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  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    g under p wrote:
    OK somebody please tell what network is broadcasting the race this year? In the DC Metro the channel guide says Versus but I can't find it anywhere. I want to see it if I'm not online.

    Peace

    Versus
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    sennin wrote:
    Alpe d'Huez!

    i love watching cyclists crack or bonk!!
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    polaris wrote:
    i love watching cyclists crack or bonk!!

    It's a DREAM of mine to ride Alpe d'Huez. I'll bonk for sure! But I like to think I can beat that mountain!
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    sennin wrote:
    It's a DREAM of mine to ride Alpe d'Huez. I'll bonk for sure! But I like to think I can beat that mountain!

    My dream too and I want to do it in under 40 minutes.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    sennin wrote:
    It's a DREAM of mine to ride Alpe d'Huez. I'll bonk for sure! But I like to think I can beat that mountain!

    dude ... you gotta climb for 14 km!! ... have fun i say ...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpe_d'Huez
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    polaris wrote:
    dude ... you gotta climb for 14 km!! ... have fun i say ...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpe_d'Huez


    HAHA! I know!

    Get me a killer bike and equipment....and 6 months to train....I'll kill that mountain!

    :D
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,410
    sennin wrote:
    HAHA! I know!

    Get me a killer bike and equipment....and 6 months to train....I'll kill that mountain!

    :D

    You could do it....it just wouldn't be pretty (or fast)! :D

    This might help...

    http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za/CCY?PAGE=PRODUCT&PRODUCT.ID=4528
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    imalive wrote:
    You could do it....it just wouldn't be pretty (or fast)! :D

    This might help...

    http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za/CCY?PAGE=PRODUCT&PRODUCT.ID=4528

    hehe, thanks! But I'm going with this bike! http://www.feltracing.com/products/product.asp?catid=18,19,26&pid=8543
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,410
    sennin wrote:
    hehe, thanks! But I'm going with this bike! http://www.feltracing.com/products/product.asp?catid=18,19,26&pid=8543
    right on! You'll save $11k on the Felt! :D
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    imalive wrote:
    right on! You'll save $11k on the Felt! :D

    Yeah! That will pay for equipment, some training, and a plane ticket to France!
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    It's on now Stage 5 on this Versus Channel. This is so beautiful to watch these pros with legs bigger than their upper bodies.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,185
    http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2008/news/story?id=3483087


    Police at Liquigas team's hotel, take away Beltran after positive test
    ESPN.com news services

    AURILLAC, France -- The Tour de France just got dirtier.

    Veteran Spanish rider Manuel Beltran was kicked off the scandal-ridden Tour and was in police custody Friday after testing positive for EPO.


    Manuel Beltran became the first doping casualty of the 2008 Tour de France when he was kicked out of the race Friday after testing positive for EPO.

    Liquigas cycling team spokesman Paolo Barbieri said Beltran was suspended from the team and that police were searching other Liquigas riders' rooms. If a second backup sample is also positive, Beltran will be fired, Barbieri said.

    "When are these idiots going to learn that it's over?" Pat McQuaid, chief of the International Cycling Union, told The Associated Press by telephone. "They continue to think that they can beat the system. They're wrong. The system is catching up all the time.

    "It is very damaging to the sport. Once more, the sport suffers."

    Beltran tested positive on July 5 after the first stage of the Tour.

    "There are not just traces of EPO, there is EPO," Pierre Bordry, leader of the French anti-doping agency, told the AP. "Whether there is a lot or a little, EPO is forbidden."

    Bordry said Beltran had been targeted after his "parameters were abnormal" during pre-Tour blood testing July 3-4.

    "Yes ... that was why he was tested on Saturday" July 5, he said.

    He said other cyclists with "suspicious" parameters from the pre-Tour tests also had been targeted, but he would not say who they were.

    Race organizers had pledged a tougher approach to combatting drug cheats at this year's Tour. Eight specially trained chaperones shadow riders after each stage, even climbing onto team buses, to ensure cyclists go to post-stage anti-doping checks.

    An official of the police division responsible for public health said police are questioning Beltran about how he got the drug and where he took it. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

    A strong climber, Beltran helped Lance Armstrong win the Tour in 2003, 2004 and 2005, often pulling the Texan up the steep climbs.

    Beltran is the fourth former Armstrong teammate to test positive for doping; the others were Floyd Landis, Tyler Hamilton and Roberto Heras.

    The Tour was devastated by doping scandals last year, when pre-race favorite Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan tested positive for blood doping; Spaniard Iban Mayo was busted for using EPO; and race leader Michael Rasmussen was kicked out just days before the end for lying about his whereabouts to avoid pre-Tour drug tests.

    And in the 2006 Tour, American Floyd Landis tested positive for synthetic testosterone after a spectacular comeback ride that set the stage for his victory. He later was stripped of the title after a long court battle.

    None is riding in this year's Tour.
    Van 92.07.21 / Van 98.07.19 / Sea 98.07.22 / Tor 98.08.22 / Sea 00.11.06 / Van 03.05.30/ Van 05.09.02/ Gorge 06.07.22 & 23 / EV Van 08.04.02 / Tor 09.08.21 / Sea 09.09.21 & 22 / Van 09.09.25 / Van 11.09.25 / Van 13.12.04 / Pem 16.07.17 / Sea 18.08.10
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    big stage today!! ... two HC climbs ... i don't think kirchen can hold onto yellow today ... look for the aussie to be in yellow by days end ...
  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    sennin wrote:
    It's a DREAM of mine to ride Alpe d'Huez. I'll bonk for sure! But I like to think I can beat that mountain!

    My husband rode it back in 2004. It was quite a challenge mostly because it was the morning of the TDF time trial up the mountain. I woosed out because of the traffic and crowds. Instead I rode down a mountain to some city the name of which I can't remember at the moment. Then took a bus to the base of Alp d'Huez and then walked up about 2 miles to watch the time trial. My husband made it to the top. It was quite a day.
    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    what a finish!!

    evans in yellow by 1 second!!
  • Hinny
    Hinny Posts: 1,610
    Nice recovery after flying over the handlebars!
    Binary solo..000000100000111100001110
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    Saunier-Duval (Because of Ricco)....OUT! No Tour for you!
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    big stage today ... 3 HC climbs including the galibier and alpe d'huez ...

    watch out for the austrian Kohl and CSC has to punish evans today or else they will not have a chance on the TT ...
  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    Too bad about VandeVelde yesterday. Nobody knew he crashed until he was interviewed after the stage, but it put him way behind.

    Wasn't that some crash with Augustyn (sp?)? I wanted to see where his bike was but they never showed it. I think Phil said it was "miles" down the valley, but find that hard to believe.

    It is unimaginable that these riders are going to climb Alp d'Huez AFTER climbing two other mountains. I would need more than EPO to get me up that big hill!!
    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    I'm not going to check this thread again until tomorrow morning. We are not watching the tour today. We are saving up for tonight so we can watch it without knowing what is going to happen. It is going to be our beer and pizza night. ha! Kind of funny to watch such a strenous activity while sitting on the couch eating fatty foods and drinking alcohol!
    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi

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