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2014 Tour de France

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    #242
    lescol
    Registered Users Posts: 648 ✭✭✭lescol


    Greg Lemond, TVs worst interviewer? Marcel Kittel really carried him through, seems a great guy. Chris Froome must have been wondering WTF?


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    #243
    Darkglasses
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    velo.2010 wrote: »
    I just signed up for the ES Player for the month, I hope this isn't a forerunner of what to expect. That said, they've done well to get all the main players backstage. I guess they used Greg as a lure to get them for interview.

    I'm sure the production for the racing parts will be better! Never had a gripe with it before. They run a lot of ads at the start of stages, they get it all out of the way before the actual racing begins. The only problem is that the graphics are often wrong, but that's the fault of the host broadcaster rather than ES


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    #244
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,331 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    LeMond shouldn't be allowed near a microphone!!


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    #245
    Darkglasses
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Richard Moore said that that was what LeMond was like alright...What were they thinking!!


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    #246
    PJD
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭PJD


    And another thing- English is Le Mond's first language! The poor spanish/german/italians etc are doing a better job of it than him!


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    #247
    MPFG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,606 ✭✭✭MPFG


    Stop giving Greg Le Mond a hard time....I like his approach ,,,he is a down to earth guy

    Its on ITV4 now

    Wow all top GC guys are even thinner than usual


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    #248
    pab01
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭pab01


    Not seen it on eurosport but itv not great either. Overall production of presentation and entertainment acts better than giro at belfast but get impression audience somewhat muted, and not a patch on belfast


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    #249
    Darkglasses
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    MPFG wrote: »
    Stop giving Greg Le Mond a hard time....I like his approach ,,,he is a down to earth guy

    Its on ITV4 now

    Wow all top GC guys are even thinner than usual

    Greg's a nice guy and all but he's an absolutely atrocious speaker..


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    #250
    el tel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭el tel


    Frig me that team presentation was a snooze fest, can't believe those suckers paid to be in threaudience. Yorkshire folk are a bloody glum bunch.


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    #251
    fergie24
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭fergie24


    Awful from Eurosport. Worst team presentation ever.


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    #252
    Idleater
    Registered Users Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    godtabh wrote: »
    Its all about Oleg

    Pfft copying Longford cycling road club gear ;)


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    #253
    Ryath
    Registered Users Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭Ryath


    Idleater wrote: »
    Pfft copying Longford cycling road club gear ;)

    Did they not copy Lucan? :)


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    #254
    drogdub
    Registered Users Posts: 487 ✭✭drogdub


    Big difference between the boos Contador got in 2011 at the presentation and the cheers tonight. I guess he's found redemption.

    But Contador sums the whole doping thing up. He got busted, but seems like a descent lad, a proper exiting racer and despite myself I'll be rooting for him and when he attacks , as I always do I'll shout "go on Bertie" at the telly.


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    #255
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,833 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Ryath wrote: »
    Did they not copy Lucan? :)

    Lucan is not fluorescent enough. There's far too much blue going on with Lucan :D


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    #256
    MPFG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,606 ✭✭✭MPFG


    Noticed how slim Contador is and Froome is slimmer than at Dauphine but Valverde is barely there at all :eek::eek:
    If you are not super thin you may as well go home

    Bertie also has side burns ...must be a omen
    Laughed at how fast he got away from the Eurosport interview :D
    Noticed no sign of Bjarne Riis in any of the team shots, reccs or hotel/plane pictures...He must be hiding in a back room with a crystal ball a dot matrix printer and and some vodoo dolls

    Bardet, Peraud , Mollema & Horner are also super thin...I guess unless you are like them it will be impossible to keep up

    I did think Le Mond's question to Froome re Wiggo was rambling....he seems unsure how to put it but otherwise I liked him ...at least he asked it
    As for the presentation....Its just a group of guys with bikes standing on stage for a few minutes ...it is what it is...hard to make it any better IMO


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    #257
    el tel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭el tel


    It could be made better by more poontang.


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    #258
    Idleater
    Registered Users Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Ryath wrote: »
    Did they not copy Lucan? :)

    Zat voz ze joke
    :)

    <mcbain/ >


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    #259
    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    Nico has been given the use of a rather tasty bit of kit for the Tour...

    http://roadcyclinguk.com/gear/pro-bike-nicholas-roches-new-specialized-tarmac-s-works-mclaren.html

    No excuses now.... :)


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    #260
    MPFG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,606 ✭✭✭MPFG


    TheBlaaMan wrote: »
    Nico has been given the use of a rather tasty bit of kit for the Tour...

    http://roadcyclinguk.com/gear/pro-bike-nicholas-roches-new-specialized-tarmac-s-works-mclaren.html

    No excuses now.... :)

    it costs £20K...wow ....how come Nico got it I wonder

    He looks to be in good form....looks far better than he did in the Giro IMO...

    When is the diary starting I wonder


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    #261
    mossym
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭mossym


    MPFG wrote: »
    it costs £20K...wow ....how come Nico got it I wonder

    He looks to be in good form....looks far better than he did in the Giro IMO...

    When is the diary starting I wonder

    Or those with a real chance aren't taking a risk on a new bike;)


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    #262
    MPFG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,606 ✭✭✭MPFG


    mossym wrote: »
    Or those with a real chance aren't taking a risk on a new bike;)


    You mean Contador doesn't want a new bike ....I can see that

    but surely the others in TCS are int he same boat as Nico and anyway its state of the art bike it is supposed to be an improvement


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    #263
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,211 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    MPFG wrote: »
    it costs £20K...wow ....how come Nico got it I wonder

    He looks to be in good form....looks far better than he did in the Giro IMO...

    When is the diary starting I wonder

    Its a birthday present.


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    #264
    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    MPFG wrote: »

    When is the diary starting I wonder

    His diary is in the paper today


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    #265
    pajor
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    Eurosport are already annoying me.

    Back to Nederland 1.. :pac:


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    #266
    Peter T
    Registered Users Posts: 569 ✭✭✭Peter T


    MPFG wrote: »
    it costs £20K...wow ....how come Nico got it I wonder

    He looks to be in good form....looks far better than he did in the Giro IMO...

    When is the diary starting I wonder

    He mentioned in an interview that he took out a policy on it in case he bins it.

    Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM3kJU1y8dI


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    #267
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    Should be a great tour. Would love to see Quintana at the tour as he's a great talent and I may have put 20 euro on him last year to win this Tour :o maybe next year!

    Rooting for Contador all the way...looks in great form, big change from last year and would love to see the Sky train crumble.


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    #268
    MS.ing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭MS.ing


    what a gob****e mark is. KNEW he would **** it up, thought dont pick for fantasy team he'll blow it...too much self inflicted pressure..

    what do I do? pick him thinking he has matured :rolleyes:

    you dangerous moran mark :mad:


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    #269
    oconnpad
    Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭oconnpad


    sky sports news saying Cavendish is out of Tour de France

    No surprise really, is a replacement called up for the team or is it just a case of hard luck


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    #270
    Glass Prison 1214
    Registered Users Posts: 1,153 ✭✭✭Glass Prison 1214


    oconnpad wrote: »
    sky sports news saying Cavendish is out of Tour de France

    No surprise really, is a replacement called up for the team or is it just a case of hard luck

    You can't replace a rider once the race has started.


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    #271
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    Is Joaquim "Purito" Rodriguez not considered to be a contender this year?No sign of him up on the poll.


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