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Hi

Missed this this morning but apparently SBS was broadcasting live from 7:00 AM on SBS 2 so might be worth checking for more broadcasts.

Also live online at http://tracker.amgentourofcalifornia.com/. The broadcast started at 2:00 AM WA time this morning. Keen?

Andrew

And 7am tomorrow morning as well. Kinda makes me not wana go for an early ride now!!

And an Aussie (Brett Lancaster for CTT) wins Stage 2

Those Aussie guys are doing well all over the world !!!!

shiv wrote:And 7am tomorrow morning as well. Kinda makes me not wana go for an early ride now!!

they were playing a reply of stage 1 this morning

JV911 wrote:

shiv wrote:And 7am tomorrow morning as well. Kinda makes me not wana go for an early ride now!!

they were playing a reply of stage 1 this morning

Hi

Yep, there was transmission problems out of the States caused by the weather conditions, read rain. The same applied to the Giro last night for awhile.

Regards
Andrew

Watch or follow the Tour of California? While the glorious madness that is the Giro is on?

Meh.

headset wrote:Watch or follow the Tour of California? While the glorious madness that is the Giro is on?

Meh.

ye - it's a cycling extravaganza!

headset wrote:Watch or follow the Tour of California? While the glorious madness that is the Giro is on?

Hi

On Eurosports you can do both ... well last night I could anyway. One after the other ...

Andrew

I heard they didnt have radio's too? (The commentator mentioned that the Garmin car didn't anyway)

Like to see more races without radios

Richard.L wrote:I heard they didnt have radio's too? (The commentator mentioned that the Garmin car didn't anyway)

Can they send text messages? I'm sure there is a Garmin function for that somewhere.

Richard.L wrote:I heard they didnt have radio's too? (The commentator mentioned that the Garmin car didn't anyway)

Like to see more races without radios

hi

If you Google "Tour of California team radios" you will get a number of articles that suggest that radios are being used as per normal.

Andrwe

Anyone watch Stage 3? I can't believe all the commentators talking about how Zabriskie deserved the win so much yet he refused to take a bloody turn!

With 25km remaining over the top, it was up to Rogers and Zabriskie to tow a reluctant Leipheimer to the line if they wanted to keep a gap over the rest of the field. The two did the lion's share of the work, with Zabriskie pushing the pace in the final kilometre and then narrowly taking the sprint over Rogers from the front out of the last turn.

What a load of bollocks. He sat behind Leipheimer and Rogers all the way over the hills, and begrudgingly went to the front briefly once they were over the top.

They must have been watching a different race!

Cheers,
Jake

Jake wrote:Anyone watch Stage 3? I can't believe all the commentators talking about how Zabriskie deserved the win so much yet he refused to take a bloody turn!

With 25km remaining over the top, it was up to Rogers and Zabriskie to tow a reluctant Leipheimer to the line if they wanted to keep a gap over the rest of the field. The two did the lion's share of the work, with Zabriskie pushing the pace in the final kilometre and then narrowly taking the sprint over Rogers from the front out of the last turn.

What a load of bollocks. He sat behind Leipheimer and Rogers all the way over the hills, and begrudgingly went to the front briefly once they were over the top.

They must have been watching a different race!

Cheers,
Jake

I was thinking the same thing when I heard that yesterday.

Main thing is Rogers is 2nd and TT'ing really well.

Could be a close fight for the GC !!!

As one'd expect from the US, ToC is clearly making a major marketing push this year. Not only does it clash with the Giro, it pulled a whole bunch of top cyclists away from that race. And on SBS2, 2 hours coverage every morning from 7 to 9am. Did SBS pick up this broadcasting right for cheap? Not complaining.

A bad day allround for LA. First the pesky Landis and now this....

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armstro ... california

spoiler - haussler out too (hope he hasnt re-injured his knee and stuey out with a broken collar bone

And Rogers in Yellow now !!!!!!

Keep it up Mick !!

Bugger about Stuey though

And not only that... I am currently in 19th in the GC (Rider No. 142 of Team Type 1 - after Stage 5).

AUbicycles wrote:And not only that... I am currently in 19th in the GC (Rider No. 142 of Team Type 1 - after Stage 5).

Seriously, you're racing in the tour of cali? That's fantastic. Just watched stage 6 - what a race.

AUbicycles wrote:And not only that... I am currently in 19th in the GC (Rider No. 142 of Team Type 1 - after Stage 5).

17th now. Top 10???

Not bad for a recreational cyclist!

AUbicycles wrote:And not only that... I am currently in 19th in the GC (Rider No. 142 of Team Type 1 - after Stage 5).

Its pretty hard to find time to contribute here with my commitment to my team and this tour however my fans are very important.

Well done Dodger!

Awesome last stage!! They threw everything at Mick and he was up to it all.