leviramsey Posted July 7, 2011 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 7, 2011 Anyone ever notice that clicking on the Union Flag on Le Tour's official site leads to the "US" site? Until this year I think it was a US flag. But as we know, the Tour is definitely down on the yanks, and it would look silly if they had an Australian flag I've seen a half-Union Flag/half-Stars-and-Stripes icon used on various sites to denote version anglais. It is a bit surprising that Team Sky hasn't been more successful... apparently hacking the other teams' phones doesn't give you a great advantage in cycling. Do Liggett (who outed himself as a Tranmere Rovers supporter as the peloton was going through Guingamp yesterday) and Sherwen commentate for the UK feed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Yes Phil Sherwyn and Paul Liggett do one of the British feeds for ITV, whilst Sean Kelly and some other guy do Eurosport. Its a hard one to judge who is better. Whilst Sean is knowledgable he is fairly hard to understand, especially after several hours. Liggett and Sherwyn are in mourning as they can’t go on and on about that guy who used to win the tour, but now everyone has accused of drug consumption. That Sherwyn was once employed by said man, used to make the commentary fairly biased. ITV do have some other guys working on the tour; Gary Imlach, Ned Boulding and Chris “Boardo” Boardman who improve things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Have loved each and every stage so far. Superb win for Cav yesterday. And that must be the most number of crashes I think I've seen in a singe stage. Riders dropping all over the place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Boasson Hagen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted July 7, 2011 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 7, 2011 Have loved each and every stage so far. +1 (I guess that's what the kool kids post now) ASO laid out an excellent start to the course, especially with not really having any flat-as-a-board pure-sprinter stages. The KoM and intermediate sprint changes may play an effect, too. Versus has Liggett and Sherwen do the live and first rebroadcast calls (which, airing at 8am ET and 9am PT-ish, are targeted at the cycling aficionados), while they do a prime time rebroadcast that's more targeted at the casual fans with most commentary by Liam McHugh and Bob Roll (though for finishes and other important moments they'll take the Liggett/Sherwen commentary). I never really watch the prime-time broadcast, but I'm not sure I get the point of that. I got the gist of things by the end of the first tour I watched with Liggett and Sherwen, who do a great job IMO of explaining things without being patronizing... so for Mike, I'd recommend watching a feed with Liggett/Sherwen commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Looks like Wiggins is out. Edit: Yep, commentary just confirmed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Sad news. Don’t think he would have won, but a top ten position would have been something he would have aimed for (and I think he would he achieved) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Cavendish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Very good win - Really hope he wins green this year. There seems to be a lot more sprinters on form in this year's tour which is stopping Hushovd from gaining a lot of 2nds and 3rds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Great stage yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted July 10, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 10, 2011 Yes Phil Sherwyn and Paul Liggett do one of the British feeds for ITV, whilst Sean Kelly and some other guy do Eurosport. Its a hard one to judge who is better. Whilst Sean is knowledgable he is fairly hard to understand, especially after several hours. Liggett and Sherwyn are in mourning as they can’t go on and on about that guy who used to win the tour, but now everyone has accused of drug consumption. That Sherwyn was once employed by said man, used to make the commentary fairly biased. ITV do have some other guys working on the tour; Gary Imlach, Ned Boulding and Chris “Boardo” Boardman who improve things. Kelly's unbelievable - knowledgeable, yes, but sounds like there's a producer talking into his earpiece all the time, saying "more monotone Sean, keep it up, don't make it sound exciting". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted July 10, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 10, 2011 Contador is still the favourite for good reason. He is only 1' 42" behind he is very capable of pulling this back. Although my money is on Schleck. The longer it goes on, the more I think that Evans could do really well. Never been a big admirer of his, but he looks in very solid form. Not sure if Contador's in good form - wonder if the Giro has cost him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted July 10, 2011 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 10, 2011 Great stage yesterday. Just watched my recording and +1. Breakaway succeeded, Van Garderen was a revelation, and I did not expect Hushovd to make it across the line with the bunch. Something's up with Contador: he tried to attack and couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted July 10, 2011 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 10, 2011 Well that was an uneventful stage on Sunday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Bl**dy wimmin drivers Shame for the 2 riders that were taken out but at least Hoogerland finished to take the lead in the King of the Mountains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 That was an unbelievable crash, that driver was a total total idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 So, the 2011 Tour De France begins today ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Something's up with Contador: he tried to attack and couldn't. Maybe he's not on performance enhamcing drugs this time? :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Maybe a little bit of a bit of an anti climax on today's mountain stage but it's fascinating to see so many riders up there with a chance of winning the whole thing. It could come down to seconds again. I don't think Cavendish has been as quick as he's been in previous years (I haven't seen the second 'kick' yet) but to win 3 stages already shows you what a great sprinter he is (and what a great team he has behind him). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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