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Tom Price
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 505
Location: Rochester, NY6/26/21 7:15 AM |
Reminder: Tour de France starts today
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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6890
Location: Maine6/26/21 9:19 AM |
Awesome stage
I was totally unaware the TdF was today, turned the TV on at 6 am to watch the news, the TV was on NBCSN because I’d been watching he Olympic Track and Field Trials, and there’s the Tour!
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Tom Price
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 505
Location: Rochester, NY6/26/21 9:23 AM |
Watch the last 11k and the aggressive finish!
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX6/26/21 10:57 AM |
Froome went down hard too. Smokes..
Not to mention Pogacar's Nago snapped into bits.
As far as stage end, good stuff!
BTW: La Course by Le Tour de France last 10k or the entire race worth the view.
This may be a good link:
https://twitter.com/julienlamoureux/status/1408790600296681474?s=21
>The UCI announced that it is looking into the aerodynamics of invisible seat and chain stays, citing safety concerns. "A spectator may think that the bike doesn't actually have seat or chain stays, and may then place their sign too close to the bike, causing a crash when the invisible stays make contact with the sign. The safety of the riders is our primary concern."
More:[SPOILERS]
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/26/sport/fan-crash-tour-de-france-stage-one-spt-intl/index.html
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX6/28/21 10:56 AM |
Heads up on the Peacock streaming. Looks to be the same on demand server source as was the sports gold feed. It has both the Ausi and NBCSN commentating stages separately, as did Sports Gold. But on Gold the awesome app with stats on the side of the vid not there.
And it seems the Phil/bon NBCSC is only live and when you try to watch replays only the Ausi feed is there on the on demand system so far.
But you can watch the TDF for $4.99 pretty much. Quite surprised they blew up the SG subscription revenue stream. [see how I did that?] ;)
I pad the extra 5.00 for non commercial feed, but NBC does it anyway, some channels do.
But Elaine is watching 'Escape to the Chateau" which IS commercial free. Binge watch over the 114-5^ weekend closed up in out best insulated corner of the house with lease sun exposure etc. We can actually keep that room in the 70s temp wise, So f-ing hot...
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH6/28/21 9:15 PM |
Holy crap!
I wasn't able to watch the first three stages live, but I watched the highlight shows today and what a mess! I don't think I've ever seen this level of carnage this early in the race...or in any three stage stretch before. It's simply horrifying!
I hope the fan that took out Martin ended up with a broken arm, some time in jail or a hefty fine, which is what he deserves. Moron!
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX6/28/21 10:19 PM |
What 'she' deserves I believe...
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH6/29/21 10:22 AM |
Correct. The latest info I've seen is that she's German and fled France after causing the crash. The ASO is searching for her and plans to sue her once she's found. Hopefully, there will be criminal charges that can be brought against her, too.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX6/30/21 2:15 PM |
Update to the above Peacock replay streams.
Today I went on and the replay for stage 5 was there for both the US and Ausi Commentated feeds.
Fixed?
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