gapertimmy Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 http://letour.francetv.fr/video/tdf17_20030714.ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 What is a ".ram" file? Anyone wanna describe the video cuz I ain't downloadin' real player or any of that nonsense if that is what is required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoboy Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 OWWWWWW! Saw that at the bike shop a few minutes ago. So is Lance a cheater or what??? I think he took advantage there fer sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted July 14, 2003 Author Share Posted July 14, 2003 its a wreck in the tour de lance frrom today. i don't know shizzy bout the race but it shows pink jersey boy taking a spill, and lance doin some off road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordonb Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 snoboy said: OWWWWWW! Saw that at the bike shop a few minutes ago. So is Lance a cheater or what??? I think he took advantage there fer sure. high speed accross a field in a road bike with 18mm tires is an advantage? Considering the fact that he lost time on that manouver, I wouldn't call it cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 From VeloNews ONCE's Joseba Beloki crashed just four kilometers from the finish of the ninth stage of the Tour de France, breaking his right femur, wrist and elbow and forcing him out of the three-week race. Four-time winner Lance Armstrong barely avoided going down in the same crash as he and Beloki were in hot pursuit of eventual stage winner Alexandre Vinokourov (Telekom) who had attacked on the day's final climb. Tyler would ride with a broken femur you Eurobeyotch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-rock Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 the tour ruled that there was no violation. real audio sux! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attitude Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 Lance Armstrong's improvised cross country manoeuvre to avoid the fallen Joseba Beloki in today's stage 9 did not earn him a penalty from the race jury. Despite "not completing the entire course", Armstrong's cutting out of a section of road did not give him any advantage over his competitors. "The regulations are clear," said jury president Martijn Swinkels. "If a competitor cheats, he is penalised. But in this case the reaction of Armstrong was completely unintentional. It is considered an exceptional circumstance." www.cyclingnews.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryland_moore Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 He clearly lost time as the group behind him when the incident occurred was now in front of him when he returned to the road. Go Lance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Yeah, but he would have lost even more time if he had to "complete the entire course". In this case, his cutting the corner was certainly advantageous. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he should be disqualified, but he did cut the corner. Go Lance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence_Sitter Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Alpinfox said: Yeah, but he would have lost even more time if he had to "complete the entire course". In this case, his cutting the corner was certainly advantageous. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he should be disqualified, but he did cut the corner. Go Lance. obviously you have never cycled competively... serious disadvantage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Fruity pink boy in front falls down, Lance veers off road to avoid him. Then: Option A) Lance stops, gets off bike, carries bike back to spot where he went off road, gets on bike, starts pedaling, thereby "completing entire course" Option B) Lance continues through field, gets back on road, starts pedaling, doesn't "complete entire course" Option A takes a lot more time Mr. Walmart. So you are a "competative cyclist"? Very impressive... So you probably wear those fruity tights and team jerseys and other obnoxious shit when you are pedaling on the Burke? I love passing those jackasses on my rusty, squeaky, piece of shit, Goodwill bike while wearing my flip-flops. Go Lance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence_Sitter Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Alpinfox said: Fruity pink boy in front falls down, Lance veers off road to avoid him. Then: Option A) Lance stops, gets off bike, carries bike back to spot where he went off road, gets on bike, starts pedaling, thereby "completing entire course" Option B) Lance continues through field, gets back on road, starts pedaling, doesn't "complete entire course" Option A takes a lot more time Mr. Walmart. So you are a "competative cyclist"? Very impressive... So you probably wear those fruity tights and team jerseys and other obnoxious shit when you are pedaling on the Burke? I love passing those jackasses on my rusty, squeaky, piece of shit, Goodwill bike while wearing my flip-flops. Go Lance! you ride on the burke and pass people? ther is a speed limit jack-ass... i cycle for my school if'n ya wanna see how i spin, lemme know and we will hit up whidbey and see if you can spin as fast as you talk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Fence_Sitter said: i cycle for my school Hey FistSucker, I found a team picture. Let us all know which one is you: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence_Sitter Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 hu hu hu... so are ya gonna take me up on your offer? century ride? how abuot thursday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figger_Eight Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 This is the best Tour I've seen in awhile Alpinfox - you don't know what you're talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Agreed Figger8, this has been really exciting to watch. This will be the hardest for Lance for sure. Lucky for him some big names are either hurting or out all together. Going off course at the speed he was at WAS a serious disadvantage. He was lucky he didn't crash in his descent, I guess the mountain bike racing paid off. There was no way he could have stopped at that speed I think, but what do I know. Clown on Beloki all you want, he is one of the best athletes in the world, as are most of the guys in the tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence_Sitter Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 for sure... the VO2 maxes on those guys are outrageous!!! man there have been a lot of crashes so far... its scary. i know from experience as my buddy broke a collar bone in a crash i nearly avoided... scary bidness fo sho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Figger_Eight said: Alpinfox - you don't know what you're talking about. So what is the rule regarding riders going out of bounds? I think the race officials made the right decision by not disqualifying him because he didn't go out-of-bounds intentionally, but if the rules state that the rider must return in-bounds at the same place he went out-of-bounds, or if the rules state that the rider must "complete the entire course" or something like that, then a case could be made that Lance should be disqualified. Whatever. The rule of common sense says that Lance didn't do anything wrong. Go Lance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence_Sitter Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Yeah, but he would have lost even more time if he had to "complete the entire course". this is why you dont know what the fuck you are talkign about... just like darington... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attitude Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Windows Media and Quicktime at: www.olntv.com/tdf03/03tdfvideo.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figger_Eight Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 So what is the rule regarding riders going out of bounds? They'll be penelized if they gained an advantage from the action. From the Velonews site : "Four-time champion Lance Armstrong avoided being fined or punished for his dramatic detour through a field to avoid crashing into fallen rival Joseba Beloki near the end of the Tour de France ninth stage Monday. A race jury determined that Armstrong was deemed not to have benefited from his impromptu change of direction. "Beloki's fall led Armstrong to take evasive action, leading him into a field which he left without gaining any advantage on the group of riders he had been with," said an organizers' statement. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 que the '87 John Tesh theme, break out the festina jersey, start braying about ___'s so fit and ___'s lungs are the size of a gorilla's and ____'s resting HR is (insert low number here) etc. etc. more braying about being on _____ cycling team and etc etc yep the tour's back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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