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Tour de France - Stage 4 - July 11
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| 7/11/07
| Aeronaut
Posted on 07/11/2007 1:38:29 AM PDT by Aeronaut
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bicycle; bike; tdf; tour; tourdefrance
Four cat 4 climbs today.
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posted on
07/11/2007 1:38:32 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
To: Aeronaut; whattajoke; CyberCowboy777; jern; concentric circles; Petronski; Voss; stylin_geek; ...
Tour de France ping!
Please FReepmail 'Aeronaut' if you want on or off the Tour de France 2007 list.
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posted on
07/11/2007 1:39:29 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
(Hebrews 13:4)
To: Aeronaut
Lining up in the neutral zone with a planned start in about 12 minutes.
I will be checking in with versus until TV coverage starts at 0830.
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posted on
07/11/2007 3:49:46 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
To: All
Stage 4 - Wednesday, July 11: Villers-Cotterêts - Joigny, 193km By Tim Maloney, European Editor (Cycling News)
Stage four is a classic early Tour de France stage run in the countryside to the east of Paris that traverses the rolling hills of the Champagne region, the wide plains of Brie before the final hills across the Yonne. Once again, an early break will certainly escape before the sprinters' teams pull it back in the final 50 kilometres before the finish in Joigny.
Climbs:
Km 23.5: Côte de Veuilly-la-Poterie: 1.0 km climb @ 5.2% avg. grade / 4th Cat.
Km 62.5: Côte de Doucy: 1.9 km climb @ 4.9% avg. grade / 4th Cat.
Km 144: Côte de Galbaux: 2.4 km climb @ 3.8% avg. grade / 4th Cat.
Km 148.5: Côte de Bel-Air: 1.3 km climb @ 5.4% avg. grade / 4th Cat.
Sprints:
Km 69: La Ferte-Gaucher
Km 122.5: Soligny-Les-Etangs
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posted on
07/11/2007 4:41:54 AM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
To: Ready4Freddy
Good coverage for an other-than-cycling news organ!
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posted on
07/11/2007 5:06:57 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(The arrogance of academia is even greater than its ignorance.)
To: RoadTest
Which ‘other-than-cycling news organ’ are you referring to, RoadTest?
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posted on
07/11/2007 5:18:00 AM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
To: Ready4Freddy
He’s probably referring to AFP, R4F.
Hope you don’t mind but just I stole your graphics for an off-campus post.
(all is fair in love,war & thread-building!)
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posted on
07/11/2007 6:03:58 AM PDT
by
leilani
(!)
To: leilani
Hey leilani! LOL, “off campus” post.
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posted on
07/11/2007 7:05:08 AM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
To: Ready4Freddy
Today’s route profile suggests a break will have a better chance, but I still wish they would get rid of the radios, because they’re what allows the teams to time it so they catch the break in the last 10k’s or so. However if the break didn’t sit up with 1k to go yesterday they might have stayed away.
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posted on
07/11/2007 7:20:24 AM PDT
by
gura
To: Aeronaut
Eurotwit's homeboy Thor won today's stage.
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posted on
07/11/2007 9:24:10 AM PDT
by
Cecily
To: Aeronaut; All
Could you add me to your ping list?
I watched yesterday’s coverage last night — up until it ended, two hours shy of the end! How in the world did Versus manage to provide “live” coverage and miss the mark so badly?
And where in the heck has Vinokourov been?
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posted on
07/11/2007 12:23:17 PM PDT
by
lainie
To: lainie
How in the world did Versus manage to provide live coverage and miss the mark so badly?
It was the tours longest stage, and they rode at the slowest rate in over 10 years for a couple of different reasons.
1. Into a head wind the whole trip.
2. Only two riders in the long break, and they were not interested in killing themselves for nothing. They rode slow, the peleton paced themselves behind the break (but almost mistimed "the catch" after two other riders joined the break.
4. 4th stage is when the body starts complaining hard about the efforts used in the first 3 stages. Riders are sore/stiff.
The took 2 hours longer to finish the race than they should have. Versus coverage was actually extended, but you probably only DVR'd the scheduled time.
And where in the heck has Vinokourov been?
Laying low and staying out of trouble. Just like most of the main "GC" contenders. Flat stages are not where the TDF is won. They're waiting for Sunday, and the Alps.
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