It's on NBCSH. Started at 4:29 this morning. I record it and watch at leisure
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Driving in NYC is a nightmare. There should be more bike lanes as it's the best way to get around.And I thought they were holding it on Manhattan and Brooklyn streets recently.
http://www.nycbikemaps.com/maps/manhattan-bike-map/
http://www.nycbikemaps.com/maps/brooklyn-bike-map/
Maybe they will be able to hold it here in a few years since there will be no place for
a car or truck to park or drive on.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-yor...0190418-v7as7jjcwnbx7lvgixwgkyt72u-story.html
Their sponsor this year is Syringes Are Us!The doping games!
No Alpe d'Huez stage this year.Thanks for the heads up, @zoby! I always watch the race when they're ascending Alpe d'Huez so I can see them arrive in the village at the top of the mountain. I went skiing there 25 years ago with some British friends, and the bus we took from Lyon to the village ascended the 21 hairpin turns in a blizzard. From what I could tell I outlasted most of the rest of the bus in being able to look out the window as we climbed, but as we got to about the 12th turn and the turns got tighter and tighter and the intervals between them got shorter and shorter, and the driver wouldn't slow down to what seemed an appropriate speed because he might not regain traction, I also stopped looking out the window because it was frightening. We couldn't see ten feet out the window but could occasionally see a cliff wall right below us! When we got to the village we thought we had arrived on a sliver of roadway cleared for the bus, but the next morning it turned out we had pulled into a parking lot and the parked cars were covered in six feet of snow. The next day another foot fell while we were skiing, after which we saw a Cat driving up the mountains with A LOT of 1-foot-square tan boxes stacked on a sled it was pulling. We asked our ski guide what those were, and he said, "Dynamite. They launch them into the mountains to control avalanches." We heard dull explosions throughout the day, and all I kept thinking was, What a cool-ass job those two have!
Here's the famous road into the village:
And here's the village:
Yeah, they do it every other year IIRC. I found out the hard way a few years ago when I'd turn on the TV every night to see which stage they were in, and night after night they weren't there. I figured I must've missed it somehow, but later learned it's an every-other-year type of deal.No Alpe d'Huez stage this year.
It my favorite of the mountain stages as well.
Back in the 70s and 80s they went there 4 years in a row but haven't done back to back since 94-95. Different starting cities too.Yeah, they do it every other year IIRC. I found out the hard way a few years ago when I'd turn on the TV every night to see which stage they were in, and night after night they weren't there. I figured I must've missed it somehow, but later learned it's an every-other-year type of deal.
...and if there is, does pay inequality exist!?![winking]Is there a women’s version?
There is no Title IX in France....and if there is, does pay inequality exist!?![winking]
Probably the least exciting stages of the tour but can be very important. Added value this year they stay in Brussels.Team Time Trials tomorrow. Very different look
That's a seriously cool part of your bucket list.Back in the 70s and 80s they went there 4 years in a row but haven't done back to back since 94-95. Different starting cities too.
Many of the repeat mountain climbs are historic but Alpe d'Huez is epic. Would like to get there once and also see the finish in Paris. Near the top of the bucket list.
+1The doping games!
There is no Title IX in France.
My response was sarcasm to a sarcastic post. About inequality men cycling is night and day to women.And what does said title have to do with anyone’s ability to whine about inequality...you know like WNBA players NO one watches except as an ambien substitute bitching they don’t make enough...
Well, is there one and is it as long?My response was sarcasm to a sarcastic post. About inequality men cycling is night and day to women.
There was a famous ride in Philly and the ladies race was half the miles as men but just a one day event.Well, is there one and is it as long?
Hopefully you desired to make the most of the opportunity to meet some of those ladies. [smoke]There was a famous ride in Philly and the ladies race was half the miles as men but just a one day event.
It's more about opportunities and desire. Mostly opportunity.
That's for the losers to enter after they identify as female.Is there a women’s version?
Figure the Olympics is the women's top race, although it's not a grand tour. It's all about sponsorship & marketing, which I don't see happening.There was a famous ride in Philly and the ladies race was half the miles as men but just a one day event.
It's more about opportunities and desire. Mostly opportunity.
Lol.That's for the losers to enter after they identify as female.
Agree. Local bike clubs have high % of woman and they ride the same routes and tours. So it's a popular sport. There is really not many avenues for them to turn pro.Figure the Olympics is the women's top race, although it's not a grand tour. It's all about sponsorship & marketing, which I don't see happening.
Their sponsor this year is Syringes Are Us!
You're wrong. Lol. Seriously it was the team aspect that drew me into the Tour and other classics. You can't look at it as and individual sport. It isn't. There is a great amount of strategy everyday, every mile because it's a team race. If it was just individuals most races would end up like those on a Velodrome where everyone waits to the end to make a move. Sometimes coming to a complete stop. Nonsense.LOL. I personally have no interest at all in this. Not just because of the cheating, but also because the team aspect of it make it anything but a true race.
If it were just a bunch of dudes trying to outrace each other through difficult terrains, with no doping or other unnatural physical enhancements, yeah, I think it would be pretty cool.
Enthusiasts, please correct me where I'm wrong.
You're wrong. Lol. Seriously it was the team aspect that drew me into the Tour and other classics. You can't look at it as and individual sport. It isn't. There is a great amount of strategy everyday, every mile because it's a team race. If it was just individuals most races would end up like those on a Velodrome where everyone waits to the end to make a move. Sometimes coming to a complete stop. Nonsense.
American's also only look at who wins the yellow jersey. Europeans still embrace the Olympic model of celebrating the top 3. Plus winners of the mountains, Sprint and young rider. And teams help their mates in all categories.
Also individual cycling events are single day events. One race and it's over. This is a month long grind and it really has to be a team event.Yeah, that's my point, too. It's not a race of individuals, it's a team competition, but it's usually not portrayed that way (at least in American media, as you are saying). It sounds like thinking of it that way is why I don't get it. Thanks for the education.
What do you think of all the doping, etc. ? Is it gone from the race now?
LOL. I personally have no interest at all in this. Not just because of the cheating, but also because the team aspect of it make it anything but a true race.
If it were just a bunch of dudes trying to outrace each other through difficult terrains, with no doping or other unnatural physical enhancements, yeah, I think it would be pretty cool.
Enthusiasts, please correct me where I'm wrong.
You might like the sprint finish stages. Sprinters are the relatively bulkier guys with too much fast twitch muscle to last in the mountain stages. The sprints are races within the race, and that's where you get your mayhem finishes, crashes and bad blood controversies. You'll see teams trying to block lanes for their top sprinters, maximize drafting etc.