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- CommentAuthorfreebird
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
Anyone know of anywhere (bars, strip clubs, your mom's house) that will be showing Le Tour?

Let's drink shandys and watch that bitch.
- CommentAuthorK_phomma
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
Someones house?
- CommentAuthorwhite folks
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
um..yours? I'm sure your pops is cool with a bunch of twenty somthing scums hoggin his remote and drinking his beers.

just kidding. not my place.
- CommentAuthorK_phomma
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
We used to have a shitload of Heineken, used to....
- CommentAuthorcrossett
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008 edited
Roller races while watching the last 1k of the race. Start at a steady spin and at 500m hit the gas.

Headbutts encouraged
- CommentAuthorbschultz
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
Oh, man! I'm so stoked to watch the Tour; it will be part of my ease-back-into-bikes therapy. I fear that without this crucial intermediary step I will simply drop dead from joy overload the moment I get back on a bike, haha.
- CommentAuthorTHOR4LIFE
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
I like the fact that they cut out the time bouns aspect of it all. Although I fear that it's not gonna be that great of a race
- CommentAuthorfreebird
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
It's gonna be a weird race for sure.
- CommentAuthorbschultz
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
Whatever. Bikes on TV is cool.
- CommentAuthorfreebird
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
Right. But where? Where are we going to see this "bikes on tv"?
- CommentAuthorbschultz
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008 edited
The TV, of course! Your choice.

Edit- Sorry for mocking you back... it was only because you said Where are we going to see this "bikes on tv"? I hope you find a place to watch. :)
- CommentAuthorfreebird
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
Did you read the first post?
- CommentAuthorTHOR4LIFE
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
You all know that VS (32 on cable) shows it live (usually around 5am), and then replayes it pretty much all day.
- CommentAuthorfreebird
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
Let me be more clear.

I don't have a tv. I don't have cable. I want to sit in a place where I can buy beer and fried food and watch the tour.

Any ideas?
- CommentAuthorK_phomma
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
Dont most bars show VS?
- CommentAuthorsopitted
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
I watched the preview today
- CommentAuthorAmy
- CommentTimeJul 4th 2008
WTF is VS? I mean.. i get that it's channel 32.. but to me.. channel 32 is the WB. which to most people is the CW.. which to most people is channel.. 3?

god! so confusing.. can't i just be eight years old again... watching cartoons on saturday mornings.. and the disney afternoon..
- CommentAuthorcassadyisfixed
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
No TV, thus no cable, thus, I will be keeping up wih the Tour via the interwebs. I don't know how I feel about that.
- CommentAuthorzelah
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
I have a television and also cable, I am well equipped for the tour.
- CommentAuthorcassadyisfixed
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
Then you should invite me over to watch it.
- CommentAuthorzelah
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
my couch is smaller than my tv, sorry duder
- CommentAuthorcassadyisfixed
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
I sit on the floor? It will be difficult to keep up with the tour from the internets when Krysten and I don't even have it.
>.<
- CommentAuthorTHOR4LIFE
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
Might be worth to check if WSCN is showing any of it.
- CommentAuthortepr
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
first stage was pretty good
- CommentAuthorPj
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
zelah:
my couch is smaller than my tv, sorry duder

it is not a couch. it is a wide child's chair.
- CommentAuthoryung jeezy pdx
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
so is lance racing? is that why everyone is so hyped?
- CommentAuthorcharlie
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
jerome is on point go lance
- CommentAuthorMIN
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
yung jeezy pdx:
so is lance racing? is that why everyone is so hyped?

lance retired 3 years ago foolio.
- CommentAuthoryung jeezy pdx
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
OH ! i thought fool was on like his fourth win or something
- CommentAuthorbschultz
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
Didn't he win 7 consecutive?
- CommentAuthorbschultz
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
Yeah, just Wiki'd it; 99-05. Hella record-breaking, apparently.
- CommentAuthorcassadyisfixed
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
Before him wasn't it Eddie Mercks? Or am I imagining that?

Has anyone ever wondered how few people would know what the tour is if Lance hadn't wond so many damn times? I mean in the US anyway.

Also, hella funny in Breaking Away when Dave meets the french exchange student who doesn't know what the tour is. THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.
- CommentAuthorK_phomma
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
I heard Armstrong's a dick.
- CommentAuthorhuss
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
Try Seven...haha
- CommentAuthormurder bike
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008 edited
cassadyisfixed:
Before him wasn't it Eddie Mercks? Or am I imagining that?

Has anyone ever wondered how few people would know what the tour is if Lance hadn't wond so many damn times? I mean in the US anyway.

Also, hella funny in Breaking Away when Dave meets the french exchange student who doesn't know what the tour is. THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.

didn't eddie merckx win the tour like 8 times on a fixie?
- CommentAuthorcassadyisfixed
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
Yeah. But it wasn't consecutive. I think he won 5 consecutively and then won 3 more over the course of his career. Something like that. Was he riding a fixed gear? I'm not sure. Was Eddie Merckx the previous consecutive win holder? I feel like there was someone else in between him and Lance. Maybe?
- CommentAuthoryung jeezy pdx
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
why are we talking about road bikes, ugh. DUMB!
- CommentAuthorcrossett
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008 edited
Merckx won 5 times on a road bike, fixed gears where ridden in pre-WWII TDFs. Merckx is the only rider to ever win the King of the Mountains, Points (sprinters) and Yellow Jersey in a single TDF, in 1969.

Miguel Indurain and Lance Armstrong are the only riders to win 5 or more consecutive (Lance won 7).

1903 – Maurice Garin
1904 – Henri Corret
1905 – Louis Trousselier
1906 – Rene Pottier
1907 – Lucien Petit-Breton
1908 – Lucien Petit-Breton
1909 – Francois Faber
1910 – Octave Lapize
1911 – Gustave Garrigou
1912 – Odile Defraye
1913 – Philippe Thys
1914 – Philippe Thys
WWI
1919 – Firmin Lambot
1920 – Philipe Thys
1921 – Leon Scieur
1922 – Firmin Lambot
1923 – Henri Pelissier
1924 – Ottavio Bottecchia
1925 – Ottavio Bottecchia
1926 – Lucien Buysse
1927 – Nicolas Frantz
1928 – Nicolas Frantz
1929 – Maurice de Waele
1930 – Ardre Leducq
1931 – Antonin Magne
1932 – Ardre Leducq
1933 – Georges Speicher
1934 – Antonin Magne
1935 – Romain Maes
1936 – Sylvere Maes
1937 – Roger Lapebie
1938 – Gino Bartali
1939 – Sylvere Maes
WWII
1947 – Jean Robic
1948 – Gino Bartali
1949 – Fausto Coppi
1950 – Ferdinand Kubler
1951 – Hugo Koblet
1952 – Fausto Coppi
1953 – Louison Bobet
1954 – Louison Bobet
1955 – Louison Bobet
1956 – Roger Walkowiak
1957 – Jacques Anquetil
1958 – Charly Gaul
1959 – Federico Bahamontes
1960 – Gastone Nenciri
1961 – Jacques Anquetil
1962 – Jacques Anquetil
1963 – Jacques Anquetil
1964 – Jacques Anquetil
1965 – Felice Gimondi
1966 – Lucien Aimar
1967 – Roger Pingeon
1968 – Jan Janssen
1969 – Eddy Merckx
1970 – Eddy Merckx
1971 – Eddy Merckx
1972 – Eddy Merckx
1973 – Luis Ocana
1974 – Eddy Merckx
1975 – Bernard Theveret
1976 – Lucien van Impe
1977 – Bernard Theveret
1978 – Bernard Hinault
1979 – Bernard Hinault
1980 – Joop Zoetemelk
1981 – Bernard Hinault
1982 – Bernard Hinault
1983 – Laurent Fignon
1984 – Laurent Fignon
1985 – Bernard Hinault
1986 – Greg LeMond
1987 – Stephen Roche
1988 – Pedro Delgado
1989 – Greg LeMond
1990 – Greg LeMond
1991 – Miguel Indurain
1992 – Miguel Indurain
1993 – Miguel Indurain
1994 – Miguel Indurain
1995 – Miguel Indurain
1996 - Bjarne Ris
1997 – Jan Ullrich
1998 – Marco Pantani
1999 – Lance Armstrong
2000 – Lance Armstrong
2001 – Lance Armstrong
2002 – Lance Armstrong
2003 – Lance Armstrong
2004 – Lance Armstrong
2005 – Lance Armstrong
2006 – Oscar Pereiro
2007 – Alberto Contador
- CommentAuthorcharlie
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
that pretty much settles things...
- CommentAuthorTHOR4LIFE
- CommentTimeJul 5th 2008
K_phomma:
I heard Armstrong's a dick.

Troof. I've met him. He and Gandi were pricks. (100 e-cool points to whoever gets that reference)
- CommentAuthorzelah
- CommentTimeJul 6th 2008
remember those pictures of him riding tall bikes in austin?
- CommentAuthorbschultz
- CommentTimeJul 6th 2008
zelah:
remember those pictures of him riding tall bikes in austin?

I was just about to dig those up, haha!
He seems like a cool dude to have a beer with.
- CommentAuthorzelah
- CommentTimeJul 6th 2008
really though ghandi really was kind of an asshole
- CommentAuthorbschultz
- CommentTimeJul 6th 2008
THOR4LIFE:
K_phomma:
I heard Armstrong's a dick.

Troof. I've met him. He and Gandi were pricks. (100 e-cool points to whoever gets that reference)

I hear Robin Williams has an Indy Fab...
- CommentAuthorbschultz
- CommentTimeJul 6th 2008
Let's at least spell his name correctly; G-A-N-D-H-I.
- CommentAuthorgrimm
- CommentTimeJul 6th 2008 edited
I didnt even know I got cable with the Tour, its on a network called Vs. which I never knew existed. My wife stumbled across it at 5:30 when she couldnt sleep. Im stoked.

If you get Versus the schedule is here:
http://www.versus.com/tdf/article/view/758/?ss=tv&tf=body_tdf_schedule.tpl
- CommentAuthorTHOR4LIFE
- CommentTimeJul 6th 2008
bschultz:
THOR4LIFE:
K_phomma:
I heard Armstrong's a dick.

Troof. I've met him. He and Gandi were pricks. (100 e-cool points to whoever gets that reference)

I hear Robin Williams has an Indy Fab...

You are now my hero.

And props to my man Thor Hushovd winning stage 2 today. At least one of us got a good race in today
- CommentAuthorMIN
- CommentTimeJul 6th 2008
My vote for Fabian Cacellera or Alexandre Valvede as the GC contenders this year.
- CommentAuthorcrossett
- CommentTimeJul 6th 2008
Cancellera doesn't have a chance. He's probably the most powerful rider in the tour but he can't climb nearly as well is needed to be a contender. Valverde looks good as long as he can keep consistent, he's had difficulties in the past. He might be peaking too early. Others are only a few seconds off but are just getting in to full racing shape while Valverde is going hard from day one and for what? It would be nice to see him do well all three weeks but its hard to be on top form for the whole tour.
- CommentAuthorhew
- CommentTimeJul 6th 2008
gnarly first stage yesterday tons of crashes and the sprints to the finish have been sick. to bad quickstep didnt murder today..favzies

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