so it turns out my girlfriend (who has no interest in cycling whatsoever) will be in Paris on the weekend of 21/22 July, when the tour gets in

[shakes fist at sky]

some people get all the luck.

not long now! AFL and then the Tour. (yesssssssss)

Oh snap, there's a Cadel 2011 le tour documentary at 8:55pm on SBS, leading right up to the Prologue. Sweeeet

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Memories of the emotional rollercoaster that was last years race are flooding back watching this documentary. Epic sruff from Cadel to do what he did with everything seemingly against him at times. Can;t wait to witness this years and the amazing feats of endurance that will unfold.

Checking In.

Bring on Azn Foz.

Spoiler:

^ mobile like.

Checking in... can't wait. Does anyone know when actual riding starts?

Is cadel last out of the blocks?

playing Alex Kidd like there is no tomorrow. i'm on a bike!

better get as much Alex Kidd in as much as possible. Come 11pm i think the remaining of my leave is TDF, sleep, eat and repeat.
I'm sure going to the bathroom needs to be in there somewhere...

I like you

Shhhh.


Des hommes avec les collants en direct a Liege.

Who the fuck is the commentator? Why don't we have the proper ones

They just said cadel won't be in the yellow

Something about sponsors.

if you think they could do this they could give him a yellow jersey: http://www.adnews.com.au/campaign/le...rance-couriers

Typical fucking French.

Interesting article about Matt Keenan (spelling?) in the official Tour Guide. I didn't realise he actually does the early stage commentary for the entire english language broadcast not just Aus.

He's a dick with an annoying voice.

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Originally Posted by Bracko

Typical fucking French.

hey hey hey. settle down there.

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Originally Posted by Bracko

He's a dick with an annoying voice.

No way! Keenan is great and has got a lot better since a few years ago. Does a fantastic lead in for the two old chaps.

We're number one! we're number one!!!

Yea Lancaster . Got him in my team......although don't expect him to stay #1 but hopefully stays in the top 10.

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Originally Posted by ladyinred

hey hey hey. settle down there.

Working with as many pommies as I have for the last 5 years makes comments like that just roll off the tongue it is abysmal though, and I can't think if a Frenchmen was in the yellow it would have been organised.

Keenan was actually quite interesting, but I still hate his voice.

Anyone considering the bupa challenge this tour downunder?

nope. What is it?

Can someone explain to me why a fair number of riders have tape over their nose?

Yay i just hope everyone struggles to beat the Boasson Hagen time.

its good already!

Bupa challenge, do a 127km stage of the TdU in Adelaide during the TdU. Google it, its on 25th Jan this year I think

Not sure if I'll make it to Cadel, long day buying travel supplies, packing, stressing... I will be back in civilisation for the last 2 stages I think.

I only just realised it's the 99th tour. Trip to France next year for the 100th tour? Hmmmm....

fuck I love the camera work of tdf.

agree. the wiggling buttocks of each of the men pushing it hard. It's pretty sweet to watch I say.


On a side note:
How many erection problem ads am I going to have to endure for the next 3 weeks?

sucks to lose this prologue due to a mechanical issue.

Yeah, feel for Martin. His time would'a should'a demolished the field.

Unlucky for tony Martin there

I'm nursing a broken wrist (post op for pins/plates) which happened mountain biking and this is making me miss riding a fair bit. Even just the commute to work.

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On a side note:
How many erection problem ads am I going to have to endure for the next 3 weeks?

Hmmm, what does that say about the demographic??

Is that a giant penis floating up the Seine?

Big second half there from wiggins.

Fark cancellara... What a beast!

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Originally Posted by VanBuurenisGod

Is that a giant penis floating up the Seine?

It's not the Seine?

hmmm, guess you can't take a whole lot from that. bed time now, hopefully the Micronesiaians like cycling as well.

i fell asleep around when chavanel was still in front. looks like a missed some boss rides! 7:13 is craaazy.

yeah bummer for Martin and also Sagan who nearly fell over. Bummer for me coz I had both of them in my team.

Cancellara is such a machine. What a shame Martin had to change bikes, he's the only one that could have beat him.

tony martin wold not have beaten cancellara's time.

interesting........some riders are out of form. sanchez, leipheimer and valverde looked pretty bad. strong rides by menchov and nibali.

chavanel is a beast........so much heart, always rides with heart.

I found it really hard knowing where they were on the course because they never stayed with a rider for their whole race. We weren't with Tony Martin when the bike issue happened and only really saw after the fact (i think). Why can't they just split the screen and show the full time trial ride of some of the riders?

Bah! 69 points!

It's tough to get ideal coverage as the course is so short. Much easier with 40-50km TTs.

I think they were on an ad break when Martin lost his bike.

It reminds me of slalom or GS meets... the pace was so frenetic you never really knew what was going on.

Fell asleep but woke up just as Wiggins hit the road so got the watch the last few. Cancellera flew around that course!

Was worried none of my team would win but got 1-2 in the end and 6th with Lancaster . Cadel also got me some points.

Went for a solo 90km ride today up around Akuna Bay.... could have sworn it was Alpe d'Huez though and I was the lone survivor of a breakaway....

Did you get the yellow?

I was definitely gonna take the yellow but then I ran over some wallaby road kill and thought to myself "wtf? there are no wallabies in the french alps" and that was when I realised I was in fact, going really f#cking slow up a small hill out the back of Sydney

i'm checking in early because i'm superbored.
Banter with me people... ban-terr.

I dont know how I'm going to stay awake. Just got a phone call from work an hour ago telling me I need to pick something up from a supplier on my way in tomorrow which means I get a 2hr sleep in so that should help tomorrow.

Looking forward to watching the Peloton for the first time this year, its an almost magical sight watching them ridhe through the streets and across the country side.