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Lutnick · 07-16-2003, 09:27 AM

I'm uber pissed! I LOVE watching the tour on OLN (in part because of the hilarious brit commentators), but I moved to DC and it isn't part of any cable package. Ughh.

Jimmy Higgins · 07-16-2003, 09:40 AM

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Originally posted by Lutnick
I'm uber pissed! I LOVE watching the tour on OLN (in part because of the hilarious brit commentators), but I moved to DC and it isn't part of any cable package. Ughh.

Hello? Directv anyone? Cable is a ripoff. Directv, Total Choice, 35.99 a month includes OLN and a dishload of other channels. Don't bother responding to this. Save the time. Run out, NOW! Get the dish! HURRY!

Silent Acorns · 07-16-2003, 10:24 AM

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Originally posted by Kthulhu
If you are a Lance fan (like me) then you have nothing to worry about as Jimmy Higgins has said. However I have heard the U.S. Postal team being described as the N.Y Yankees of cycling (able to buy the best team possible) then, as a die hard Boston Red Sox fan myself, I can feel your pain if you are a fan of a different cycler.

Actually, I'd like to see Lance win. He was my favourite when he came back from cancer, then I found out that he's an atheist, so I want to him to win even more. Now if only he would "see the light" and become a Canadian ... then again, part of what makes him so special is that he's from Texas AND he's an atheist.

However, I'd prefer him to win "properly". I always thought one team time trial was stupid, but two is outrageous. I'd like to see a individual time trial up a mountain, not a stupid 70 km flat team trial.

Lutnick · 07-16-2003, 10:49 AM

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Originally posted by Jimmy Higgins
Hello? Directv anyone? Cable is a ripoff. Directv, Total Choice, 35.99 a month includes OLN and a dishload of other channels. Don't bother responding to this. Save the time. Run out, NOW! Get the dish! HURRY!

Thanks. I'm running as fast as I can can!

Hugo Holbling · 07-19-2003, 08:24 AM

Since Armstrong really seems to be struggling this year, i wonder if any of you think Ullrich, Vinokourov or one of the others giving him a hard time will break him this time around?

matthias j. · 07-20-2003, 02:04 PM

Ullrich can win, I even think he very well might. Not so sure about Vinokorouv, though it would be great to see him wearing the yellow jersey in Paris, just for Kivilev, you know. I really like the guy, he's real, not some machine on a bike.

Godbert · 07-20-2003, 06:37 PM

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What kinda pisses me off is that the last time-trial on the next to last day is a team trial. In a close race, that's the best chance for the second place guy to catch up. The idea that a close race could be decided by who has the better teammates (or most remaining) really irks me.

Who says it's a team time trial (except you)? But I agree about team time trials in general - just doesn't seem fair to me. I wonder how Lance would feel if he won by 18" over Vinokurov just because his team was 1.5' faster.
Ullrich is going to kick american butt (and everyone elses) on the final time trial if he survives the mountains. If Armstrong can't drop him up Luz Ardiden he will lose big on the time trial since Ullrich is quite a bit heavier than he is.
Mondays stage will be huge. The hardest mountain stage after 3 really hard days and before the rest day - it will be all out insanity. I predict huge time gaps and quite a few guys not making the time limit.
I admire Armstrong as a cyclist but I don't particularly like him personality-wise, so that's why (and because he is a fellow countryman of mine) I'll definitely root for Ullrich.

Go Jan, go!

Jimmy Higgins · 07-20-2003, 08:17 PM

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Originally posted by Godbert
Mondays stage will be huge. The hardest mountain stage after 3 really hard days and before the rest day - it will be all out insanity. I predict huge time gaps and quite a few guys not making the time limit.

And I think Sunday's stage showed Armstrong in great form. From the looks of it, he was waiting for Monday. Armstrong looks very confident and I think he is going to rock the field on Monday.

cloudyphiz · 07-21-2003, 08:07 AM

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Originally posted by Jimmy Higgins
...Armstrong looks very confident and I think he is going to rock the field on Monday.

nice call.

-gary

Godbert · 07-21-2003, 08:46 AM

Hats off to the Lance, but heads off to those Basque bastards who let Ullrich drag them all the way up the mountain just to outsprint him for the time bonus.
I still think Jan can do it. And anyway, if Lance has less than 43" lead at the end Jan is the real winner to me.

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07-16-2003, 09:27 AM	#11
Lutnick Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 53	I'm uber pissed! I LOVE watching the tour on OLN (in part because of the hilarious brit commentators), but I moved to DC and it isn't part of any cable package. Ughh.

07-19-2003, 08:24 AM	#15
Hugo Holbling Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Self-banned in 2005 Posts: 1,344	Since Armstrong really seems to be struggling this year, i wonder if any of you think Ullrich, Vinokourov or one of the others giving him a hard time will break him this time around?

07-20-2003, 02:04 PM	#16
matthias j. Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Belgium/Ghent Posts: 191	Ullrich can win, I even think he very well might. Not so sure about Vinokorouv, though it would be great to see him wearing the yellow jersey in Paris, just for Kivilev, you know. I really like the guy, he's real, not some machine on a bike.

07-21-2003, 08:46 AM	#20
Godbert Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: southern california Posts: 779	Hats off to the Lance, but heads off to those Basque bastards who let Ullrich drag them all the way up the mountain just to outsprint him for the time bonus. I still think Jan can do it. And anyway, if Lance has less than 43" lead at the end Jan is the real winner to me.

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