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Tour of California

Postby Aushiker » Mon May 17, 2010 4:10 pm

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? :)

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Re: Tour of California

Postby shiv » Mon May 17, 2010 9:12 pm

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

Postby MichaelB » Tue May 18, 2010 8:55 am

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

Those Aussie guys are doing well all over the world !!!!
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Re: Tour of California

Postby JV911 » Tue May 18, 2010 11:43 am

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 :?:
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Re: Tour of California

Postby Aushiker » Tue May 18, 2010 12:01 pm

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.

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Re: Tour of California

Postby headset » Tue May 18, 2010 3:23 pm

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

Meh.
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Re: Tour of California

Postby JV911 » Tue May 18, 2010 3:33 pm

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!
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Re: Tour of California

Postby Aushiker » Tue May 18, 2010 5:11 pm

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 ...

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Re: Tour of California

Postby Richard.L » Tue May 18, 2010 11:15 pm

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 :lol:
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Re: Tour of California

Postby igstar » Wed May 19, 2010 1:22 pm

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. :lol:
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Re: Tour of California

Postby Aushiker » Wed May 19, 2010 1:32 pm

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 :lol:


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.

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Re: Tour of California

Postby Jake » Thu May 20, 2010 8:06 am

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!

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Re: Tour of California

Postby norbs » Thu May 20, 2010 8:24 am

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!

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I was thinking the same thing when I heard that yesterday.
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Re: Tour of California

Postby MichaelB » Thu May 20, 2010 9:30 am

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

Could be a close fight for the GC !!!
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Re: Tour of California

Postby sogood » Thu May 20, 2010 9:37 am

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.
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Re: Tour of California

Postby Chuck » Fri May 21, 2010 6:55 am

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

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armstro ... california
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Re: Tour of California

Postby JV911 » Fri May 21, 2010 8:02 am

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

Postby MichaelB » Fri May 21, 2010 1:01 pm

And Rogers in Yellow now !!!!!!

Keep it up Mick !!

Bugger about Stuey though :(
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Re: Tour of California

Postby AUbicycles » Sat May 22, 2010 7:24 am

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

Postby Fletcher » Sat May 22, 2010 9:29 am

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.
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Re: Tour of California

Postby norbs » Sat May 22, 2010 4:41 pm

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! :wink:
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Re: Tour of California

Postby toolonglegs » Sat May 22, 2010 4:51 pm

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

:lol:
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Re: Tour of California

Postby AUbicycles » Sun May 23, 2010 6:55 am

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

Postby norbs » Mon May 24, 2010 9:14 am

Well done Dodger!
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Re: Tour of California

Postby shiv » Mon May 24, 2010 9:41 am

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