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« on: July 14, 2011, 08:57:17 PM » |
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Its been one of the wildest races in quite some time with the many crashes and wild injuries.
Cars running over drivers,massive accidents taking out half the field to name a few.
Sometimes it looks more like a nascar race than a bike race.
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« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2011, 11:10:41 AM » |
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I just got back from Mexico and all they cared about was the world cup. world cup on all the TVs... didn't see much tour de France although it's always seemed a little unexciting to watch on tv. have you ever gone in person?
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« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2011, 11:15:41 AM » |
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As much as I enjoy that kind of stuff I haven't been watching it
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« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2011, 04:14:11 PM » |
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Ive seen many large bike races here in the USA but no havent been to Europe.
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« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2011, 11:03:56 PM » |
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Picture bikers on mountains 5000ft up at 70mph going downhill on tight narrow roads with no guard rails and yes people have dropped off mountains before.
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« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2011, 11:19:35 PM » |
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That's a lot more exciting than I pictured it  |
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« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2011, 01:16:36 AM » |
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When you see a crashes like the other day where a car flipped a rider onto a barb wire fence and anothe rcrash knockek out over half the field it get interesting.
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« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2011, 08:56:39 PM » |
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Today in stage 13 we had one biker who was coming down a 4000ft mountain curling around a curve and lost control and flipped over his bike and fell on his face. Another biker on a taller mountain made a mistake on a curve and fell off the road down the hill,thankfully he didnt fall very far.
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« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2011, 09:06:40 PM » |
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No I was burning a bunch of videos old today and still got a few to go
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« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2011, 09:07:28 PM » |
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The highlight shows are actually better then watching the whole race.
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« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2011, 09:10:22 PM » |
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The highlight shows are actually better then watching the whole race.
About the time I did tune in the wife came in and got to talking and lost complete track of everything I was doing |
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« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2011, 05:18:31 PM » |
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Happens to me all the time.
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