June 30, Prologue: Liège (ITT) 6.4km warning, contains unmasked spoiler information

ednwireland

here we go, wine (it IS Le Tour ) - check, potato chips check, training out of the window - check

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/prologue

Liège – Liège

Distance: 6.4km
Highest point: 82m
Category: Prologue

dastardly00

Tony Martin to beat Spartacus imo.

Briando

Awesome I'm pretty excited to watch What time is first rider off and will it be on Eurosport?

downwiththatsor

Briando wrote: »

Awesome I'm pretty excited to watch What time is first rider off and will it be on Eurosport?

Eurosport 13.15, start times here http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-prologue-start-times

Rovi

Briando wrote: »

Awesome I'm pretty excited to watch What time is first rider off and will it be on Eurosport?

Yep, live on Eurosport UK and Eurosport HD 1:15-5:00 (Irish time).

KP81

Can't beat Gary Imlach and Chris Boardman presenting on ITV 4. Gotta love that theme tune too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b9RSV9p8Vo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

downwiththatsor

KP81 wrote: »

Can't beat Gary Imlach and Chris Boardman presenting on ITV 4. Gotta love that theme tune too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b9RSV9p8Vo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Agree 100%, love the 1 hour evening ITV highlights programme with the discussion & stage finish preview etc, eurosport fall down on nightly analysis post race imo and only have proper pre race analysis for the big mountain stages in the main.

Had that tune as my ring tone last year, must get it again

triggermortis

Damn. Up until a year ago I was working in Liege - I could have been paid while I watched this!

le petit braquet

funnights74 wrote: »

Live feed later for those interested.

How long to Sherlocking?

ednwireland

KP81 wrote: »

Can't beat Gary Imlach and Chris Boardman presenting on ITV 4. Gotta love that theme tune too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b9RSV9p8Vo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

phone ring tone changed

MediaMan

The eurosport coverage is only on 20 minutes and they must have already mentioned Wiggins about 2 million times.

Chips Lovell

Kroon missed his start.

Rovi

At 51-and-a-bit km/h, these guys are going faster on the flat than I'm comfortable doing down mountains! :eek:

ednwireland

i reckon he'd do our 16km time trial course in under 19 mins (best so far is 23 04)

that tourdefrancis ad is going to get real annoying

Darkglasses

Ok I really like that Skoda ad, very cool.

ROK ON

Darkglasses wrote: »

Ok I really like that Skoda ad, very cool.

The IAMSPECIALIZED advert is pure class - real Roy of the Rovers type stuff.

Rovi

ednwireland wrote: »

i reckon he'd do our 16km time trial course in under 19 mins (best so far is 23 04)

That kinda puts what the pro tour guys can do into perspective, especially when you consider that they're negotiating 2 hairpins and a cobbled section today too.

Rovi

Cavendish on the road.
It'll be interesting to see how he goes at this with the reported 4kg weight loss and all.

Mint Sauce

Anyone find the live tracker on the Le Tour website. Cant find it this year.

Rovi wrote: »

Cavendish on the road.
It'll be interesting to see how he goes at this with the reported 4kg weight loss and all.

11th.

Anyone know when Wiggins or Roach is up, or have they gone out?

Bunnyhopper

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-prologue-start-times

The times on there are CET but Roche is 1548 and Wiggins 1607 our time.

ednwireland

Rovi wrote: »

That kinda puts what the pro tour guys can do into perspective, especially when you consider that they're negotiating 2 hairpins and a cobbled section today too.

yeh and i'm 6mins slower than that !

cracking ride from chavanel

manafana

yeah great ride from chav hes among best tt riders when he wants, also put in impressive tt in the long one at dauphine,

cant wait see what fabian can do on this circuit.

Morrisseeee

Gilbert looks like he's lost loads of kg's aswell, and he looks 'serious' !!

manafana

word over on cycling news that dan martin put in good time faster than rogers.

Rovi

Really liking that Specialized ad!

Crow92

Some Cycling adverts are ridiculous. The wiggle and sidi being up there.
Though the specialized with kid was gas.

And the tour de pologne ad smacking into the wingmirror!?

Rovi

The super-cheesy Sidi ads are almost part of the culture of following the TdF on Eurosport at this stage, it just wouldn't be the same without them

Chips Lovell

Freire wearing Assos shades

manafana

skoda ad beats them all , althou they could just done some new shoots instead of editing out sponsors on old omega pharma lotto jerseys.

Cant wait for a nice 6km cycle after this the only time id fancy replicating the distance their doing

ednwireland

oooh sagan nearly flat on his face

Rovi

Sagen doing more foot-down cornering!!! :eek:

Rovi

Roche at 18 seconds in 41st place currently.

Bunnyhopper

Bike change for Tony Martin - that's not good. Unless you're Cancellara or Wiggins of course, then it's great

Chips Lovell

D'oh for Specialized

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/new-specialized-clincher-tt-tire-at-the-tour-de-france-34432/

Rovi

Bunnyhopper wrote: »

Bike change for Tony Martin - that's not good. Unless you're Cancellara or Wiggins of course, then it's great

Just under 16 seconds down at the end!!!

ednwireland

twiggo fastest

Chips Lovell

Class ride from Wiggo, he really recovered it in the second half.

manafana

wiggis really times his tt riding prefectly no matter the distance, hopig fabian can clock the time we know hes capable of iv bit of bet on cadel not making the top 9 in this

Bunnyhopper

That's some time from Fab.

Rovi

Holy crap!!! 7.13 seconds!!!

Bunnyhopper

Interesting query raised on the Guardian's live coverage - why did Evans have a bottle on his bike? My first thought was weight limits.

Chips Lovell

Some research says its more aero

Briando

Denis Menchov did well today, anybody think he could win tomorrows stage?

hoff1

Cancellera the winner One second between martin and roche 24 and 25 seconds behind the leader respectively. A good time for Roche??

Hermy

How do they decide the order the riders go out in the Prologue?

flying11

55th- Daniel Martin @ 24"
56th- Nicolas Roche @ 25"

interesting to see the lads with similar times. good rides from both of them i think. alot better than some of the other favourites(Schlek losing over 30"). they also both beat Zabriske who is a former american tt champion so thats a great result

Chips Lovell

https://twitter.com/dzabriskie/status/219106919409909760

Inquitus

hoff1 wrote: »

Cancellera the winner One second between martin and roche 24 and 25 seconds behind the leader respectively. A good time for Roche??

Martin had to change bike. Still not a terrible time at all for either, plenty of GC people did worse.

Chips Lovell

Inquitus wrote: »

Martin had to change bike. Still not a terrible time at all for either, plenty of GC people did worse.

Twas Tony Martin who had to change bike, not Dan

dastardly00

dastardly00 wrote: »

Tony Martin to beat Spartacus imo.

Eh no more predictions from me!

Inquitus

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

Twas Tony Martin who had to change bike, not Dan

Thats what I said, you have to be having a laugh if you think Dan could change his bike and finish on the same time as Tony!