anyone?

i used to watch this every year.

I watch this every day. The flat stages just the last hour or so if I'm not at work. The Rasmussen stage entirely.

Next Sunday & Monday: no work for me + mountain stages = WOOOHOOO

mountain stages are my favorite.

I love this shit. Unfortunately staying up all night to see it live can take it's toll, though.

Never was a fan, but isn't this perhaps the most tainted event in all of sports?

yeah i'm on holidays and am watching all of it. i think Valverde is looking the goods

I've watched every stage so far except the Prologue, it's very good. It was terrible to see Michael Rogers having to abandon.

I watch as much as I can. A good win for Soler from Columbia today, he looked strong when he went for it at the last mountain.

A T-Mobil rider was obstructed by a dog today

Yeah, the guy was so unlucky. He was on the yellow jersey at some point during that race and then before you know it, you have to abandon. Aaaaaaw.

Today the Galibier. But after the top still 40k downhill to the end...

Shitty day for Aussies, it was. O'Grady pole-axed, McEwen cut off and Rogers abandoning. Let's go Evans!

Boring stage today, I thought. I'm looking forward to the ITT. Doubt if Rasmussen will manage to stay in yellow after that, but who knows. I'm still rooting for Vino to recover - not that I am a great fan of his, but I feel sorry for him. He has worked so hard the last couple of years to accomplish something in the TDF, but something always seems to go wrong. Otherwise, GO LEVI!

Yeah, I feel sorry for Vino as well, but he's way too far behind and he only looks like losing more time. I mean... he's in pain. Astana still has a decent chance to win the tour in my opinion, but they need to put everything on Klöden. I think Klöden & Valverde are the 2 I would put most money on.

That clip of the guy running over the dog was hilarious. I'm glad the dog is ok

i thought the guy commentating took it a bit too serious. "Bringing a dog to a bike race not on a leash is like bringing a shark to a swimmming race"

If the guy falls over the dog, falls on the ground and breaks his wrist or collarbone his tour and season might have been over. The owner of the dog should be punished imo. Not too much but a good fine.

Other than that, yeah it was hilarous.

[quote="T Dog"][quote="Clubber"]That clip of the guy running over the dog was hilarious. I'm glad the dog is ok [/quote]

i thought the guy commentating took it a bit too serious. "Bringing a dog to a bike race not on a leash is like bringing a shark to a swimmming race"[/quote]

I have to agree with commentator. You would think that a person living in a village where the TDF was coming through would care enough about his dog to keep him confined and would care enough about the riders. The biggest danger for cyclists in regards to dogs is not being bitten or attacked, but having a dog run in front of you and cause a crash. In our cycling club we have had more injuries and wrecked bikes from crashes with dogs than from dog bites, including broken collar bones, broken wrists, concussions, and hip injuries - not to mention severe road rash. Within the past two weeks a guy fromt he club hit a dog and smashed his elbows to smithereens - so badly that he may not regain full use of it.

The odd thing to me was that in 2004 we were at the TDF for a week and we rode bikes there almost every day. I don't think I ever saw a dog running loose. In fact, my husband and I talked about it and how great it was. Where we come from it is common. So to see the dog wander into road without a collar or anything seemed out of place. Maybe we were just lucky when we were there.

No I don't think so. I've been to many cycling events. TDF twice this year (the two stages through Belgium), Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, ... and I've watched countless races on TV and I've seldom seen a dog run loose. A horse yes, but not a dog.

When do they hit the Pyrrennes?

Sunday, first mountain Vino will go and destroy the peleton