worse, oh wait I do the Phil & Paul Lanceisthegreatestfest on Versus

warrfla

mloc123 wrote: »

When is captain america heading out?

just finished in fourth a minute or so down on spartacus!!

Hermy

Start times here in CET.

BolBill

What time is young Nicolas out at ?

Hermy

Roche goes out at 14:38GMT.

BolBill

Hermy wrote: »

Roche goes out at 14:38GMT.

Thanks for that.

I think its been great to see him out on breaks in the last few days. Can he time trial ?

Hermy

I don't know but we'll soon find out.
I really hope so as he's had a great Tour so far.
Would be great to see him hold onto his top ten positions in the Green and White jersey comps, and a top thirty on GC in his first Tour would be fantastic.

kennyb3

anyone have a link to the prologue (1st stage) full list of results. interested in a bet with wiggins to beat kloden in todays stage. how did kloden fare on the 1st TT?

kenmc

roche up now.
damn didn't show him starting!

edit: jeez hear that about hincapie!

DrGroove

Kelly on Menchov crashing...

'Can you call it unlucky - panicking when he gets into difficulties'

King Kelly on crits to smaller riders 'well there their bread and butter.'

Listening to Eurosport is always great because of Kelly - forget Harmon
and
don't let anyone talk to me about old Duffers - madder than a bag of weasles

Hermy

kennyb3 wrote: »

anyone have a link to the prologue (1st stage) full list of results. interested in a bet with wiggins to beat kloden in todays stage. how did kloden fare on the 1st TT?

Prologue results here.

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 00:19:32 (47.80km/h)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana +0:00:18
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream +0:00:19

alibabba

warrfla wrote: »

oh my god Harmon doing the national champions jersey speach again - must he do it every day

Im telling ya, if he stopped doing it you'd miss it !!!!

Caroline_ie

Did you guys hear that Contador had to drive in a diferent car to the start of todays stage, because the Astana cars had to pick up the Arstrong whife and kids from the airport .. there was no room left in the Astana car for poor Alberto ...

This is Xposé material :P

DrGroove

Woops

Bocherov botched that start ! is what I would've said if I was
a commentator

alibabba

Come on Roche ... pedal like you mean it today !:mad:

Hermy

Roche down 1:36 at the 18km mark!

DirkVoodoo

Ha, willies drawn all over the road there! Reminds me of "French Revolutions" where Tim Moore described one such piece of graffiti in hilarious fashion. I can't find the excerpt online though.

Captain Havoc

Menchov is lucky he got in before the rain!!!!

Hermy

Roche 2:04 at 25km mark - up 4 places to 39th.

kenmc

Hermy wrote: »

Roche down 1:36 at the 18km mark!

2:04 down @25km. so it appears that a timetriallest he is not.
edit: but he's gained 4 virtual places between the 2 points.

davyjose

kenmc wrote: »

edit: jeez hear that about hincapie!

I didn't? what happened?

Getting towards the business end now.

Hermy

2:02 at the third intermediate! Up to 30th c.v.!

kenmc

davyjose wrote: »

I didn't? what happened?

Getting towards the business end now.

Crashed yday, thinks he has a broken collarbone, but is afraid to go to hospital in case it's true and he has to abandon the race.
HTFU George, should not be afraid of the truth!!

kenmc

Would it not make more sense for the support cars to carry the TT bikes with the front wheel installed already, so if they need to swap they can just swap the whole bike? Seems a bit silly if every second counts to be thinking of sticking the wheel in if they need the spare bike.

warrfla

kenmc wrote: »

Crashed yday, thinks he has a broken collarbone, but is afraid to go to hospital in case it's true and he has to abandon the race.
HTFU George, should not be afraid of the truth!!

Surely riding with a (possible) Broken Collarbone is Hardening the F**k Up!!!, the guy just wants to finish the race

davyjose

warrfla wrote: »

Surely riding with a (possible) Broken Collarbone is Hardening the F**k Up!!!, the guy just wants to finish the race

Can't disagree with this. I doubt he's afraid of the painkillers and bed-rest. These boys are incredibly tough. Finishing a grand tour is no less impressive to me, than climbing everest.

damoz

3:08 down - 36th at the mo.

Lumen

Go Wiggo!

kenmc

warrfla wrote: »

Surely riding with a (possible) Broken Collarbone is Hardening the F**k Up!!!, the guy just wants to finish the race

davyjose wrote: »

Can't disagree with this. I doubt he's afraid of the painkillers and bed-rest. These boys are incredibly tough. Finishing a grand tour is no less impressive to me, than climbing everest.

I think if you look closely you'll see that I had pressed the sarcasm-lock button before I typed.

Caroline_ie

Listening to teh French radio commentary ... ARGH I am so annoyed about how they pronounce riders names ...

'Bradlé Veegings'
'Greg Laymon'
'lens am'strong'

GGrrr!!!

Interresting: Bruyneel is driving behing LA and Gallopin behind Contador ...

warrfla

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Listening to teh French radio commentary ... ARGH I am so annoyed about how they pronounce riders names ...

'Bradlé Veegings'
'Greg Laymon'
'lens am'strong'

GGrrr!!!

Interresting: Bruyneel is driving behing LA and Gallopin behind Contador ...

Harmon has just done a full hour on pronunciation, must be something in the water in annency

DirkVoodoo

Nice shades Lance!

Caroline_ie

warrfla wrote: »

Harmon has just done a full hour on pronunciation, must be something in the water in annency

is he teaching Kelly how to speak?

warrfla

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Nice shades Lance!

I bet he really thought hed have a skinsuit to perfectly match that bike for this timetrial!!!

Caroline_ie

LA has no class whatsoever ... hunchback, black booties ...

DirkVoodoo

warrfla wrote: »

I bet he really thought hed have a skinsuit to perfectly match that bike for this timetrial!!!

I would have let the willy graffiti artists design it, probably would have come up with something quite appropriate

Captain Havoc

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Listening to teh French radio commentary ... ARGH I am so annoyed about how they pronounce riders names ...

'Bradlé Veegings'
'Greg Laymon'
'lens am'strong'

GGrrr!!!

Tzat iz ow ze Frinch peoples speak. Also I would love to know what was their passion with spelling John as Jhon, I could go on but I know my rendering of the French language is a bit hilarious. Could never pronounce Montreux (where I lived), always sounded like mon trou, which created some interesting phrases. If you've ever heard Stephen Roche (Stefan Rosh) speaking French it's funny, his accent doesn't change.

davyjose

kenmc wrote: »

I think if you look closely you'll see that I had pressed the sarcasm-lock button before I typed.

Ha ha, sorry man. Missed this entirely :pac:

ednwireland

hmmmmmmmmm armstrong and contandor have their bikes mixed up - wonder how that might affect the result ?

warrfla

kenmc wrote: »

I think if you look closely you'll see that I had pressed the sarcasm-lock button before I typed.

Missed that as I had 'Jump to conclusions' lock on!!

davyjose

Wiggo fastest! Lance almost ahead of F Schleck in the Virtual GC. C'MON!!!!

mloc123

Caroline_ie wrote: »

LA has no class whatsoever ... hunchback, black booties ...

His position on the bike looks terrible..