Tour de France *LIVE* *SPOILERS*

[saab2000]

Originally Posted by GregL

To me, $55 is cheap for HD-quality, advertisement-free pro cycling coverage. And that covers the TdF, Vuelta, World Championships (road, MTB, and cyclocross), and many one-day and stage races. You can watch live or replays anywhere with sufficient wifi coverage. For a guy who remembers getting cycling race coverage two-four weeks after the fact from VeloNews or a 30 minute ESPN daily highlight show at 12AM, the NBC Sports coverage is a bargain.

Greg

Totally agreed. I like the á la carte option and being ad-free it's very much worth it to me even if I only watch part of it.

I don't subscribe to cable TV so this is way cheaper than if I try to find it included in a package that has NBCSN with their incessant commercials.

Additionally, the Australian commentators are excellent.

[redir]

I knew that was gonna happen.

[Alan]

The fun begins tomorrow. Will be interesting to sort out GC contenders.

Alan

[Elefantino]

Originally Posted by Alan

The fun begins tomorrow. Will be interesting to sort out GC contenders.

Alan

Oof. The 20% ramp is bad enough but then a gravel section leading to a 24% finish!

[jlwdm]

Glad to see a mountain top finish. Too many mountain stages not finishing on top of a mountain for a number of years. Finishing on a mountain top is much more difficult logistically though.

Jeff

[bward1028]

We are in Mulhouse right now. Had thought about watching the finish but the logistics of getting up there and back out seemed very difficult. Not sure how they do it with all the team gear and the podium and everything.

[benb]

I was in Colmar right at the 2km marker today leaning over the barriers with my wife, son, and brother in law. We got in about 2 hours before the peloton and had lunch and got into place.

Got some souvenirs and injected a good bit of cycling enthusiasm into my son.

It really isn’t a lot to see in person but the anticipation and the crowd is really exciting. It was sweet to see everyone waiting around to make sure every rider to the last got cheered.

I’ll share some pictures when I get home I’m not set up to get the pictures off my camera on the road.

[paredown]

Originally Posted by benb

I was in Colmar right at the 2km marker today leaning over the barriers with my wife, son, and brother in law. We got in about 2 hours before the peloton and had lunch and got into place.

Got some souvenirs and injected a good bit of cycling enthusiasm into my son.

It really isn’t a lot to see in person but the anticipation and the crowd is really exciting. It was sweet to see everyone waiting around to make sure every rider to the last got cheered.

I’ll share some pictures when I get home I’m not set up to get the pictures off my camera on the road.

That was a good finish today--a thinned out bunch, some freelancing going on. Nice ride by Boasson Hagan to get back on after his mechanical!

[OtayBW]

Originally Posted by paredown

That was a good finish today--a thinned out bunch, some freelancing going on. Nice ride by Boasson Hagan to get back on after his mechanical!

I really enjoyed the finish. Like him or not (I do...), It was awesome seeing Sagan just bolt right through at the end. Game over!

[GonaSovereign]

Originally Posted by GregL

To me, $55 is cheap for HD-quality, advertisement-free pro cycling coverage. And that covers the TdF, Vuelta, World Championships (road, MTB, and cyclocross), and many one-day and stage races. You can watch live or replays anywhere with sufficient wifi coverage. For a guy who remembers getting cycling race coverage two-four weeks after the fact from VeloNews or a 30 minute ESPN daily highlight show at 12AM, the NBC Sports coverage is a bargain.

Greg

What's the trick to getting the ad-free version? I signed up for the NBC Sports Gold, and it's 50% ads here on my computer.

[GregL]

Originally Posted by GonaSovereign

What's the trick to getting the ad-free version? I signed up for the NBC Sports Gold, and it's 50% ads here on my computer.

If your viewing from a PC using the NBC Sports Gold website, just select the ad-free feed.

[Jaybee]

Lotto is killing it today.


(25 min later)...

Lotto was killing it.

[redir]

I love those slow motion finishes

[GonaSovereign]

Originally Posted by GregL

If your viewing from a PC using the NBC Sports Gold website, just select the ad-free feed.

Thanks!

[dbnm]

Another exciting stage. A great Tour so far.