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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX8/8/14 4:08 PM |
Any one watching the Tour Of Utah?
The MTN stages are whack! ;)
So cobbles and nasty roads seem to be getting popular on road stage races.
Enter TOU, the MTN stage has a 1.5 mile of dirt road, and possibly another section of gravel grinding at the stage end. And also seems to have rained up there before they got there according to commentary...
Should be interesting to watch, which is what I am doing when I should be out on the bike...
Commentators saying two gravel sections, Second one is to the finish line. Maybe second is just a lop repeat?
So do you drag the Pave tires all day, or risk tearing up the tire before the finish I wonder
Last edited by Sparky on 8/8/14 4:55 PM; edited 1 time in total
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Tom Price
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 505
Location: Rochester, NY8/8/14 4:47 PM |
Where is the Broadcast?
NM
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX8/8/14 5:00 PM |
ROOT sports here. Which is channel 28 on this particular boonies mom and pop cable network.
EDIT: well I only saw one gravel section, and less eventful than I expected. ;)
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walter
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 4391
Location: metro-motown-area8/8/14 6:48 PM |
no help here
steephill.tv and wiziwig.tv both gots bupkis for utah streaming.
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henoch
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 1690
8/8/14 8:43 PM |
I have directTV and much to my surprise it's being broadcast, so if you have cable or satellite, do a search you might have a pleasant surprise.
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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real8/9/14 1:13 AM |
free via the TOU website. Apps are available also.
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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real8/9/14 2:09 PM |
Watching now. Good race and great roads.
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rickhardy
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1492
Location: Needham outside of Boston - the hub of the universe8/9/14 2:22 PM |
Local Kid
I am asking forgiveness up front after lamenting in another thread about folks posting crash videos. This stage video of the TOU highlights a local espoir (from town next door to me - Dedham MA.)Gavin Mannion. His dad Tommy Mannion raced with Sean Kelly in Ireland in his youth). Watched over the years when young Gavin grow up first as a little guy who used to accompany his dad to our Wells Ave. training crit. Then following his Dad and CCB teammates on training rides. Then spanking the Wells Ave "A" race and older experienced racers telling others about being spanked by this "man boy" LOL I remember seeing him around 10:30 am in the winter in 20 degree weather coming back from training rides. He has steadily progressed one tough kid'''''
http://on.aol.com/video/young-claims-fifth-stage-of-tour-of-utah-518362754
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Nick Payne
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 2626
Location: Canberra, Australia8/9/14 3:42 PM |
I've been watching it on Eurosport. The coverage could be better, though - the motorcycle cameramen and their pilots could profitably take some lessons from the French, and the commentary (Tim Johnson and a real idiot of a co-commentator) can only be described as irritating.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX8/9/14 4:17 PM |
"and a real idiot of a co-commentator"
Another one for the fish hair camp...
At least the title sponsor sells cars and not blood pharms...
More gravel today it looks like...
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mag7
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 888
Location: Lake James, NC8/11/14 9:53 AM |
Watched most of the race...in between the yawns.
More like watching a Vuelta training camp for the contenders.
Danielson....don't know what it is exactly, just hard for me to like the guy.
Swear it looks like he coats his face in makeup....or is the bronzing from another source?
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