How rad would it be if Sag and Cav started showing up at random TdF spots soaking in an inflatable pool atop a rockstar bus towing a big BBQ— Joe Parkin (@joeparkin) July 6, 2017
pls god let this happen
― popcorn michael awaits trumptweet (Hunt3r), Thursday, 6 July 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
Or dressed from head to toe in red lycra while jumping up and down waving tridents
― Warren's Treat (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 6 July 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link
yeah but i sorta think the lesson cipo taught is that if sprinters aint sprintin', they maybe should just be rock-starrin'. maybe even in the race, they can just bag the laughing group/autobus through the mtns, and climb in mobile hot tubs with bbqs.
― popcorn michael awaits trumptweet (Hunt3r), Thursday, 6 July 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
i didnt realize how much i want that in my life
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 6 July 2017 22:29 (six years ago) link
I would approve of this being a thing.
Just caught up with a bit of today's footage. Annoyingly (since I'm using NBC Sports Gold) they didn't get around to posting the full footage until some hours later instead of pretty much right after the race day concludes, but seems like it was a pretty steady-as-they-go stage until the final sprint.
Also re: NBC, after five days of basically using the standard feed with the two Aussie commentators, they apparently got enough complaints from people who can only watch cycling with Phil-n-Paul to put up that feed too. Except that one has the ads and I think I've topped out with P/P at this point so hey, I still win.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 July 2017 22:39 (six years ago) link
I'm watching on VUE via NBCSports and only get Phil/Paul so I have to take what I can get lol
but god sometimes they are like a couple of elderly chihuahuas with the way they spin up over the slightest kerfuffles
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 6 July 2017 22:53 (six years ago) link
Oh and (per my earlier post) unsurprisingly when I asked my sis what she thought about Elbowgate, the word 'bullshit' came up.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 July 2017 23:16 (six years ago) link
Every sport gets the inflategate it deserves, cycling deserves a few apparently
― popcorn michael awaits trumptweet (Hunt3r), Friday, 7 July 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
Still very glad UK commentary team is Millar and Boulting now. I do not miss Phil and Paul ugh ugh.
― Madchen, Friday, 7 July 2017 03:48 (six years ago) link
Hang on I though NBC paid pipi and popo's salaries. If NBC isn't paying them they who the hell is, surely they aren't the 'international feed' from the organisers?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 7 July 2017 03:53 (six years ago) link
NBC does pay them! Must be why they're on the NBCSN feed.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 July 2017 04:28 (six years ago) link
kinda crushing on 2017 andy schleck now that he's got some human flesh on his bones <3
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 July 2017 05:43 (six years ago) link
i'm a stage behind
but holy wow Aru was a machine on that stage 5 climb. fkn beautiful work there
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 July 2017 06:28 (six years ago) link
Aru was just amazing at that climb. But mostly I <3 him because he actually made good on that promise to do the Macarena, even though he clearly has no idea how the dance goes!
So, @LeTour , we promised, we did it! Enjoy! #TDF2017 pic.twitter.com/KnJ5vcTVW6— Astana Proteam (@AstanaTeam) July 6, 2017
Can I just take a moment to salute Marcel Kittel's quiff, though? Five hours cycling in 35 degree weather, out in the sun, a hard sprint at the end, then he gets up on the podium and his hair is just geometric perfection. I did read that Le Tour has a mobile barbershop that accompanies the race everywhere, but that quiff is particularly spectacular.
Anyway, I am excited for the Mountains of Chocolate today!
― Half Rutter (Branwell with an N), Friday, 7 July 2017 07:35 (six years ago) link
Can I just take a moment to salute Marcel Kittel's quiff, though?
Especially for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnJYlwo5DdE
Watch till the end when his team mates sing 'Du hast die haare schön' (your hair is pretty) :D
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 7 July 2017 07:37 (six years ago) link
Haha, Die Jungs auf das Geld. He has spectacularly schöne Haare. :D
― Half Rutter (Branwell with an N), Friday, 7 July 2017 07:42 (six years ago) link
Philippa York, who as Robert Millar was first Briton to win a jersey at Tour de France, joins ITV4 commentary team
This deserves a mention. Good for her.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 7 July 2017 07:52 (six years ago) link
Still very glad UK commentary team is Millar and Boulting now. I do not miss Phil and Paul ugh ugh
OTM
― Warren's Treat (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 7 July 2017 07:52 (six years ago) link
Oh, I caught the headline about Philippa York this morning but hadn't realised she was joining the ITV gang! That is a really good thing.
― Madchen, Friday, 7 July 2017 08:45 (six years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/06/philippa-york-gender-transition-cyclist-robert-millar
― Madchen, Friday, 7 July 2017 08:46 (six years ago) link
Awesome
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 July 2017 14:03 (six years ago) link
@petosagan come and ride some mountain bike races. Here you are more then welcome. Makes anyway more fun, or? 😜— Nino Schurter (@nschurter) July 5, 2017
um, god, about that thing i asked upthread? this instead. more compelling.
― popcorn michael awaits trumptweet (Hunt3r), Friday, 7 July 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/EhMgDI1.jpg
― naus, Friday, 7 July 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
Sagan woulda won. #petobrosaretheworst
― popcorn michael awaits trumptweet (Hunt3r), Friday, 7 July 2017 15:52 (six years ago) link
Wow, he was only pixels over the line!
Looks like he won it by...
*puts on sunglasses*
...A HAIR!
Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
― Half Rutter (Branwell with an N), Friday, 7 July 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
i was looking forward to seeing him fly around that mountain bike circuit at Rio olympics and then *sad trombone* :(
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 July 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
That was an insane finish today. Might as well have flipped a coin.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 July 2017 23:45 (six years ago) link
I'm two stages behind - my goal in life is to do nothing this weekend except catch up :D
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 July 2017 23:58 (six years ago) link
A fine approach to life!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 July 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link
I have just caught up! Feel rather sorry for EBH, I like him.
― Madchen, Saturday, 8 July 2017 06:50 (six years ago) link
Well that was a wild one today. But kudos to Calmejane, that was a nervy attack and hold.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 July 2017 22:13 (six years ago) link
Yeah great ride by Calmejane, and Gesink for that matter
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 8 July 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
Calmejeane & Gesnik, kings of the mountain for sure
legit teared up for calmejeane, he mustve been pushing through some legit pain
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 July 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
scary though, gotta hydrate buddy!!
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 July 2017 22:32 (six years ago) link
Gesink is only pro whose feed I follow, good to see.
― popcorn michael awaits trumptweet (Hunt3r), Saturday, 8 July 2017 23:40 (six years ago) link
interesting to see what happens tomorrow after today's fast pace. i imagine there'll be a fair bit of fallout. 3 HC climbs ... hoo boy
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 July 2017 01:26 (six years ago) link
no better feeling than settling down on the sofa for a day of the cycling but jesus wept this stage is absolute murder. can't wait.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 09:55 (six years ago) link
Gesink out :(
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 9 July 2017 11:20 (six years ago) link
wow this is incredible. never seen a race blown apart so effectively on a descent.
geraint thomas *again* :(
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 12:16 (six years ago) link
This is chaos
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 9 July 2017 12:27 (six years ago) link
why are ag2r riding when vuillermoz is in virtual yellow?
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 July 2017 12:43 (six years ago) link
unless they're riding at a neutral pace I guess
the initial double attack on the descent smashed the peloton and GC contender support so maybe it's trying to push that further. it's slightly difficult to tell, they don't seem to be going that hard, but are at the front, which does suggest they're riding...
oh wait they have dropped back now.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 12:55 (six years ago) link
fffffffff
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
wow super snidey from aru. froome will be raging
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
lol aru.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
shit
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
ugh that's not good
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
horrible horrible crash. gc carnage today.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
jesus that was brutal
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link