Tour of California 2011

[yyeric]

Awesome work from SBS on the ToC.

Tour of California TV times, SBS TWO (all times AEST) with simultaneous live streaming online.

16/5/11 7AM – 9AM AEST Stage 1 (191 Km) S. Lake Tahoe to N. Lake Tahoe

17/5/11 7AM – 9AM AEST Stage 2 (214,4 Km) N. Lake Tahoe to Sacramento

18/5/11 7AM – 9AM AEST Stage 3 (196,2 Km) Auburn to Modesto

19/5/11 7AM – 9AM AEST Stage 4 (131,6 Km) Livermore to San Jose

20/5/11 7AM – 9AM AEST Stage 5 (223,6 Km) Seaside to Paso Robles

21/5/11 7AM – 9AM AEST Stage 6 (24 Km) Solvang Individual Time Trial

22/5/11 7AM – 9AM AEST Stage 7 (121,9 Km) Claremont to Mt. Baldy

23/5/11 7AM – 9AM AEST Stage 8 (129,1 Km) Santa Clarita to Thousand Oaks

http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/ne ... cast-times

[Becker_11]

I have searched the forums prior to posting this and not found a thread so I decided to start this one.

I have just read over at cyclingnews that stage 1 has been cancelled due to poor weather. http://bit.ly/iBBN2i

Seems like a good idea if you ask me.

[Chuck]

Incredible pictures in this mornings field sprint. How was Baden Cooke's wheelie at 60k an hour Those guys have got big kahunas

[sogood]

Well, the marketing people are heavily promoting this race and SBS is in, so how about a dedicated thread? Maybe the mods can assist by combining the following threads in here?

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viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40620
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=40744

What I am interested in is Andy Schleck. Is he still warming up for July? He is certainly not in as dominating form as Contador over at the Giro. Or does he feel this is not the race he needs to win, and make some more friends before July? And what happened to Leipeimer? Going to let his buddy Horner gain some well deserved fame before they both retire?

[MichaelB]

Incredible pictures in this mornings field sprint. How was Baden Cooke's wheelie at 60k an hour Those guys have got big kahunas

What about the poor guy that got tangled in Jen's wheel and flipped and landed heavily on his back and head ? Apparently lightly concussed and started in the next stage with heaps of climbing ....

[sogood]

What about the poor guy that got tangled in Jen's wheel and flipped and landed heavily on his back and head ? Apparently lightly concussed and started in the next stage with heaps of climbing ....

Saw the video and it was hell of a whack on the back of the head. Surprised that there weren't more mention of that accident and good to know he got away "lightly". Despite all the aero spines, guess helmets are protective in the reverse direction too.

Shame Matt Goss just missed out in Stage 5. But what a contrast b/n ToC and Giro in terms of the track condition. ToC sprints on 8 lane boulevard while Giro sprints through a 1 lane wide U-turn within 1.5km of the finish.

[MichaelB]

..... But what a contrast b/n ToC and Giro in terms of the track condition. ToC sprints on 8 lane boulevard while Giro sprints through a 1 lane wide U-turn within 1.5km of the finish.

Remember, everything is bigger in America .....

[Chuck]

Incredible pictures in this mornings field sprint. How was Baden Cooke's wheelie at 60k an hour Those guys have got big kahunas

What about the poor guy that got tangled in Jen's wheel and flipped and landed heavily on his back and head ? Apparently lightly concussed and started in the next stage with heaps of climbing ....

Yeah that was a bad one.

Horner's performance yesterday

[MichaelB]

Gossy gets up for a win !!!

Yay ....

[sogood]

Still can't believe Andy Schleck couldn't keep up with Leipheimer on Mt Baldy yesterday and it's just 6 weeks to TdF. Well deserved late career accolade for Horner.

[Chuck]

Still can't believe Andy Schleck couldn't keep up with Leipheimer on Mt Baldy yesterday and it's just 6 weeks to TdF.

8th overall at 4'33" is a better effort than last year where he lost over 14 minutes on the main climbing stage and finished outside the top 20. He knows what he's doing.

[roller]

tuned in to some of this on sunday morning, saw levi and horner heading up the mountain alone, with richard nixon running along on one side of them and a doctor with a giant syringe on the other