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Stage 1 Graphics coming up soon!
1 posted on 07/01/2011 7:58:29 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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To: Ready4Freddy

My money is on Jose Bautista!!!!

;)


2 posted on 07/01/2011 7:59:35 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Days .... Weeks ..... Months .....)
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To: Calm_Cool_and_Elected; visually_augmented

ping!


3 posted on 07/01/2011 8:05:58 PM PDT by Calm_Cool_and_Elected ("The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." --Flannery O'Connor)
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To: Ready4Freddy

LeTour

The stages
Stage Type Date Start and Finish Distance
1 En ligne Saturday 2 July Passage du Gois La Barre-de-Monts > Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers 191.5 km
2 Team TT Sunday 3 July Les Essarts > Les Essarts 23 km
3 En ligne Monday 4 July Olonne-sur-Mer > Redon 198 km
4 En ligne Tuesday 5 July Lorient > Mûr-de-Bretagne 172.5 km
5 En ligne Wednesday 6 July Carhaix > Cap Fréhel 164.5 km
6 En ligne Thursday 7 July Dinan > Lisieux 226.5 km
7 En ligne Friday 8 July Le Mans > Châteauroux 218 km
8 Medium mountains Saturday 9 July Aigurande > Super-Besse Sancy 189 km
9 Medium mountains Sunday 10 July Issoire > Saint-Flour 208 km
R Rest Day Monday 11 July Le Lioran Cantal
10 En ligne Tuesday 12 July Aurillac > Carmaux 158 km
11 En ligne Wednesday 13 July Blaye-les-Mines > Lavaur 167.5 km
12 High Mountains Thursday 14 July Cugnaux > Luz-Ardiden 211 km
13 High Mountains Friday 15 July Pau > Lourdes 152.5 km
14 High Mountains Saturday 16 July Saint-Gaudens > Plateau de Beille 168.5 km
15 En ligne Sunday 17 July Limoux > Montpellier 192.5 km
R Rest Day Monday 18 July Département de la Drôme
16 Medium mountains Tuesday 19 July Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Gap 162.5 km
17 High Mountains Wednesday 20 July Gap > Pinerolo 179 km
18 High Mountains Thursday 21 July Pinerolo > Galibier Serre-Chevalier 200.5 km
19 High Mountains Friday 22 July Modane Valfréjus > Alpe-d’Huez 109.5 km
20 Individual time-trial Saturday 23 July Grenoble > Grenoble 42.5 km
21 En ligne Sunday 24 July Créteil > Paris Champs-Élysées 95 km

4 posted on 07/01/2011 8:22:11 PM PDT by deport
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To: Ready4Freddy
Thanks for your work on the graphics.


Are you ready for the prologue TT?


Well, FUGGETABOUTIT!

This year the tour is throwing in a little twist. This from the Director:

JEAN-FRANÇOIS PESCHEUX’S ANALYSIS : A change of custom
“It has been a kind of tradition since 1967 that the Tour starts with a prologue. But, as in 2008, we will start with a road stage. We wanted to shake up the teams’ plans a little bit and change the way they operate. Only 10 riders can realistically contend for victory in a prologue. But each one of the 198 riders could win this stage and pull on the yellow jersey. Three years ago, the race started in Brittany, and this time we’re starting in the Vendée. The route will follow the coast before turning inland towards Les Herbiers and the Mont des Alouettes. This is not an ‘hors catégorie’ test, but even so it’s a finish for the strong men. The pure sprinters will struggle. It will suit someone like Thor Hushovd or a puncheur like Thomas Voeckler.”

Well whattdya know a 198km curveball to start the game...
LET THE FUN BEGIN!


9 posted on 07/01/2011 8:44:12 PM PDT by Baynative (Truth is treason in an empire of lies)
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To: Ready4Freddy

READY TO RUMBLE!

Good to see everyone back. Is this Andy’s year?


12 posted on 07/01/2011 9:57:54 PM PDT by Mom MD (The country needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask)
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To: Ready4Freddy; Baynative; Eurotwit
Great thread, Freddy! Thank you.

Can't believe it's that time again... July = American Independence Day and... Tour de France! Nice to see some old FRiends on this thread. :-)

13 posted on 07/01/2011 10:06:51 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: Ready4Freddy; Baynative
I'm not liking the new NBC takeover of Versus' coverage of the Tour de France:

http://tourdefrance.nbcsports.com/

Looks like we have to pay $29.95 for "all access"? Does that mean we can no longer read blogs by Phil Liggett, Bob Roll and Paul Sherwen for free, like usual? You've gotta be kidding me...

14 posted on 07/01/2011 10:11:53 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: Ready4Freddy
I used to play an international Massive Multiplayer game online that was based in Europe. All of us Americans would chat about American Sports on the game chat channel live while playing the game. For some reason this annoyed the hell out of the Europeans because there were way more Americans playing than Euros and they could care less about American Sports.

Then by way of retaliation a bunch of the Euros started chatting about the Tour de France. Most of the Americans had no clue about it but a few of us knew a little.

Three or four of us private messaged each other to see if we could have some fun with the situation.

American 1: Tour de France what is that? Some sort of Vacation Holiday Package?

American 2: No its some sort of train trip to see pasty white Europeans laying around on France's dirty Beaches.

Angry Frenchman: No you American twit it is a bicycle race. Typical you know nothing of what is going on outside your little redneck American World.

American 3: Oh Yeah I remember now.

American 1: Yeah, its where all the cyclists from Europe Compete in a big long Bike Race.

American 2: Yeah they compete to see who gets to finish in 2nd Place behind Lance Armstrong.

Needless to say afterwords there was much profanity and flame wars on the chat channel for the duration of the Tour.

hehehehe

21 posted on 07/02/2011 6:18:17 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Ready4Freddy
Please add me to the ping list if I am not already on it.

Cheers!

36 posted on 07/02/2011 9:49:53 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Ready4Freddy

Hey Freddy! How are you! Thanks for posting the live thread this year! It’s a lot of work but all us slackers surely appreciate it! As I’m on MDT I’m watching via DVR again. (I have to admit that I really enjoy speeding through all those ads! )
Amazing finish today. I think if the entire Peloton had finished together we might have had some carnage at the end (beyond the obvious from the crashes we had further back). As it is, I am thrilled to see AC 1.20 back. Karma is so tough...


39 posted on 07/02/2011 12:17:31 PM PDT by luv2ski
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To: Ready4Freddy
Kraftwerk Tour de France (alternate version with cool graphics). And the (shortened) original version with lyrics.
57 posted on 07/03/2011 7:58:44 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Ready4Freddy

I notice they never mention Lance Armstrong this year. It’s like the guy never existed.


133 posted on 07/08/2011 6:45:34 PM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: Ready4Freddy

Contador: anyone else believe that he sucks this year because he had to stop doping and that his last two TDF wins were dope assisted?


154 posted on 07/09/2011 12:17:45 PM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: Ready4Freddy

Good job R4F, throw my name on the pings list for the TdF if you got one going.

Go Andy, Anybody But Contador!


222 posted on 07/12/2011 5:52:56 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. That should be a convenience store, not a Government Agency.)
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To: Ready4Freddy

Ready, thanks to you for the initial post, followups.


494 posted on 07/23/2011 8:37:52 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: Ready4Freddy

Crikey Cadel! What a ride! These last two days of Le Tour have been great.


503 posted on 07/23/2011 11:20:22 AM PDT by drew
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