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Tour de France *** 2013 *** [LIVE THREAD]
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| 6/26/13
| Baynative
Posted on 06/26/2013 3:56:07 PM PDT by Baynative
For as long as I can remember it has been a tradition that the Tour de France begins with a prologue held on the first Saturday of July.
Something changed this year, but the race goes on with a new and exciting route beginning with a specially staged prologue on the French island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chitchat; cycling; oopers; sportschat; tdf; tour
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LET'S RIDE!
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posted on
06/26/2013 3:56:07 PM PDT
by
Baynative
To: Baynative
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posted on
06/26/2013 3:58:20 PM PDT
by
drewh
To: nutmeg; whattajoke; Aeronaut; jern; concentric circles; Petronski; Voss; Drango; glorgau; Cecily; ..
Bike Ping
GIDDY UP!
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posted on
06/26/2013 3:59:34 PM PDT
by
Baynative
(Lord, keep one hand on my shoulder and the other over my mouth.)
To: Baynative
Do we need to take a blood test or pee in a cup to post on this thread? ;-]
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:00:47 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi --)
To: Baynative
Can't wait!!
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:01:32 PM PDT
by
drewh
To: drewh
I am a real fan, I went to see the Tour live in ‘04 and about the only thing I’m wondering is who will be the first to get busted.
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:01:34 PM PDT
by
HangThemHigh
(Entropy's not what it used to be.)
To: NormsRevenge
All you gotta do is clip on and catch a wheel.
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:02:59 PM PDT
by
Baynative
(Lord, keep one hand on my shoulder and the other over my mouth.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:03:39 PM PDT
by
drewh
To: HangThemHigh
Wow - 2004; the ultimate paradox of the worst and best in tour history. Floyd was such a hero ...for a moment.
(oh, how I wanted to believe him)
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:07:26 PM PDT
by
Baynative
(Lord, keep one hand on my shoulder and the other over my mouth.)
To: HangThemHigh
He doesnt look like much, but neither did Lance or Contador at this stage...my wallet likes him at 25-1!
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:07:58 PM PDT
by
drewh
To: Baynative
An easy target, like Boston.
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:08:28 PM PDT
by
Lexington Green
(2012 - It wasn't an election. It was a coup d'etat.)
To: Baynative
This year the first stage is not really a “prologue” - a short time-trial - but an actual stage, 213 KM long. Although the first half of the stage has some hilly areas, it’s considered a sprinter’s stage.
To: Baynative
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:18:46 PM PDT
by
PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
To: NormsRevenge
If you have a Phonack jersey ... Please report to the medical tent....
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:21:59 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(The best is the enemy of the good!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:25:48 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(The best is the enemy of the good!)
To: drewh
I like Sagan for green and I'd like Tejay for yellow. He has all the tools. But is riding in support of a former tour winner.
Jim Ochowicz is a great tactician and he will have some interesting decisions to make with both Tejay and Cadel Evans on the same team. It might be that Tejay is seen as the apprentice and is willing to play a supporting role while he waits for his chance.
Then again we could see some pressure develop akin to Indurain and Delgado. Whether Tejay gets his head on a stage or two may be dictated by the GC after week one.
Who knows? As always, its gonna be fun.
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:34:58 PM PDT
by
Baynative
(Lord, keep one hand on my shoulder and the other over my mouth.)
To: Baynative
Drugador, err, Contador in the race this year?
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:37:05 PM PDT
by
Para-Ord.45
(Happily in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own guardians.)
To: Baynative
I used to ride with George Mount back in high school, before either of us had ridden tubulars. I had an old (even then) straight gauge Emilio Bozzi Legnano with a brass Campagnolo derailleur, ca 1968. Beautiful workmanship.
T'was so very long ago when women never rode. Ah well.
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:38:05 PM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(The environment is too complex and too important to be managed by central planning.)
To: Steve_Seattle
"This year the first stage is not really a “prologue” ..." That's another first I've never heard of. How are they going to set the GC, I wonder?
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:45:00 PM PDT
by
Baynative
(Lord, keep one hand on my shoulder and the other over my mouth.)
To: Carry_Okie
You live in one of the great cycling environments in the country, so many good roads and good people. I rode there for lots of years.
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posted on
06/26/2013 4:48:26 PM PDT
by
Baynative
(Lord, keep one hand on my shoulder and the other over my mouth.)
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