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First TDF follower this year. Someone mind explaining the yellow/green jersey thing? Just watched the first hour on replay and enjoying it so far. Man, is the English countryside beautiful. I need to jump the pond and take a week riding through it.
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Albinator posted:The Tour has lots of sub-competitions, and the leader in each wears a distinctive jersey. The overall leader (ie, quickest time through all the stages so far) wears yellow. That will be Kittel tomorrow, since he came first today. The best sprinter gets a green jersey - there are set places to sprint throughout the course, and there's points for first, second and so on in those sprints. Similarly with King of the Mountains competition, there are points available at the tops of climbs for the first few riders, and the rider with the most points gets a polka-dot jersey. Legendary Ptarmigan posted:Most aggressive rider from the day before (one of the guys up front in the breakaway, almost invariably) gets red numbers. Thanks, that clears it up!
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Jul 6, 2014 13:43
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What happens if you drop out for a stage? Are you out of contention for the whole race?
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Jul 6, 2014 15:00
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Paddyb posted:If you don't finish a stage, you're out. Great, thanks! How are the winners determined. Best overall time added up or number of yellow jerseys, or some other combination?
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Jul 6, 2014 15:13
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serious gaylord posted:The yellow jersey is given to the person with the best overall time, so thats how its decided. I meant for the whole race, not the stage. Unless it's the same on the whole. Pocket posted:If you have the time check out this, it was based on last years route but it explains the history of the race and way the race works. All with a French accent. Terrific. Appreciate the patience with the dumb questions. Never paid any attention before but got the itch now.
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Jul 6, 2014 15:26
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If I take one thing out of the TdF is how amazing the riding is for you Brits.
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Jul 7, 2014 13:41
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Xabi posted:Reminder that it rains every other day. Well, that does suck. We have loads of great roads here in America but they're mostly empty. So much to see on the British roads.
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Jul 7, 2014 14:23
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Have spectator photographers been this big of an issue in previous tours?
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Jul 7, 2014 15:34
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Does everyone's time start at the same moment or when they cross the start line? Meaning that someone could have a better time but not cross the finish first? It seems that all times start at the same moment since the moment at the finish line is so critical.
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Jul 7, 2014 16:08
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Withnail posted:There is no 'start line'. They do a neutral roll out and once everyone is rolling, the race director waves a flag and they all start racing. Clugg posted:It's gun time -- the first over the line wins. The actual time difference only matters for the GC anyway so it doesn't make much of a difference. How is the order of the group determined? The people in the back always get hosed?
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Jul 7, 2014 16:13
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Clugg posted:The people at the back have multiple hours to make their way to the front if they want to. It's so much more difficult leading a peloton (or breaking away) than drafting at the back that it doesn't make any difference in the long run. Makes sense, thanks! I put a bit too much weight on how small of a difference there is between the front and the back over 5-6 hours as well as not taking the whole peloton into account. :stilllearning:
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Jul 7, 2014 16:21
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Any other options for American streams that you don't have to pay for? I'm on my corporate network so the typical dodgy ones are out of scope.
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Jul 8, 2014 13:33
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Mr.Nice posted:The cobbles stage is tomorrow, there is a little bit of cobble in the climb they will reach in a few km but nothing serious like tomorrow. vikingstrike posted:Probably not. Welcome to watching things after the fact in the US! Thanks, I will try those out. Appreciate the help, not sure I'm willing to throw out $30 (desktop streaming) for this just yet.
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Jul 8, 2014 14:25
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Scratch that! Can tune directly into NBCSN through Comcasts website. SWEET!
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Jul 8, 2014 14:32
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Man, this NBC stream (free one through Comcast) is insufferable. 3-4 minute commercial breaks, which are just a screen letting you know it'll be right back with cheesy music, after 5 minutes of coverage.
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Jul 8, 2014 15:06
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Scratching my head after watching the replay. Why didn't Boom win the yellow jersey? First to cross surely has to have the shortest time, yes? Or does the yellow jersey go to the rider with the shortest time cumulatively over the whole tour so far? Edit: oh, awesome stage. Loved watching it
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Jul 10, 2014 03:51
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Paddyb posted:It's cumulative time. Also Hammer time Ah. That makes sense. Same for the other jerseys? For whatever reason I thought everyone had a chance to get one on a given stage. A perk if you kick rear end for just one day. I imagine there have been competitions in the past where one rider wore it the whole time?
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Jul 10, 2014 03:56
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King Pawn posted:Hey Mr. Nice you're doing an awesome job with this thread. I'm not a super involved cycling fan but I'm watching some this year and your updates have made it a lot easier and more enjoyable to follow. Seconding this, very helpful to the new viewer as well. I finally plunked down the $15 for the NBC TDF app. Sick of the 'free' feeds that show 5 minutes of riding and 10 minutes of "we will be right back". Ridiculous
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Jul 10, 2014 14:30
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John Dough posted:I didn't even know there were a billion Frenchmen. Then again I may be misreading that chart. It says cumulated. Maybe it's counting every Frenchman who has ever turned on the sport in the history of TV, dead or alive?
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Jul 10, 2014 17:29
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MrL_JaKiri posted:The comma is a decimal place, so 971.72 million viewers when you add all the individual bits of coverage together. Seems like a more meaningful metric would be average viewing per event or day of event.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:28
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Those female cyclists...
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Jul 11, 2014 13:41
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His wife is amazing. That red dress.  Also, whomever was chasing with him (number 83?) for most of the last 50km has one sexy paint job. That sky blue is awesome. I'm all worked up over here.
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Jul 13, 2014 18:00
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So what are the rules for passing in/out of a sprint? I imagine that there has to be some guidelines or else the peloton couldn't function. Riders can't be as generous as they are with the space around them without rules. Enlighten me!
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Jul 13, 2014 21:24
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serious gaylord posted:Hold your line. Thats the only rule. Can you explain what that means? Don't swerve to hit them as they pass? Can you try to block them out with your team?
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Jul 13, 2014 21:30
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Wolfy posted:gently caress NBC, I feel like I'm watching more commercials than cycling. It's kind of hard to enjoy. I dropped the $15 on the app, it's so much better. No commercials at all. Plus a cool dashboard of information!
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Jul 14, 2014 13:22
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I got called away to a working session right after the first big descent. Does anyone know when the NBC iPad app replays are available? I want to pick up where I left off if possible. Looks like an intense back half of the race that I missed!
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Jul 14, 2014 17:38
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Ever been any TdF deaths?
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Jul 15, 2014 19:56
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quote:2002: A seven-year-old boy, Melvin Pompele, died near Retjons after running in front of the caravan 
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Jul 15, 2014 21:28
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Twisc posted:I wish NBCSN didn't use almost half of the TdF airtime for commercials and then basically only show highlights. I don't watch this poo poo just to see the sprints. I want to see the sights, the crowd and absorb it all in. NBC just doesn't care about the experience at all, it's like an even shittier NASCAR to them. This was infuriating, I just plunked the $15 for the iPad app and it's fantastic. I just scratch my head as to why they wait until the race is 15-20% underway to begin coverage. I want to see the start and opening commentary when I eat my oatmeal!
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Jul 16, 2014 14:16
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Did Talansky take a fall today?
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Jul 16, 2014 15:04
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I see he's 13:55 off the back. Is that from the leader or the Peloton?
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Jul 16, 2014 15:10
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Smirr posted:Leader, not that it's much of a difference at this point. But all times are always given from the front so you need to do a bit of math if you want to know gaps between other groups. What is the cutoff time for DNF?
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Jul 16, 2014 15:12
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Really hoping Gallopin takes the stage. Really want to see more of his wife.
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Jul 16, 2014 16:16
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I'm a bit gutted that I cannot watch today nor the rest of the weekend. Looks like I will be returning on Sunday to about eighteen hours of footage to catch up on. When is the next rest day?
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Jul 18, 2014 14:32
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Non-doping question. I know it's probably hard to say but would Nibali be doing as well as he is if Cantador and Froome hadn't dropped out? Is he a monster or just compared to who is left?
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Jul 25, 2014 11:27
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goatface posted:Yeah, I'm pretty sure they were well inside. Announcer said that they will all get the same time.
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Jul 25, 2014 16:11
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According to reddit: Bartosz Huzarski`s legs after 18th stage. Tour de France 2014 
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Jul 25, 2014 21:31
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It's really bothering me that the thread title says 101th. I'm triggering here
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It's my first time watching the tour (and flying today so unable to watch the final stage). Looking at the stage profile it looks like they do eight loops at the end? Is this right? What's the significance of this?
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