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2012-07-20 11:23 PM
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Hello Team! Been on the road in Omaha, Nebraska this week braving 100 degree temps all week, but I got my rides in each day and after a long day of traveling home and having my flight gates change, terminal change and then delayed for an hour (Love Chicago-Ohare airport), I needed to get a ride in tonight. Made it my cerimonial 21st stage and kept it to 40 min as I reached my goals for stages (21) and miles (525). So the next two days are gravy. SO lets finish off this challenge Team BMC. The finish line is in sight! Make those final few ride count and finish strong!

Andy

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2012-07-21 9:40 AM
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Nice work Shelly and Andy!

I got in Stage 12 for me today, just a quick spin to keep the muscles fresh for my race tomorrow.  I'll finish it off tomorrow with an extra stage to get me to the finish line!

Let's all finish strong and all make 100% by tomorrow!

2012-07-21 5:26 PM
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One day of racing left! Be sure to have your spreadsheets up to date by the end of Monday for final standings.

Sorry kids - nothing over 100% of your goal counts - at least that has been Kat's rule in the past challenges. If she wants to change that....

Sky = 88.3%

Garmin = 87.3%

BMC = 86.3%

Liquigas = 82.2%

Europcar = 71.7%

Omega = blank spreadsheet

2012-07-21 7:18 PM
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djastroman - 2012-07-21 10:40 AM

I got in Stage 12 for me today, just a quick spin to keep the muscles fresh for my race tomorrow.  I'll finish it off tomorrow with an extra stage to get me to the finish line!

Let's all finish strong and all make 100% by tomorrow!

Great job all and way to hang in there and finish strong. 

Unfortunately I will not make my goal Embarassed ... you don't know how bad this grinds me.  I got up this morning and the left leg was really sore, and black and blue - I guess some residual from Sunday's crash.  Between Thursday and Friday evening rain, thunderstorms, lightning, etc and soreness from the leg there's no way I can make up the difference.  I plan to ride some early morning and will go as long as I can.

Maybe I can get the wife to meet me at the subdivision entrance and hand me a flute of champagne... I can cruise on home from there

Be safe tomorrow and enjoy the ride!!

2012-07-21 9:02 PM
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All the way BMC!

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2012-07-22 7:38 AM
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The sprint to the finish line is on! Omega Pharma is challenging Sky for the lead! Be careful, or these teams might just launch Garmin to the finish line.

 

Omega Pharma = 95.8%

Sky = 95.8%

Garmin = 92.6% 

BMC = 87.7%

Liquigas = 83.9%

Europcar = 79.6%



2012-07-22 10:51 AM
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Dorm57 - 2012-07-21 7:18 PM
djastroman - 2012-07-21 10:40 AM

I got in Stage 12 for me today, just a quick spin to keep the muscles fresh for my race tomorrow.  I'll finish it off tomorrow with an extra stage to get me to the finish line!

Let's all finish strong and all make 100% by tomorrow!

Great job all and way to hang in there and finish strong. 

Unfortunately I will not make my goal Embarassed ... you don't know how bad this grinds me.  I got up this morning and the left leg was really sore, and black and blue - I guess some residual from Sunday's crash.  Between Thursday and Friday evening rain, thunderstorms, lightning, etc and soreness from the leg there's no way I can make up the difference.  I plan to ride some early morning and will go as long as I can.

Maybe I can get the wife to meet me at the subdivision entrance and hand me a flute of champagne... I can cruise on home from there

Be safe tomorrow and enjoy the ride!!

thats ok man! Sorry to hear about your leg  hope you heal up real quick!!  the champagne would be a nice touch

2012-07-22 1:57 PM
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Riders already across the finish line in Paris - waiting for the rest of their team:

Sky - wgraves7582, ukweeble, TriAya, Tiffanator, itsallrelative Maine

Garmin - powerman, Hunting Triathlete, ecozenmama, Breezy

Omega Pharma - Gary RM, dan king, Cagolddigger, bertgwen

BMC - southwestmba, fitmomma2010, djastroman, Casie

Liquigas - dalessit, strikyr

Europcar - bswcpa

2012-07-22 2:27 PM
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Well I gutted out almost 3 hours this morning and the last 20 minutes were brutal.  Sun came out and with hi humidity ... well  lets just the last 15-20 minutes were borderline as to whether I would puke or not!!!  And I didn't get the champagne either

Anyway, I finished up at 98.5%.  I am glad this challenge is over with ... I am ready to get back to normal training

2012-07-22 5:15 PM
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Dorm57 - 2012-07-22 2:27 PM

Well I gutted out almost 3 hours this morning and the last 20 minutes were brutal.  Sun came out and with hi humidity ... well  lets just the last 15-20 minutes were borderline as to whether I would puke or not!!!  And I didn't get the champagne either

Anyway, I finished up at 98.5%.  I am glad this challenge is over with ... I am ready to get back to normal training

Holy moly dude that is AWESOME! AMAZING!

Nice work my friend!

2012-07-22 5:18 PM
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Second group to cross the line in Paris

Sky - ceilidh = brings team to 100% 

Garmin - chrisrunz26 = brings team to 93.5%

Europcar - sappho96 = brings team to 83.6%

No change in the other teams. Sky is in yellow but will they have to share the glory with another team? 



2012-07-22 6:40 PM
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Dorm57 - 2012-07-22 2:27 PM

Well I gutted out almost 3 hours this morning and the last 20 minutes were brutal.  Sun came out and with hi humidity ... well  lets just the last 15-20 minutes were borderline as to whether I would puke or not!!!  And I didn't get the champagne either

Anyway, I finished up at 98.5%.  I am glad this challenge is over with ... I am ready to get back to normal training



Dorm
You are the beast. I think you get most aggressive rider for this Tour. Awesome job!
Talk about taking one for the team- I'm impressed.

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2012-07-22 9:16 PM
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Oh crap - I think I was confused. I thought tomorrow was the last day?! I only have one 50 min ride left I was planning for the morning.
2012-07-22 9:18 PM
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Dang it - I did get my dates mixed up. Gonna go get on the freaking trainer right now. Crap!
2012-07-22 10:30 PM
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Whew, glad I checked the team thread tonight before bed!!!!!!!! All caught up - no worries. My husband entertained me while I was on the trainer by playing Mario on the Wii. Nothing like a little grown up time .

This was fun but I'm taking a little break from my bike for the rest of this week.

And Dorm - way to tough it out for the team!

Win or lose this team did a great job!

2012-07-22 11:35 PM
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trigal38 - 2012-07-22 10:30 PM

Whew, glad I checked the team thread tonight before bed!!!!!!!! All caught up - no worries. My husband entertained me while I was on the trainer by playing Mario on the Wii. Nothing like a little grown up time .

This was fun but I'm taking a little break from my bike for the rest of this week.

And Dorm - way to tough it out for the team!

Win or lose this team did a great job!



Awesome job! I'm not sure I'd have been able to pull it out like you did. We've had an awesome team.

Go BMC!

Shelly


2012-07-23 12:02 AM
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Great job everyone---Sorry I brought down the average! I thought I would get out more, and that I had a day or two more as well...boo on that. 
2012-07-23 9:55 AM
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Current team standings - team captains make sure that everyone gets their numbers in the spreadsheet by today!

Sky = 100% - all 5 riders at 100%

Omega Pharma = 98.7% - 5 at 100%, DirkP and soccermon15 yet to arrive

Garmin = 95.4% - 7 at 100%, Doctorbob18 and mndymond yet to arrive (though we know Doc did because he did IMLP yesterday!)

BMC = 94.6% - 5 at 100%, Dorm57, kgore, and staurtlittle9 yet to arrive

Europcar = 87.9% - 3 at 100%,  ashort33, suzilea, yogachic, and vanpaulus yet to arrive

Liquigas = 83.9% - 2 at 100%, emmanem and rnihill yet to arrive

2012-07-23 11:16 AM
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Hey all ... just wanted to state what fun I/we had with the tdf challenge.  It was really inspirational to check in the team, see where we were, see ones progress and logging their rides, et al. 

I must say I was completely ready to pack it in, and then I saw Andy's post with the pic of Big George.  Mine and George's shoulder look very similar, but the moment I saw the pic I thought there's no way in hades' I'm quitting - I'm going to give it my all on Sunday morning.  I still came up a bit short, but thanks Andy for the inspiration

 





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2012-07-23 2:59 PM
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trigal38 - 2012-07-22 11:30 PM

Whew, glad I checked the team thread tonight before bed!!!!!!!! All caught up - no worries. My husband entertained me while I was on the trainer by playing Mario on the Wii. Nothing like a little grown up time .

This was fun but I'm taking a little break from my bike for the rest of this week.

And Dorm - way to tough it out for the team!

Win or lose this team did a great job!

You too Dina ... way to bring it home for team BMC.  And I'm glad it's over with



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2012-07-23 9:05 PM
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Thought you would appriciate that one D. I think we were the only team to have all our riders assigned take part in the challenge and we still rocked it. It was fun being your teamamtes and you all inspired me to sign up for IronMan Lake Placid this afternoon. Way to go Team BMC! Thanks!


Dorm57 - 2012-07-23 12:16 PM

Hey all ... just wanted to state what fun I/we had with the tdf challenge.  It was really inspirational to check in the team, see where we were, see ones progress and logging their rides, et al. 

I must say I was completely ready to pack it in, and then I saw Andy's post with the pic of Big George.  Mine and George's shoulder look very similar, but the moment I saw the pic I thought there's no way in hades' I'm quitting - I'm going to give it my all on Sunday morning.  I still came up a bit short, but thanks Andy for the inspiration

 



2012-07-24 7:21 AM
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Final standings

Sky - 100% - first to arrive in Paris and wear the yellow jersey

Omega Pharma - 100% - shares the yellow jersey with Sky

Garmin - 98.4% - 8 riders at 100% = the team award

BMC - 94.6% - the constant contenders who didn't quite make it to the line = polka dot jersey

Europcar - 87.9% - lots of potential here = white jersey

Liquigas - 83.9% - lost two riders at the start but 3 of their 4 remaining were always in the hunt = green jersey

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