2011 Tour de France

[Chuck]

The finish should be good to watch tonight....

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-1

....from an Aussie perspective maybe Goss ?? I think it suits Cadel, but he'll probably be conservative

[ozzymac]

Hi,
Just thought I would mention that SBS have a pretty good app out for iPad etc. Looks interesting and will be trying it out tonight.

Cheers

[ozzymac]

Tour has started on the SBS app, 3 riders have a 3.30 break with 189 km to go.

The app is pretty good, live video, and also place markers on a map plus chat updates.

Not bad for a freebie.

Cheers

[Comedian]

Two minutes until the telecast starts!

[TimW]

Two minutes until the telecast starts!

been watching live streaming on the net, now to switch over

[Comedian]

Two minutes until the telecast starts!

been watching live streaming on the net, now to switch over

Oh dear... confession time. I'm off to beddies... I'm riding tomorrow ...

[hosko]

Did everyone enjoy that recipe?

FFS SBS what are you showing?????

[hosko]

Woohoo! Live coverage started.

[Semar]

Aaaaah. The Tour is here again. And it comes EVERY year.

[norbs]

The new sprint rules have shaken things up a bit. Good to see them go for it at an intermediate point.

[RICHARDH]

Omega definitely working hard, hope Gilbert gets the win otherwise he may get some looks in the team bus. Would love Goss to win though, HTC said they were working for Cav but that could just be the red herring seeing as he cant climb to save his life and judging by all the talk from Phil and Paul its the Tourmalet

[Mulger bill]

With ten klicks left I'm not sure anyone will have the legs left for a sprint.

Crap, another stack, looks like a dumb spectator.

[Baalzamon]

With ten klicks left I'm not sure anyone will have the legs left for a sprint.

Crap, another stack, looks like a dumb spectator.

Yup dumb spectator Nice split in the field now, wonder if any big names been caught
edit
Contador back with 4.8km to go

[Mulger bill]

Just been another stack

One hard fought stage, loving it.

[Mulger bill]

Great finish

Fabs must have hit the button too early and run outta charge.

Bertie down 1:20, that's gotta hurt on day one.

[RICHARDH]

Lady luck finally smiles on Cadel

[chill]

Go cuddles.

[Mulger bill]

Lady luck finally smiles on Cadel

Yeah Baby!

Perfectly ridden final klick by Gilbert.

[RICHARDH]

does Cadel get a full min 1.20 on Schleck and Wiggo though i think those guys went down in the second crash so they may get the same time as the rest of the bunch but a 1.20 on Contador is brilliant

[Mulger bill]

Provo results had Cadel at +3 so that should be a nice 1:17 lead.

[Aushiker]

Hi

http://www.letour.fr/2011/TDF/LIVE/us/1 ... index.html has Contador and Andy Schleck at 1' 20" and Frank Schleck at 6". I guess there may be a change in the provisional results.

Andrew

[gdt]

The letour website now has A Schleck at -:06, Contador remaining at -1:20. I assume that means that A Schleck was seen in the leading bunch after the first accident.

[norbs]

My highlights from last night.


- Greipel dropping it in the neutral zone. :rofl:
- Matt Keenan talking about oysters 4 times in 45 minutes.
- Vanendert's failed bunny hop and subsequent heavy stack about 70kms into the race.
- The intermediate sprint. That is really going to shake things up for the green jersey this year.
- The mayhem when the spectator got cleaned up and slowed up Contador.
- Team BMC getting to the front to protect Evans
- Gilbert's finish
- Evans finish

[Strawburger]

So much action and talking points in day 1! Got to love that. Seems like there won't be many boring days (if any) in the first week of racing this year

[CommuRider]

Learning about how royalist the Vendeeans are, and the farmers on their lawnmowers (?) going around as the wheels of a big bicycle display made out of haystack. Tres cute.

And realising how surreal Le Tour spectators are. No illicit substances required.

http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/sport/cycling/crashes-mar-first-stage-of-tour-de-france-20110703-1gwuh.html?selectedImage=4