Macca
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Stage 8 ... Live coverage from the official site Jean Francois Pescheux's preview ... Froome: the favourite for victory up high Map of the course and preview Profile ... the climb to the 'Col de Pailhères' should begin around about 11pm whilst the 2nd climb to 'Ax 3 Domaines' should commence around about 12.20am. (times are approximate) -
I see Chris Carter has tipped the Bengals to do well this season. He went on to say that Dalton is judged too harshly and that the Cinci receiving team are underrated. Mark Schlereth reckons the Cowboys will be a bust. Too many chiefs was mentioned. However, Dallas can be a dangerous opponent. On their day, they can beat anyone. There's a number of teams that can rise up in the standings. I'm almost certain that the Eagles and KC will get a lot more wins. A few of the more fancied teams have tough schedules. As usual, the NFC East will be a division to watch. Outside of the NFC North, it's my favourite division to watch in terms of fierce divisional match-ups (although the NFC West is now a strong division)
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Here's a 10 minute podcast summary of last night's stage ... stage 7 analysis For a comprehensive summary of last night's stage ... Sagan 1st after a 150m lead out by Cannondale
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Here's a short video of Joe Montana ... the bloke was a pure winner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdlOJW_7-qU
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Ha! It's weird how one ends up choosing their sporting teams. Each story is different in it's own way. With the Packers, I just liked the name. Knew nothing of their history, colours, Lombardi or the fact that the team is owned by their fans - I got very lucky. Those 49ers should be thereabouts for a number of years. They've got all the pieces including a really good coach and QB. They'll be the team to beat this year you'd reckon. Before I started following the Packers, I really only knew about one player - Joe Montana. 'Joe cool' was an absolute star.
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Stage 7 ... live coverage from the official site Jean Francois Pescheux's view ... Tarn it: a stage when anything can happen ... Map of the course and preview Profile ...
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Nah, the Argonauts got up (with the help of Jason, apparently) My 'Roughriders' beat the Eskimos. Your 'Tiger-cats' take on the Eskimos this week. Should be a rip snorter by all accounts Hey, it's only just over 4 weeks to the pre-season games! With our Demons highly likely to finish off the season well, suddenly the sporting landscape isn't so grim, Strafford!
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Yep, there's 2 spots in the top 6 up for grabs. Clarke, Hughes, Watson and Rogers are in you'd reckon. If I was to hazard a guess, I think Khawaja will bat at 3 and Smith at 6. But who knows? Swann picked up another 5 wicket haul in England's warm up game so the selectors might go more right handers in the line-up. That strengthens Smith's cause. If Bird gets wickets again tonight he might be in. However, it would be a brave move to not pick Siddle. A fresh Siddle to come in for the 2nd or 3rd Test may not be such a bad idea though. The warm up games have been beneficial on an overall basis. Clarke rapid fire ton last night is terrific news as well.
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'Orphan Black' looks to be a good new Sci-fi action/drama. A Canadian production, the show is fast moving with lots of twists. From some of the reviews ...
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Stage 6 ... live coverage from the official site Jean Francois Pescheux's view ... Shorter, flatter ... faster? Map of the course and preview ... Profile ...
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You've sort of got to pace yourself with the late finishes, Cards. That's the theory anyway With the flat stages I might sometimes record and then watch the last 45 minutes in the morning but the mountain stages are must viewing ... thankfully those mountain stages are primarily on the weekends on this tour. Tonight's stage is due to finish sometime after 1.00am (as are most of the stage's) Next Sunday's finish is just after midnight, Monday is a rest day, whilst next Wednesday's time trial might be an earlier finish. Anyway, Stage 5 ... live coverage from the official site Jean Francois Pescheux's view ... Why not a third for Orica-GreenEdge? ... Map of the course and preview Profile ...
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ORICA GreenEDGE win the Team time trial ... Simon Gerrans wears the yellow jersey ... beauty!
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Yep, a great finish and congrats to Simon Gerrans - it did look like Sagan had nipped him on the line and that's how Phil Liggett called it. All in all. it was a fantastic stage to watch and the 3 days in Corsica have been great. ... Stage 4 ... live coverage from the official site Jean Francois Pescheux's view The TTT: answering questions with tactics and power ... Map of course and preview Profile ...
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I'm guessing you would have had to purchase all your own gear. A mate of mine used to talk about the Narre Warren Warriors a bit back in the day, but that's my only connection. Vaguely remember playing it on rained out cricket practice nights.
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Even though the CFL has been mocked by all and sundry over the years, it's not that bad a standard. I'm only guessing, but there's probably a whole bunch of ex NFL players in the League. Or College players who missed out on the draft. I'm not a fan of the League, it's just there's not much to post about except Tim Tebow news I've heard that there are very few professional Leagues in the States (outside the NFL) It's such a violent sport that you'd want to get paid good money to play it. Although ... there's even a league in Victoria! ... Gridiron Victoria
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Stage 3 ... live coverage from the official site Jean Francois Pescheux's view ... Up-down, left-right
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Going to be tough for Warner if all the other batsmen get runs in the warm up games. By all accounts Watson is back bowling again - though he didn't bowl in the just completed warm up game. Probably don't want to risk him If he is fit to bowl then Faulkner may miss out. I reckon Patto, Starc and Siddle will start in the 1st Test although Siddle's form isn't great. He normally steps up though so I think he'll play. I'd have Bird or Harris starting but I'm trying to read the selectors minds (is that a pointless task, TD?) You'd reckon Hughes will play and possibly bat at no.5 (where he batted in the 1st innings of the first warm up game) We might get an indication on which batsmen are earmarked for the 1st Test by who plays in the 2nd warm up game (starting tomorrow) If Rogers gets a score he could play himself into the team. The pleasing news is that we got some good practice from the 1st warm up game. Would like to have seen a hundred or 2 in there but a lot of our batsmen got good time at the crease. Patto and Starc getting wickets was a good sign too.
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Key moments last night (video) ... Bakelants cooks up a surprise in Ajaccio
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Reckon that's the role of Harris and/or Bird. Both seem ideally suited to the conditions in England but not sure either will play in the 1st Test. Who knows though? I'd like to see either play but you can't play them all. At least it looks like we've got a bit of depth in the bowling. The batting needs to click - that's the key. Faulkner seems a likely type. Quite the competitor. At Test level? Suppose he needs an opportunity or 2 to find out. He's not overly quick but he's a left armer. Bats well for a bowler.
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It was certainly a crazy moment last night. The bus was literally still stuck under the banner (which was fixed) with the peloton less than 5 minutes or so from the finish. At one stage they were going to end the stage at the 3km mark (which had a 'chicane' like characteristic) As it was, because the peloton accelerated earlier than expected, it may have contributed to the crash that happened with 5ks or so to go. The narrowness on parts of the course didn't help either. They ended up backing the bus back but the driver was copping all sorts of grief.
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Stage 2 Jean Francois Pescheux's view ... Mountains of opportunity en route to Ajaccio
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Didn't he fracture his pelvis last year? That's gotta impact your career you'd reckon (in such a gruelling sport) ... here's an interesting article on him ... Andy Schleck still on comeback trail at the Tour de France The bloke that I'm intrigued about is Contador. The bookies have him as firm 2nd favourite but I'm not sure about the strength of his team. I'm reminded that all sorts of things can happen during the Tour. Injuries occur and as we found out last night, crashes can happen all too frequently. As you mentioned, Cavendish was involved in one as well. There are 2 more stages in Corsica and the commentators made mention of some of the narrow parts of the course. The barriers came in quite close to the Peloton last night and this contributed to a few falls. It's quite different to have a category 2 climb on the 2nd day of the tour. Tonight will be very interesting.
