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2023-07-17 Thread PGage
There is some beautiful and frightening about the idea of the Pelaton which is part of what I am enjoying about the sport. And it doesn’t hurt that the scenery is often spectacular. I am now a regular on the F1 circuit, and have not missed a race in two years, so the Netflix treatment really

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2023-07-17 Thread Adam Bowie
Congratulations on being assimilated! It's going to be interesting to see how many more people the Netflix series has really brought to cycling. That's obviously the idea that ASO (who organise the Tour de France and own the rights) had when they allowed Netflix's production teams in, but it'll

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2023-07-16 Thread Kevin M.
Welcome to the TDF team! This has indeed been a good race this year; next year being an Olympic year, it will be less dramatic as riders get extra cautious to avoid injury so they can try to go for the gold. To me that’s dumb because the Tour de France is considered the biggest event in cycling,

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2023-07-16 Thread PGage
Thanks to the Netflix show, I finally have a (very) basic understanding of the structure and strategy of the TDF. I was otherwise committed the first week, but had not heard any spoilers, so last Saturday I started watching the first leg. I got hooked, and have watched almost all of every stage

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2023-07-08 Thread Adam Bowie
Kevin is not the only person in this group gutted by the Cavendish news. Still, the overall race is going so strongly that it's almost as though it was being scripted for the next series of the Tour de France Netflix documentary! My side hustle is being one of the producers on this podcast:

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2023-07-08 Thread Kevin M.
Each stage usually starts around 3am Pacific. When I was in my 20s, I’d still be awake from the previous day. Now as I’m pushing 50, all-nighters are no longer a viable option. Cavendish needed one more stage victory to hold the record for the most wins in Tour De France history. By dropping out,

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2023-07-08 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
No live viewing, even on weekends? Guess he doesn't get up early... I don't either... B Kevin M, to moi, July 8th: Dude, spoilers… it’s literally the only sports event I watch all year -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To

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2023-07-08 Thread Kevin M.
Dude, spoilers… it’s literally the only sports event I watch all year On Sat, Jul 8, 2023 at 6:58 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > ... after the Astana/Kazakhstan side in this year's Tour de France loses > first Luis Léon Sanchez Gil, and then today Mark

[TV orNotTV] Our condolences to Kevin...

2023-07-08 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
... after the Astana/Kazakhstan side in this year's Tour de France loses first Luis Léon Sanchez Gil, and then today Mark Cavendish, removing them from contention... https://twitter.com/itvcycling/status/1677675403870105604 (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to