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Tour de France: Stage 1 Live Thread (7-2-06)

Posted on 06/30/2006 10:13:41 PM PDT by nutmeg

Stage 1 - Sunday, July 2: Strasbourg - Strasbourg, 183 km

Sunday's Stage 1 flat sprinters' stage starts and finishes in Strasbourg, with a 30km incursion into Germany midway through the stage. It will be a tight, tense day with plenty of crashes and a big battle between Boonen's Quick.Step, McEwen's Davitamon-Lotto and Zabel's Milram teams to win the first en ligne stage at Le Tour 2006.



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To: Eurotwit

Looks like a deep cut - how the heck did that happen? I wonder if he scraped a barrier on the final sprint in - he was pushed way out to the edge of the street...


61 posted on 07/02/2006 8:30:45 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: NittanyLion

Looks as though (hopefully) inadvertant contact with a spectator may have caused the cut.


62 posted on 07/02/2006 8:36:25 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: NittanyLion

That was a bit sad.

Hopefully Hushovd can still compete tomorrow.


63 posted on 07/02/2006 8:39:20 AM PDT by Eurotwit (WI)
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To: NittanyLion
Evidently it was an idiotic fan with one of those big hand doohickies that sliced his arm. Sick. If tour organizers can't protect their riders, this race is toast, for me at least. It's just shameful these crowds can hurt the atheletes like this (remember Lance a couple of years ago?).

On the bright side, this gives Big George the yellow.

64 posted on 07/02/2006 8:40:25 AM PDT by leilani (I'm really just here for the scenery)
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To: Eurotwit

Some of us go to Church, and are just getting home to check on things


65 posted on 07/02/2006 9:23:10 AM PDT by Mom MD
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Pos. No. Name Nat. Team Time Gap
1 003 HINCAPIE, George USA DSC 04:18:15.000 00:00:00.000
2 118 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR C.A 04:18:17.000 00:00:02.000
3 018 ZABRISKIE, David USA CSC 04:18:21.000 00:00:06.000
4 044 LANG, Sebastian GER GST 04:18:21.000 00:00:06.000
5 091 VALVERDE, Alejandro ESP CEI 04:18:21.000 00:00:06.000
6 013 O'GRADY, Stuart AUS CSC 04:18:21.000 00:00:06.000
7 026 ROGERS, Michael AUS TMO 04:18:23.000 00:00:08.000
8 009 SAVOLDELLI, Paolo ITA DSC 04:18:25.000 00:00:10.000
9 071 LANDIS, Floyd USA PHO 04:18:26.000 00:00:11.000
10 159 VAUGRENARD, Benoît FRA FDJ 04:18:26.000 00:00:11.000
11 096 KARPETS, Vladimir RUS CEI 04:18:27.000 00:00:12.000
12 023 HONCHAR, Serhiy UKR TMO 04:18:27.000 00:00:12.000
13 101 BOONEN, Tom BEL QSI 04:18:28.000 00:00:13.000
14 169 QUINZIATO, Manuel ITA LIQ 04:18:29.000 00:00:14.000
15 061 EVANS, Cadel AUS DVL 04:18:30.000 00:00:15.000
16 031 MOREAU, Christophe FRA A2R 04:18:30.000 00:00:15.000
17 139 WIGGINS, Bradley GBR COF 04:18:30.000 00:00:15.000
18 146 MILLAR, David GBR SDV 04:18:31.000 00:00:16.000
19 072 GRABSCH, Bert GER PHO 04:18:31.000 00:00:16.000
20 064 HORNER, Christopher USA DVL 04:18:32.000 00:00:17.000

Click


66 posted on 07/02/2006 9:33:54 AM PDT by deport
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To: NittanyLion

Looks as though (hopefully) inadvertant contact with a spectator may have caused the cut.



Let's hope the spectators aren't doing things like this. I read one article that said he was forced up against the barriers and that is where the cut occured. I was watching the tv and they never got a shot of it as it happened or hadn't when I turned it off.

I hope he is able to continue without any handicap from the accident.


67 posted on 07/02/2006 9:37:02 AM PDT by deport
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To: leilani
Evidently it was an idiotic fan with one of those big hand doohickies that sliced his arm.

I heard an announcer say that it might have been one of those cardboard hands..... cardboard? If so, I wonder if the much stiffer material than the US foam ones would cause more damage when hit at 30+mph and if they have cardboard for environmental reasons. The spectator situation of the entire TdF is not for the faint of heart. These guys are tough.

68 posted on 07/02/2006 11:07:51 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: deport
I read one article that said he was forced up against the barriers and that is where the cut occured. I was watching the tv and they never got a shot of it as it happened or hadn't when I turned it off.

He was way out to the left of the screen - I noticed the yellow jersey all the way against the barriers, and thought for a minute he was going to crash.

69 posted on 07/02/2006 5:00:55 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: NittanyLion

Hopefully he'll be able to continue as to lose a good rider only detracts from the overall race quality. From one source comes the following;

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A few minutes later, in the mad dash to the finish, Hushovd sliced open his right arm when he brushed against an outsized green cardboard hand that a fan had thrust out over the safety barriers that line the final straightaways.

The cut bled profusely and needed stitches in a hospital. Tour organizers announced that from now on, the giant hands — freebies from a race sponsor — no longer would be distributed in the final stretches of flat stages which, as on Sunday, often finish with a mass sprint.
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70 posted on 07/02/2006 5:25:16 PM PDT by deport
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To: Admin Moderator

Thanks for changing the date in the title. :o)


71 posted on 07/02/2006 5:48:00 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: All
Hincapie in yellow as Casper snags first win


photo: Graham Watson

Hushovd's injury not serious -- Tour will ban giant PMU hands near finish


Hushovd will make it to Monday's start.
photo: Graham Watson

72 posted on 07/02/2006 5:58:19 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: nutmeg
How about that Hincapie?! He was a "cheeky" rider today to nab those 2 seconds in the time bonus! It gave him the yellow jersey. Amazing that one little move to go for a time bonus could make that much difference. I did see that some reports are saying that Hushovd did not compete in the sprint b/c of the cut (making it sound like he would not have lost the yellow) but it was nearly to the finish when it happened and he was not in the top 3. Nor do I think he would have finished top 3- it was a heck of a sprint.
73 posted on 07/02/2006 5:59:27 PM PDT by luv2ski
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To: Baynative
This was today's thread... hopefully you found it. I messed up the first live thread... confused the prologue with Stage 1. The Admin Mods fixed the date in the title for me... this was the live thread for Stage 1, Sunday, July 2.

I'll do my best to put up the Stage 2 live thread tonight (I'll be offline most of tomorrow).

74 posted on 07/02/2006 6:03:02 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: BaBaStooey

I've added you to my TDF 2006 ping list as you requested.


75 posted on 07/02/2006 6:06:31 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: Baynative

Hey, that pic looks familiar. :o)


76 posted on 07/02/2006 6:07:11 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: concentric circles; Eurotwit

Thanks for that article and pics in #50, cc! Nice win for Thor Hushovd.


77 posted on 07/02/2006 6:08:44 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: Eurotwit
I have no idea where people are.

Don't forget this is "4th of July" (US Independence Day) weekend. Many people go away for the long weekend, or just aren't inside at home on the computer as much.

Also, in the US, the Outdoor Life Network (OLN) runs the Tour several times during the day (live in the morning, and again in the afternoon and evening), so FReepers in the various US time zones are watching each stage at any given time... not necessarily live.

Hubby and I watched the Prologue yesterday and Stage 1 live this morning, but I didn't have time to get on the computer. We had to go to a graduation/July 4th party on Saturday, and we had other "outdoor stuff" to do today.

I thought I would get a lot of requests from FReepers to be taken off my TDF ping list this year because of Lance's retirement and the doping controversy... instead I've gotten many additions.

78 posted on 07/02/2006 6:20:09 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: whattajoke; CyberCowboy777; Aeronaut; jern; concentric circles; Petronski; Voss; stylin_geek; ...
Tour de France ping!

Prologue and Stage 1 news, results and pics in #50, 66 and 72.

NOTE: Do not read if you don't want to learn the results!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my Tour de France 2006 list.

79 posted on 07/02/2006 6:23:26 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: nutmeg

Has the Discovery Team announded their team leader yet? It seems to me that George Hincapie is looking pretty good to me. Maybe the glass slipper is about to be worn. If he can climb as good as the top riders he could win it all. The team is leading in its class if I am not mistaken.


80 posted on 07/02/2006 8:55:31 PM PDT by RichardW
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