CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
RULES No personal insults. No swearing.
There are two leagues on Velogames site that are for us.
The City Cycling Edinburgh one that I think you are automatically in once you pick a team if you have entered before but I cannot remember the code, Shuggiet might know?
And the CCE which is 33440813 for any new players. Just me and Bax in that one so far.
This thread will have hints about who has won which stage, probably before the highliights go out.
I've joined both leauges but it appears on gembo and I are in his new league.
This time l'œil because (apparently) my initials mean eye in latvian.
@bax San you were in both leagues at one point but thanks for the existing code
are you the frank sinatra fan, @ac ?
Yes. My team names are generally based on whatever comes to mind when I'm entering. This time I was hoping not to come last when the song came to mind.
PSA: Don't forget to check your teams. If like me you have selected a rider who is now not starting you will be glad you did.
@acsimpson how do we check?
Full rider start list;
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2021/gc/startlist/alphabetical-with-filters
Thanks looks like I have nine
should i make last minute changes to my team?!
@srd u should consider it. I always worry about my total lack of sprinters for example. Sonny Colbrelli looks good for ten points amongst the sprinters. I don’t have him btw.
I generally just pick riders with panache. After picking the one I think will win.
itv coverage has started! happy happy
Prefer Eurosport myself. Same camera footage, but fewer ads . I don't bother listening to the pundits or commentary but I like to watch the spectacle.
Eurosport ad-free is great. But every so often David Millar has the most perceptive insights into what the peloton is thinking.
Plus hearing their theme tune makes me happy.
@sed it is a jaunty accordion
Also
Terrible things are happening to donkeys
Not zero ads on Eurosport, just fewer and further between.
I recall when ITV (or was it BBC2?) used to use the Kraftwerk TdF theme - better than the jaunty accordion in my view. Maybe too expensive for the music licensing to pay the Teutonic Fab Four, so they commissioned something stereotypically French sounding?
@gembo, yeah it was the donkey sanctuary ads that made me change the channel... !
Ouch! Had a feeling there would be a nasty crash with the peloton so tightly packed. Caused by a spectator holding a placard up for the TV cameras.
Eurosport also has the women's race, which is good to see.
Who’s out etc https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/tour-de-france-whos-out-after-stage-one-of-the-108th-race
Thrills and spills
Baffled https://twitter.com/markcavendish/status/1409078844875853829?s=21
Cav launches NFTS?
Further down that Cav tweet, there is great footage of a mum pulling her kid out of the way of the crashing cyclists.
SPOILER
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****Torrential rain****Crashes
Gesink, Thomas, Martin down
(i'm actually not watching it)
Telepathy?
was getting updates from home.
the last one was "don't watch the tour mummy"....
Stick to telepathy.
Watched the highlights.
Surprised at (relative) lack of rain, early reports (Twitter) seemed to be saying ‘torrential rain, lots of crashes’.
Different style of crashes from yesterday.
There was torrential rain shower but not sure it caused any of the crashes.
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