yeah!

Get excited! (Somewhat NSFW)

nsfw? i don't see anything except a fine cycling specime... oh.

right, gotcha.

The Tashkent terror Djamolidine Abdujaparov crashing on the final stage of the '91 Tour De France

I'm quite looking forward to this. Good memories of the last two Tour De France seasons.

Crashes, crashes, crashes!

Can't wait for the cobble-stones tonight, will Cancellara pull a repeat of the Paris-Roubaix?
Is there a tiny motor hidden inside his bicycle?
Ah the intrigue!

yay TDF podium girls.......

I was wondering if the poker dot girls wear undies with poker dots. I guess not

hang on, that's the giro'

undies with poker dots

I assume you mean polka dots.

Tie up your fucking dogs people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice to hear that Contador is already bruised and battered even though he didn't crash. I dislike him more than even Armstrong.

Bummed I probably can't watch the cobblestoned stage tonight. Mountains next week will be swell viewing though.

Stacks of stacks for the last two nights, cobblestones will be worse tonight.

Bring on the carnage!

The tour has been brutal this year. So many crashes. I'm not enjoying seeing all these riders getting hurt at all.

The hell of the north!

Amazing.

i forgot to record this. any ideas of where to watch highlights? (other than SBS)

there is streaming.
but SBS online?
http://player.sbs.com.au/tdf#/tdf_08/race_highlights/race_highlights/playlist/Tour-de-France-Stage-3/

Watching this year is reminding me that we were there last year & makes me miss France. On the plus side....less than 12 months now until we are there watching it again!

Hmmm.. if it was raining that would be grand.

Nap away, I'm still undecided on having a night out or not.. my wallet and body says no, my brains activity co-ordinates angle on the yes..

Wallet definitely says no for me too, but the Sabbatical thing won't be too harsh on it.

K nap time, let us know what you end up deciding.

Shall do. Time to watch me some highlights.

good work Schleck.

Updates? I'm stuck somewhere without a TV.

Poor Schleck. He's going to lose by 39 seconds, exactly the amount of time he lost on the stage when he had his mechanical failure.

Back to regular sleeping patterns, it was a great tour though...a good battle till the end.
Apparently SBS will be showing 4 stages of the Tour of Spain this year, woo!

I can't believe that Schleck's still in the white jersey. Dude's gonna challenge Armstrong's rekkid by the time his career's out.

Contador.. dope fiend?

woo go Andy Schleck!

Cuntador.

Probably head in to Fed Square Sunday Morn to see the start of the Road Race if you're also keen, Hellza.

What time do they start on Sunday morning? Might be preferable to battling down to Geelong I guess.

10 or 10.30 I think. Geelong would be better but I'm lazy and poor (even more so than usual after today)

If you can find a start time and I can manage something that resembles sleep on Sat night, then I'd certainly be up for the start. The bus is back on the road as well, so Geelong is always possible.

Allez allez allez!

ha, my dad just road up mont ventoux in his king of the mountains jersey...

Contador stripped of his title.

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cycling/contador-stripped-of-tour-title-20120206-1r22o.html

so who did win?

Don't they just make it no winner for that year?

We are going again this year...only 5 months to go until a month in France!!!

puke_spit_and_guts  said 4 days ago:
so who did win?

''CYCLIST Andy Schleck said he is not happy he has been declared the winner of the 2010 Tour de France in the wake of Alberto Contador's two-year suspension for doping, this morning declaring he has always believed his Spanish rival was innocent of the charges against him.''

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/more-sports/tour-de-france-winner-andy-schleck-refuses-to-celebrate-after-alberto-contador-stripped-of-2010-title/story-e6frey6i-1226264334255