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Posted by InterMilan31 on Jun-30-2004 03:31:

Tour De France 2004

Its almost starting time!!! I think it will be a great Tour with many storylines to follow. I know OLN in America will cover it live every morning. I know there are a lot of Cycling fans on this site. Personally I would like to see Lance win because he survived cancer and all but I am going for Ulrich.

Posted by BadBadNeil on Jun-30-2004 15:58:

Here is the biggest bunch of crap ever. Last year I watched the Tour on OLN and this year my cable TV provider has cut OLN from the network so in order to get it I have to subscribe to digital cable and then add those channels and pay a service fee. God I hate them, now I can't watch the tour.

Posted by NeoPhono on Jun-30-2004 23:53:

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil
Here is the biggest bunch of crap ever. Last year I watched the Tour on OLN and this year my cable TV provider has cut OLN from the network so in order to get it I have to subscribe to digital cable and then add those channels and pay a service fee. God I hate them, now I can't watch the tour.

I guess you'll just have to buy the DVD.

http://www.letour.fr/2004/fr/index.html

If I'm not mistaken, you will be able to watch a streaming version from this site. They're the links at the upper right corner.

Posted by BadBadNeil on Jul-01-2004 03:27:

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Originally posted by NeoPhono
I guess you'll just have to buy the DVD.

http://www.letour.fr/2004/fr/index.html

If I'm not mistaken, you will be able to watch a streaming version from this site. They're the links at the upper right corner.

Hah I may have to do that, hopefully they have the full coverage on the web. NBC has the absolute worst coverage(if you can even call it coverage) once a week on the race.

I already sent a note and will send many more to my cable provider. I'll see what body parts I have to dismember to get OLN in my house for a month.

Posted by Paulie on Jul-01-2004 06:08:

The tour de france is prolly one of the most underrated sporting events on the planet. Im on edge of the seat whole tour watching these guys. Its fking brilliant.

Posted by InterMilan31 on Jul-01-2004 14:36:

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Originally posted by Paulie
The tour de france is prolly one of the most underrated sporting events on the planet. Im on edge of the seat whole tour watching these guys. Its fking brilliant.

Couldnt agree more with you. I love the event and I would say the participants are the best athletes in the world.

Posted by NeoPhono on Jul-01-2004 18:15:

Some day I will race in the Tour de France...mark my words. *evil laugh*

Posted by Psiweaver on Jul-02-2004 20:09:

I'm rooting for lance all the way.

Posted by CygnusX on Jul-03-2004 13:38:

Lance WON'T win this year, because it's impossible to win the Tour 6 times (cfr. Indurain, Merckx, Hinault, ...)

Posted by BadBadNeil on Jul-03-2004 15:44:

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Originally posted by CygnusX
Lance WON'T win this year, because it's impossible to win the Tour 6 times (cfr. Indurain, Merckx, Hinault, ...)

Something is only impossible until it is done.

Posted by Tim81 on Jul-03-2004 17:29:

Jan Ulrich finished already 16 seconds behind Armstrong

Posted by BadBadNeil on Jul-03-2004 18:24:

A lot of the climbers take it easy though of the first races hanging with the middle of the peloton, up until about stage 13 when the mountains begin. They let the sprinters get their green jersey points and conserve energy

This year it seems almost like the Tour committee is trying to prevent lance from winning again. They removed a flat time trial in the middle to give pure climbers a better chance(with the flat time trials lance would blow pure climbers away), they keep talking about drug allogations with US Postal(distracting lance and his team) and they limited the team trial to only a 2 min 30 second highest advantage over rival teams(which US postal has won most of the last 5 years by wide margins). Seems like a big coincidence to me.

Posted by NeoPhono on Jul-04-2004 01:35:

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil
A lot of the climbers take it easy though of the first races hanging with the middle of the peloton, up until about stage 13 when the mountains begin. They let the sprinters get their green jersey points and conserve energy

This year it seems almost like the Tour committee is trying to prevent lance from winning again. They removed a flat time trial in the middle to give pure climbers a better chance(with the flat time trials lance would blow pure climbers away), they keep talking about drug allogations with US Postal(distracting lance and his team) and they limited the team trial to only a 2 min 30 second highest advantage over rival teams(which US postal has won most of the last 5 years by wide margins). Seems like a big coincidence to me.

The thing about Lance is that he is a climber. He may not be one of those super-lightweights that have nothing to tow up with them in terms of bodyweight, but he has shown in the past that he has no trouble trouncing in the mountains. What suprised me is how well he did in todays individual time trial, because as he has said before he is not a sprinter. It's pretty incredible that the man who has won the tours in the mountains goes out the first day and gets second in a time trial where he has struggled the past two years. He is a man on a mission.

Posted by BadBadNeil on Jul-04-2004 02:50:

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Originally posted by NeoPhono
The thing about Lance is that he is a climber. He may not be one of those super-lightweights that have nothing to tow up with them in terms of bodyweight, but he has shown in the past that he has no trouble trouncing in the mountains. What suprised me is how well he did in todays individual time trial, because as he has said before he is not a sprinter. It's pretty incredible that the man who has won the tours in the mountains goes out the first day and gets second in a time trial where he has struggled the past two years. He is a man on a mission.

Hes actually a pretty darn good sprinter as well, hes well rounded like Jan Ullrich. The ones that don't win the tour are the pure sprinters because they can't hang in the mountains, and the pure moutain climbers because they can't hang in the time trials. Often times as we know lance holds back on the early stages and leaves it to the sprinters when I'm sure he has the capability of winning or coming in top 3 in many sprint stages with only perhaps the best able to beat him like Baden Cooke, Bradley Mcgee, and Robbe McEwen. After all he often wins the individual time trials and last year I believe was the first year that he lost one which was to Jan Ullrich early on.

I hate having to read about the tour, I need to find a bar that shows it

Posted by shoXx on Jul-05-2004 08:43:

Damn, I just love the tour. Can't wait for the second stage later today. I really hope Thor Hushovd will keep the green jersey, or perhaps take over the yellow one.

While you're waiting for the second stage, enjoy Kraftwerk's Tour de France Soundtracks - brilliant.

Posted by MisterOpus1 on Jul-07-2004 19:24:

The greatest athlete in the world today takes his rightful spot with an incredible team time trial. The 3rd fastest time, in the rain no less!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...ex.html?cnn=yes

Posted by NeoPhono on Jul-07-2004 22:41:

I can't wait to see the novice American sports media go balistic when Lance loses the yellow jersey until the mountains come up (at which time he'll proceed to destroy the field). There's no way he's going to attemp to protect that jersey for the the entire tour...although it is nice to see him in yellow this early. He looks to be in incredible shape, and Team Postal is simply amazing, completely destroying the competition today. The other teams should be thanking the tour for the new TTT rules or they'd all be in worse shape then they're in.

I can't wait for the Olympics now, the US has a cycling dream team.

Posted by Psiweaver on Jul-08-2004 01:48:

The thing thats great about Lance is that no matter what the circumstances are he'll just dig deep inside of himself and pull out a victory when he needs one. HE's an awesome guy if you've ever met him in person. Very humble.

Posted by BadBadNeil on Jul-08-2004 02:39:

I hate the new rules with the team time trial but they still won and thats great. Mayo is now past 4 minutes back so now Lance has a cusion in case Mayo takes a stage in the mountains.

Tyler Hamilton's team was VERY strong today too, only 1 minute back after losing 4 riders and having flat tires. Ullrich is about 50 seconds back I think so that will be good entering the moutains as he most likely will shadow Lance in the moutains like he did last year and wait for multiple teams to attack him. Roberto Heras's team I think was a surprise in coming this high.

Personally I think Tyler Hamilton is Lance's biggest rival right now and then Ullrich especially with two big players not in the tour and 3 far back due to the crash.

Posted by imokruok on Jul-08-2004 12:21:

Coverage starts on OLN in a few minutes. It will be nice to see Lance in yellow again today, although I doubt he'll be able to keep it for the whole rest of the tour.

I agree with the other posts here - this event is exciting every single day, and is probably the most underrated event in sports. Not only do you get to watch great athletes battle it out, but the scenery is absolutely beautiful, and it's so great to see so many dedicated fans from all over the world all along the route.

Posted by torontotrance on Jul-08-2004 22:14:

As I've said in recent years, unless Armstrong has a breakdown or breaks a leg (the TDF 2004 is his). No rider can match him in anything and Armstrong is just better than the rest. It was funny to hear Jan Ulrich claiming it was unfair with Armstrong, lol, I guess the german is jealous that Armstrong is so much better than he is.

Posted by Steven Hays on Jul-11-2004 03:52:

Armstrong is a God here. Everyone rides bikes around here and there are signs everywhere of support. Its crazy. Wouldn't doubt it for a second if he won.

Posted by CygnusX on Jul-14-2004 15:55:

I'm telling you guys, Armstrong won't win this year

Posted by NeoPhono on Jul-14-2004 17:41:

quote:
Originally posted by CygnusX
I'm telling you guys, Armstrong won't win this year

That's find if you say that. Just don't say Ullrich will.

Posted by BadBadNeil on Jul-14-2004 21:19:

quote:
Originally posted by CygnusX
I'm telling you guys, Armstrong won't win this year

Nothing is a sure thing, there's still quite a few big competitors left and too many variables to declare a winner any earlier than the champs elysees.

Last year though many doubted him too and even though being dehydrated, having a couple nasty falls, marital troubles, constant attacking and teaming up by his foes, and more allegations of doping, he still won and to me thats amazing. I think hes learned a lot from last year (well I hope he did )

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