TNT1 Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Anyone who says that this is a boring TDF has absolutely zero grasp of the art and finesse that is bike racing.
Moab Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 I think its quite exciting! And I base this on the fact that most of the non-cyclists I know are watching it and are saying its so exciting!
splat Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Phil: 'Its like I always say, There are still 3 Sundays of riding'
#ten Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 building up to be one of the best...lance has nothing to prove!
Tumbleweed Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 building up to be one of the best... lance has nothing to prove! even he thinks he has something to prove...once and for all that he's clean.
Jackes Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 building up to be one of the best... lance has nothing to prove! even he thinks he has something to prove...once and for all that he's clean.I said this on the Contidor thread as well. Don't know if it is standard, or standard crazy I'm certainly the last person that knows anything about doping, but Iheard the two Armstrong fan commentators saying that he has been testedmore then 40 times out of racing since his comeback, and during the TDFbasicly everyday and sometimes twice a day. The french is certainlylooking out for him
porky Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 This years tour has been an absolute "yawner.!" Anyway, should we have expected more? I think so........, but unfortunately, it seems to me, gone are the days of the tour where individuals rode to race and win, todays GC contenders ride to manipulate the race and the final result, hense the yawn fest we have now. Give me the Giro d Italia anyday.
Dirt*girl™ Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 ahhhhh...I just loooovee drifting off to sleep with the tdf commentating...it's like a lullaby that works everytime!
Eldron Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 ahhhhh...I just loooovee drifting off to sleep with the tdf commentating...it's like a lullaby that works everytime! Gotta love Phil....all the pizazz and drama of Murray Walker but without the need for facts
Wonder Woman Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 I personally find it has been more exciting than the usal first week of the tour.... The worst was Lance and his train...now that was boring... Give the guys time, they'll start coming out to play.
Tumbleweed Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 This years tour has been an absolute "yawner.!" ? Anyway' date=' should we have expected more? I think so........, but unfortunately,?it seems to me, gone are the days of the tour where individuals rode to race and win, todays?GC contenders?ride to manipulate the race and the final result, hense the yawn fest we have now. ? Give me the Giro d Italia?anyday. ?[/quote'] agreed...the giro has been the better race over the last coupla years. but i with those who are enjoying this tour! all three grand tours are exciting, and you don't even have to watch them live to get caught up in it. i don't have tv at home and follow some stages on the net. i actually get excited about going to work and reading all the wire service and other reports about the tour. unfortunately, as you said elsewhere, the reportage is focused on lance, who's one of the few household names of the tour. but there is also the cadel criticism, menchov's "failure", cav's breating of the other teams, etc, etc... boring...hell no!
Tumbleweed Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 oops, double post!holy roller2009-07-13 08:05:05
porky Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 ahhhhh...I just loooovee drifting off to sleep with the tdf commentating...it's like a lullaby that works everytime! Gotta love Phil....all the pizazz and drama of Murray Walker but without the need for facts The Phil and Paul show long ago stopped concerning themselves with little incidentals like facts, ....................so Yah, could be funny, but to me its just irritating.!
porky Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 I personally find it has been more exciting than the usal first week of the tour.... The worst was Lance and his train...now that was boring... Give the guys time' date=' they'll start coming out to play. [/quote'] Hmmmmmmmm, a race for the patient hey? Wait, wait, wait and wait a little longer.!
peloton Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 It certainly has been a quiet tour so far: not a single doping incident. How can that be if 'everybody' is doping?
epoh Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Ralf Aldag thinks it is exciting http://www.velonews.com/article/95056VN: Looking at the race after rolling out of the Pyrenees, who do you think is going to win? RA: It?s not so hard to say that someone fromAstana is going to win. They do have four guys with the ability to win.With the way Kl?den is riding and the fact that Levi hasn?t had toanything so far, if someone tries to put pressure on them, they cansend any one of them. If they really wanted to attack, it would beinteresting to see who. If you ask me now, you have to say physicallyContador, psychologically Armstrong. We are really are a very nice position here in Car No. 4, we have afront-row seat to the big show. It?s really fun to see how they work itout. Lance put big pressure on Contador in the crosswind, say, ?hey,doing mistakes, you can?t win the Tour like that.? And then Contador inAndorra, ?I did do a mistake, but I am always strong enough to correctit and I am back in the game.? We haven?t had an exciting Tour like fora long, long time.
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