Team Liquigas Official Thread (Page 5)

Is everyone following the tour?  It's been an exciting first week.

Liquigas still has Ivan Basso in the hunt.  Roads are starting to go up here in the 2nd week so there should be a bit more separation between the contenders and pretenders.  I'm curious to see how he does.

ooh!  My current bike is a Trek - what a GREAT choice!  thanks! 

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I rode 15 extremely lazy miles with the local bicycle club tonight.  It took 1.5 hours and we took three water breaks.

To watch TdF live, start here - http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/#live- to find the "station" you want to watch it on.

Did seven miles tonight.  One with my wife on her new bike, then six miles of intervals.  New pedals, new shoes, new tires—but I still need a lot of work on the engine.

Come on down, there's a Walmart mountain bike nearby with your name on it!

Did 16 miles tonight, 1.5 with my wife Gretchen, then a casual 14.5 miles solo.

Changed my goal back to 15 miles per day for each of the 21 days of the TdF.

We watch on Eurosport (as we're not in the US and have no TV at all) and the coverage is good if you have someone to interpret Stephen Roche. 

http://cyclingfans.com/  go down to just below the stage profile and you'll have several links to audio, video, multiple languages.  The links can sometimes change so I didn't give you a direct link to the feed.

I'm back, sorry for not posting much this week, lol I do most of my posting from work but i've been in training all week.

Did a few rides this week, not as long as I would have liked but better than nothing.

I did get a new fit on my road bike and it feels much better. so that's another good thing as well.

Anyone else racing this weekend?

I did 25 miles this morning.  1.75 with my wife (PR for her!) then about 12 miles of intervals—30 seconds full-out sprinting followed by a minute of slack.  And most were into the 15 MPH wind.  I hate intervals, I wish somebody would point out that they are bad for you or stunt your growth or something.

Then I found myself at the top of a loop of sorts and the wind was coming from the southeast and the loop has a five mile straight and I would be riding it facing northwest.  SWEET.  I was pulling small hills in my highest gear, felt like I was flying.  And from the end of this straightaway it's a mile of open road then through lots of windbreaking trees to get home.

8 Miles this morning.  Two miles (2!) with Gretchen then my standard 3 out/3 back short ride.

Team Garmin has caught up in post count:

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Bripod - 2011-07-15 10:55 AM Okay gang, I can't seem to get access to any of the live feeds suggested above, so I'm relegated to just copying the recorded files from my mom's DVR on Sunday when I head up there, which will be fine

I'm surprised.  We live in Mexico and rarely are able to get any live feeds of anything, but have had no problem with Eurosport.  Look down in that list and you should see 3-4 options for English.  Did you try all of them?  Let me try to screen shot where you should be looking...On the left side of the screen under teh "facebook" link/icon you should have a number of options to try for English.  They will ONLY work live and many times cut out before podium presentation but live during Tour coverage, they should work.

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I'm only 16 miles  behind you Kathy and I'm also brand new to tris.  (OK, commited to first tri about a year ago in honor of my 50th birthday.)

You are putting in 38 kilometers every ride, that's 23.6 miles each time you go out.  No way could I keep up that volume.