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Post by mable on Jul 4, 2010 10:02:17 GMT -5
Tour De France july 3rd - july 25th
Is on, which means my wow time will be severely cut. I can still keep to the raid schedule however, farming/play time will be reduced during morning or evening tour showings.
Favorite teams
Rabobank Favorite, rider - Oscar Freire
Saxo Bank Favorite, riders - Andy Schleck, Frank Schleck
other notables
-Vladimir Karpets
-Thomas Voeckler
-Jens Voigt
-mark cavendish
my wow char names include
festina
rabobank
sastre
i had more cycling related named chars, but they've either been deleted or name changed.
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Post by -=[Tork]=- on Jul 4, 2010 10:41:56 GMT -5
You see that huge pile up under 3k today? Cavendish went down in that first one in the right hand bend and then another pile up happened a bit closer that caught Farrah so you really didn't see the big name sprinters take the points for the green.
It was nuts. I'm thinking that contador is gonna take it, he is just a shear physical beast but his lack of experience could play a part in some stages.
The schleck brothers are pretty cool but they a terrible prologue this year though. You see the preview for the Pyrenees? looks brutal- can't wait.
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Post by mable on Jul 4, 2010 10:45:58 GMT -5
omg sooo exciting todays last 3km massive crashes 2 small ones and one big ass one !! petacchi won the sprint  too exciting makes my heart rate rise about 20 beats a minute just sitting and watching maybe i'll throw on some info on my background in the private forums. cycling is a major passion of mine. |
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Post by mable on Jul 4, 2010 10:56:12 GMT -5
You see that huge pile up under 3k today? Cavendish went down in that first one in the right hand bend and then another pile up happened a bit closer that caught Farrah so you really didn't see the big name sprinters take the points for the green. It was nuts. I'm thinking that contador is gonna take it, he is just a shear physical beast but his lack of experience could play a part in some stages. The schleck brothers are pretty cool but they a terrible prologue this year though. You see the preview for the Pyrenees? looks brutal- can't wait. yeah this years tour is sooo cool on the 6th there will be cobbles !! EPIC lol did you see the rider in the last stretch.. crash go up and gave the riders the finger LOL too funny the riders that are my fave's are just riders i enjoy watching.. they make the races more exciting. i'm not saying they'll win. just love watching them.. i didn't see tom boenen this year? awesome sprinter.. back when i used to race chipolini was my fave! i have the same white framed red lens briko glasses he used to wear as well as the same saddle with the suspension that looks like Jets on the back. uber comfy sadle too.. not that i use it still.. but i'ts in my little personal cyling office museium. along with my medals placks pictures shoes helmits numbers jerseys etc. |
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Post by -=[Tork]=- on Jul 4, 2010 10:57:48 GMT -5
AWESOME, me too. Its become a very valuable outlet for me over the last year or so and i've always kind of paid attention to the grand tours .here is a pic of my love  Its a surly long haul trucker. The picture was from last year- right now I got a rack on the front and rear and have done a little bit of local touring. You know now that you mention it I don't think i saw Tom boonen. Yeah he is a great sprinter. I like George Hincapie a lot he is a real class act but Jan Ullrich was always my favourite haha- the eternal 2nd |
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Post by mable on Jul 4, 2010 11:07:32 GMT -5
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Post by mable on Jul 4, 2010 11:18:30 GMT -5
Yeah i always Cheered for Ullrich as well!
I love how the Epo scandal is all over armstrong this year !! one of the past team mates states in a book that is just now being published that the whole team was on epo including armstrong.. who denies it. I hope they catch them this year. would be amazing!! hahahah.
seriously i'ts been going on for soo long they should just allow it. i bet it would help not only sports science but it would help general science.
sure some people die from being complete idiot's .. but isnt that what "survival of the fittest" is all about? i should probably not go any further with that.. some human rights dude will slam me.. but i believe in natural selection.
said person walks up to a bear to feed it bbq salmon.. said bear eats human for lunch..
imo Good on the bear! thats the way it should be.
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Post by -=[Tork]=- on Jul 4, 2010 11:21:39 GMT -5
I agree man totally. They've tried to curb the doping and all it has done is create scandals that nearly tore the sport apart. I think Armstrong doped personally and it'd be funny if they caught him.
I almost fell out of my chair laughing about the "Mechanical doping" with Cancellera in Paris-Roubix. I'm sure you heard about that right?
nice bike btw, Its a lot more of a roadie then mine, My bike is steel frame with 2 steel racks and feels about as heavy as a mountain bike lol.
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Post by -=[Tork]=- on Jul 4, 2010 11:30:03 GMT -5
I really didn't even entertain the idea until I saw this video with a working model. I still don't think it happened but its amazing that they came up with this thing. (the hand gestures he made were odd and him pulling away seated in the saddle like that was impressive) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nd13ARuvVE&feature=related |
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Post by mable on Jul 4, 2010 11:30:55 GMT -5
lol yeah i heard about it even saw some video's on youtube. not sure if their still there. but seemed pretty ingenious.
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Post by mable on Jul 4, 2010 11:38:11 GMT -5
lol Yep that's the same video i saw over a month ago. in the comments somewhere it says the cost is about 1800 pounds .. which is 2400-2600 cdn
the video makes it sound like the motor is loud.. if someone in the peloton was making a crap load of noise they'd get pointed out pretty quick.
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Post by -=[Tork]=- on Jul 4, 2010 11:43:50 GMT -5
anyway back to tour talk. Usually these first few stages are kind of boring aside from the sprints- I can't believe all the crashes today. It seemed like there were a ton. I didn't stick around to hear the follow up and haven't got a chance to check the recap but did anybody get seriously hurt by that pile up before the finish? It didn't look like it but kind of hard to tell..... and WTH was with the crash on the right bend coming into the finial straight away??? it looked like the guy just decided to lean into the rider on his left and pushed him into the wall and caused that first crash that caught Cavendish.
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Post by mable on Jul 4, 2010 11:56:58 GMT -5
with team tactics ya never know.. but as a cyclist my self.. it's pretty easy to get tangled up.. maybe he didn't break fast enough and got caught on the derailleur in-front of him... everyone slowed down pre-corner he may have gotten tangled up when the rider accelerated pulled him like a trailer.. lost his balance then you saw the rest. back in 97 at the world cup junior event (Tour de abitibi) we had many riders doing similar stuff. junior events in general are a crash fest!! if your strong enough to get to the front and stay there.. that's the best place to be. wheel's blowing up is fun too! especially carbon ones  |
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Post by -=[Tork]=- on Jul 4, 2010 12:00:53 GMT -5
That makes sense, it was really hard to tell because the only footage I saw was from the helicopter and there was no way you could see what was going on down there.
So what are your predictions for points/mountain and GC?
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Post by -=[Tork]=- on Jul 4, 2010 18:38:04 GMT -5
I think Tyler Farrah has a good chance at points. I was really suprised at how well he did during the prologue and I think he is better in the hills then cavendish. Of course you always got old Thor there. I'd like to see Farrah take the points but I have a feeling Thor is gonna get it.
I don't know why I do this but I always kind of lump mountain in with GC and don't pay to much attention to the individual Mountain. I've always kind of wished that Evans would do better but it seems like every year things go wrong for him and they already have this year. He already lost a good domestique. I also like Christian Vande Velde but he must of had a terrible prologue and was down at 98th which surprised me same with the Schlecks but all that will shake out once this hit the hills- I can't wait! Of course its all gonna change once they hit the mountains and I'm really looking forward to the Pyerenes this year its gonna be epic. Who knows maybe Basso can pull a rabbit out of his hat too
I want to see Hincapie win a stage. Remember last year when astana pushed the pace and kinda of screwed him out of that stage win. I never seen him angry like that. He was pretty pissed.
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