|
|
posted 05-04-2010 07:54
|
|
|
Read about it. Sounded great. Fab dropped Boonen 17km from the finish to win.
He has the most impressive thighs ever and that includes Mark Hughes.
|
|
|
|
 Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 05-04-2010 10:08
|
|
|
Fabulous performance by Cancellara. Sheer class. Should be a good Roubaix next weekend, with Boonen looking in decent form.
Good day for the Brits yesterday as well, with Hammond 7th and Millar prominent for much of the race.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 06-04-2010 09:52
|
|
|
Yeash, I lay pon the couch and watched the whole thing for the 1st time. Hope to be able to do the same for Paris-Roubaix, this sunday. I did see that live on French tv in '98, while house-sitting in Agen.
The anticipation was intense before Cancellara went at the top of the Muur, but he surprised me and Belgian TV-they swung the camera left to see Boonen struggle to match his kick and by the time they swung right again, he was gone. All without getting out of the saddle once-just used those thighs.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 06-04-2010 09:57
|
|
|
This will be my first summer of cycling in the UK for 20 some odd years, will I still be able to watch all the classic one day races? And if so on what channels generally?
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 06-04-2010 13:12
|
|
|
The Purple Cow wrote:
This will be my first summer of cycling in the UK for 20 some odd years, will I still be able to watch all the classic one day races? And if so on what channels generally?
British Eurosport seems to have the same cycling schedules as the continent, so you should be able to catch all the action on there. The Hell of the North is definitely on there this coming Sunday.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 06-04-2010 13:14
|
|
|
I have a Eurosport subscription (which, I know, means sucking Rupert murdoch's cock) purely for this purpose. I believe you can watch their coverage online (with a monthly payment) and bypass the Murdoch member.
The coverage of Tour de France on ITV4 is good as far as it goes (1 hour highlights most days, some key stages live, at the weekends) but unless they're planning big changes they don't even cover the Giro, let alone the classics.
I presume with some kinda big dish it's possible to get European tv stations (our languages dept. used to do it) but I don't know how.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 06-04-2010 13:31
|
|
|
I no longer have Eurosport, is it possible to watch cycling online without subscribing?
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 06-04-2010 14:05
|
|
This site is pretty good for watching races online, no subscription or specific software required. Tour of the Basque Country will be on this afternoon for anyone interested.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
10^7 guests
doesn't expect success he prepares for it
Posts: 1343
  
|
posted 06-04-2010 14:22
|
|
|
Cancellara's bike change was amazing. I don't have the link at the moment but he spent about 2 seconds off the bike and didn't even lose the peleton.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 06-04-2010 14:33
|
|
|
Thanks longeared.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 06-04-2010 15:07
|
|
|
Cancellara's bike change was amazing.
Absolutely, that was the other amazing moment in the Ronde: he dropped the faulty one at the back of the car, which had just screeched to a stop, and by the time he ran to the front the new bike was waiting for him and he practically jumped on it mid-stride.
Really like a pit-stop in F1 or something (not that I really know what one of them is these days-it bores me stupid). And the commentator had a wry dig at the fact that Breschel (sp?) from the same team had nothing like the same smooth changeover when he needed it.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 11-04-2010 15:59
|
|
|
Cancellara on his way to victory in Roubaix too. Another mighty impressive performance.
I'm not sure how I missed his thighs before Fausto pointed them out. They're whacking great things.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 27-04-2010 15:57
|
|
|
A smashing Ardennes week, with a disappointing end. Superb performance by Phillipe (sp) Gilbert to win the long uphill sprint in the Amstel Gold, after making most of the running in the later stages - phenomenal strength. Brilliant cliffhanger finish at Fleche Wallone, with Contador shooting clear on the Mur de Huy, only to run out of gas and be picked off on the line by Cadel Evans, who's a much, much more exciting classics rider than he is Grande Touriste, and who seems to be avoiding the Curse of the Rainbow Jersey. And then to Liege... Vino. Fucking Vino. Fucking elderly, syringe hanging out of his arm, betrayer of my dreams cunt.
Great week.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 01-05-2010 08:47
|
|
A prince or a petulant prick?
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 03-05-2010 01:16
|
|
|
Both. Neither. Hilarious.
I think he's great.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 03-05-2010 01:46
|
|
|
Fausto wrote:
A prince or a petulant prick?
A petulant prince for me. All the better for it as well.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 04-05-2010 16:10
|
|
|
Pellizotti suspended for alleged violation of anti-doping rules on the eve of last years TdF, apparently. Seems to have taken a bloody long time to come out.....
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 17-05-2010 19:48
|
|
|
Tour of California going on now. Cavendish won Stage 1 yesterday. Stage 3 tomorrow should be nice to watch--starting in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, down Highway 1 and then into the mountains before ending up in Santa Cruz. Saturday's stage is a time trial in Downtown LA...I'd really like to go, but I don't know if I'll be able to make it.
The big teams in the race this year are Radio Shack (with Lance, Levi, and Popovych), Saxo Bank (Cancellara, O'Grady, Andy Schleck, and Jens Voigt), Quick Step (Boonen), HTC-Columbia (Cav), and Garmin (Zabriskie, Robbie Hunter).
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 17-05-2010 20:56
|
|
|
I'm disappointed that these riders have decided to go to California and not Italy.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
posted 18-05-2010 14:54
|
|
|
Agreed, it's particularly noticeable amongst the sprinters that the Giro is somewhat 'devalued' this year.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
MESSAGE BOARD 
