Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2017

[ptourkin]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Is there an option to pay NBC Sports $60 per year for the "You don't have to listen to the two senile fossils Paul and Phil" package?

We call it Eurosport. I have a perfect HD picture. Less than $20 more a year if you subscribe via Ireland and a lot more races.

[phcollard]

Originally Posted by ptourkin

We call it Eurosport. I have a perfect HD picture. Less than $20 more a year if you subscribe via Ireland and a lot more races.

So you use a VPN to connect? It says "not available in your country".

[ptourkin]

Originally Posted by phcollard

So you use a VPN to connect? It says "not available in your country".

Yes. Via a VPN. Check the exchange rate in Euros v GBP to see if it's better to subscribe from Ireland or GB.

[phcollard]

Originally Posted by ptourkin

Yes. Via a VPN. Check the exchange rate in Euros v GBP to see if it's better to subscribe from Ireland or GB.

Will do thanks. Which VPN do you use? I had a subscription with IPVanish but I wasn't 100% happy.

[choke]

Originally Posted by phcollard

Will do thanks. Which VPN do you use? I had a subscription with IPVanish but I wasn't 100% happy.

I use VPN Unlimited. It works well IMO and I have Eurosport as well.

[ptourkin]

Originally Posted by phcollard

Will do thanks. Which VPN do you use? I had a subscription with IPVanish but I wasn't 100% happy.

There was a thread about it. Some of us use PIA - Private Internet Access. I find it fast enough to stream in HD from the UK and NL. There were a few other suggestions. I did not like TunnelBear or Hola.

[MattTuck]

Spoilers below...































When is Valverde going to retire? Say what you will about him, but his one day performances have been on the level of Cancellara and Boonen, but he doesn't get much props as a one day racer. The guy got caught up with doping, but damn... the guy is clearly genetically optimized for the Ardennes.

[echappist]

Originally Posted by MattTuck

When is Valverde going to retire? Say what you will about him, but his one day performances have been on the level of Cancellara and Boonen, but he doesn't get much props as a one day racer. The guy got caught up with doping, but damn... the guy is clearly genetically optimized for the Ardennes.

by gene doping?

[choke]

I know many don't like Valverde but you have to give him big props for this (note the second paragraph)....

"This victory is dedicated exclusively to him and his family, after what happened to Michele everybody is in a state of shock," Valverde said later. "It's been a very important loss, he was an excellent person, a very happy person, and I had a great friendship with him, too.

"When I heard yesterday about what had happened, I suffered a lot, it really hurt, and I was always certain that if I won, the prize money would go to his family. From here I'm sending them a very big hug."

As for someone who obviously excels at the Ardennes races....Anna van der Breggen. She won all three this week...Amstel, Fleche and LBL.

[Clean39T]

I guess I'm jaded...but there's no way Valverde holds the form he's shown for the past 2 months on bread and water...it's getting a little old watching him and wondering when the eraser and asterisk will make their appearance...just my uneducated gut feeling...I blame society...

[FlashUNC]

The way he just walked away from the field on the Mur du Huy and now into the LBL finish line....Sure....Totally clean at 36.

[MattTuck]

Originally Posted by echappist

by gene doping?

well played.


GVA finished 7 seconds back, in 11th place. Must have gotten the first stages of the gene treatment.

[livingminimal]

Dying for a ****ing legit eurosport app for the amazon fire.


The Kodi streams just aren't as reliable as I need them to be.

NBCSG has been great, but just Paul this morning was...agonizing.

[echappist]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

The way he just walked away from the field on the Mur du Huy and now into the LBL finish line....Sure....Totally clean at 36.

to be fair, Martin attacked a bit early and ate wind while Valverde got towed along for a bit longer.

but other than that, yeah, the eyeroll

Originally Posted by MattTuck

well played.


GVA finished 7 seconds back, in 11th place. Must have gotten the first stages of the gene treatment.

I was thinking that while i'd have been initially happy had GvA won, i'd have grown very suspicious afterwards

incidentally, Matthews, who has never been known as a climber, got 4th

Something is wrong with LBL

[livingminimal]

Originally Posted by echappist

to be fair, Martin attacked a bit early and ate wind while Valverde got towed along for a bit longer.

he did have an armchair seat all the way to the finish. No doubt. As far back as redoute he had a friggin armada.

Originally Posted by echappist

but other than that, yeah, the eyeroll

Serious eyeroll. I felt gross just putting him on my Ardennes squad for velogames.

Originally Posted by echappist

I was thinking that while i'd have been initially happy had GvA won, i'd have grown very suspicious afterwards

Part of me says, how could you not be suspicious of anyone right at the sharp end of things at the end.

Originally Posted by echappist

incidentally, Matthews, who has never been known as a climber, got 4th

He's always picked for the punchy stuff, but....yeah...LBL is a little different. IT was weird to see him there.

Originally Posted by echappist

Something is wrong with LBL

Agree. and Flèche. Amstel showed they need to figure out how to better manage Huy and a better way to break up the race in Liege.