I think the blimp crashed!

Steven L. Sheffield said:

Either that, or time has practically stopped in Belgium ... It's now 17:27
CET, and the race still hasn't finished, according to cyclingnews.com! 15
minutes and they're still in the last 2.5km!

I think you need to hit refresh more often.

"Steven L. Sheffield" <[email hidden]> writes:

They finished 2 minutes ago

Quoted message said:

Either that, or time has practically stopped in Belgium ... It's now 17:27
CET, and the race still hasn't finished, according to cyclingnews.com! 15
minutes and they're still in the last 2.5km!

--

From http://live8.cyclingnews.com/

Latest live report

Live coverage starts: 10:45 CEST
Estimated finish time: 17:30 CEST

17:10 CEST    255.5km/4.5km to go
Bettini sets off after Evans, and is 30 metres behind the Lotto rider. 45
seconds to the two leaders with 4.5 km to go. Vino and Voigt realise that
it's not over yet, and they keep working.

17:11 CEST   
Boogerd is with Bettini, both chasing Evans.

17:12 CEST    257km/3km to go
Boogerd, Bettini and Evans are now together, 40 seconds behind Vino and
Voigt. What a finish!

17:12 CEST    257.5km/2.5km to go
Vino and Voigt work well, over some cobbles, less than 3 km to go and they
still have 39 seconds. It's downhill, then the last 1.5 km is all up.

Current race situation

€ Vinokourov (T-Mobile), Voigt (CSC)
€ Evans (Lotto), Boogerd, (Rabobank), Bettini (Quick.Step) at 0'38
€ Kessler (T-Mobile), Sorensen, Basso (CSC), Jaksche, Vicioso,
Etxebarria (Liberty), Wegmann, Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Kirchen (Fassa),
Celestino (Domina Vacanze), Pereiro, Perdiguero (Phonak), Cunego (Lampre),
Brandt (Lotto) at 1'08

--
Regards,
Ila Kutcherkokoff
(Lorena's Cousin)

On 04/24/2005 09:35 AM, in article
[email hidden],

MyFirstname MyLastName said:

"Steven L. Sheffield" <[email hidden]> writes:

They finished 2 minutes ago

And yet, at the time I posted, I hadn't seen a update from cyclingnews.com
for several minutes ... Even though I was doing forced refreshes in my
browser.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Either that, or time has practically stopped in Belgium ... It's now 17:27
CET, and the race still hasn't finished, according to cyclingnews.com! 15
minutes and they're still in the last 2.5km!

--

From http://live8.cyclingnews.com/

Latest live report

Live coverage starts: 10:45 CEST
Estimated finish time: 17:30 CEST

17:10 CEST    255.5km/4.5km to go
Bettini sets off after Evans, and is 30 metres behind the Lotto rider. 45
seconds to the two leaders with 4.5 km to go. Vino and Voigt realise that
it's not over yet, and they keep working.

17:11 CEST   
Boogerd is with Bettini, both chasing Evans.

17:12 CEST    257km/3km to go
Boogerd, Bettini and Evans are now together, 40 seconds behind Vino and
Voigt. What a finish!

17:12 CEST    257.5km/2.5km to go
Vino and Voigt work well, over some cobbles, less than 3 km to go and they
still have 39 seconds. It's downhill, then the last 1.5 km is all up.

Current race situation

€ Vinokourov (T-Mobile), Voigt (CSC)
€ Evans (Lotto), Boogerd, (Rabobank), Bettini (Quick.Step) at 0'38
€ Kessler (T-Mobile), Sorensen, Basso (CSC), Jaksche, Vicioso,
Etxebarria (Liberty), Wegmann, Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Kirchen (Fassa),
Celestino (Domina Vacanze), Pereiro, Perdiguero (Phonak), Cunego (Lampre),
Brandt (Lotto) at 1'08

--
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Steven L. Sheffield said:

On 04/24/2005 09:35 AM, in article
[email hidden],

MyFirstname MyLastName said:

"Steven L. Sheffield" <[email hidden]> writes:

They finished 2 minutes ago

And yet, at the time I posted, I hadn't seen a update from cyclingnews.com
for several minutes ... Even though I was doing forced refreshes in my
browser.

I never trust those auto-refreshes. I hit the reload every 30 seconds
or so.

Hey, the CN Blimp is actually pretty reliable ... amazing what you can
get for a couple euros as Honest Didi's Mutant Bicycle and Scrap Metal
Emporium!

Richard Adams said:

I never trust those auto-refreshes. I hit the reload every 30 seconds
or so.

So *you're* the one!

It actually was holding up, even if the time stamp was 12 minutes out. Time
dilation and all that.

Quoted message said:

Hey, the CN Blimp is actually pretty reliable ... amazing what you can
get for a couple euros as Honest Didi's Mutant Bicycle and Scrap Metal
Emporium!

The blimp is going to be overhauled for the next two weeks I think. It needs
a rest.

Jeff

Jeff Jones said:

Richard Adams said:

I never trust those auto-refreshes. I hit the reload every 30 seconds
or so.

So *you're* the one!

I'm on 56K dialup. It takes about 30 seconds to finish downloading the
live update.

Quoted message said:

It actually was holding up, even if the time stamp was 12 minutes out. Time
dilation and all that.

Quoted message said:

Hey, the CN Blimp is actually pretty reliable ... amazing what you can
get for a couple euros as Honest Didi's Mutant Bicycle and Scrap Metal
Emporium!

The blimp is going to be overhauled for the next two weeks I think. It needs
a rest.

Jeff

Yeah, buy it a pint of Delirium Tremens for me, eh?

Paris-Roubaix has nothing on California this year. How do you know it's
going to rain? It's a weekend.

This was how I looked after Saturday's ride. I was actually muddier
after the Sunday ride (yes, I did bathe in between.)

http://www.dragonswest.com/muddy.jpg

It crashed. Someone got a pic of it going down in flames. -->
http://www.ledzeppelin.com/images/cvr_zeppelin.jpg

J. Spaceman

Steven L. Sheffield said:

Either that, or time has practically stopped in Belgium ... It's now 17:27
CET, and the race still hasn't finished, according to cyclingnews.com! 15
minutes and they're still in the last 2.5km!

In article <[email hidden]>,

Richard Adams said:

Paris-Roubaix has nothing on California this year. How do you know it's
going to rain? It's a weekend.

Yeah, I've been pretty unstoked with the scheduling of that lately. It
hasn't been terrible, but still, it's a drag to be looking out at the sun
while at work, anticipating, then Saturday AM is all dark and wet.

--
tanx,
Howard

Butter is love.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

In article <[email hidden]>,

Jason Spaceman said:

It crashed. Someone got a pic of it going down in flames. -->
http://www.ledzeppelin.com/images/cvr_zeppelin.jpg

Oh, the humanity!!!

--
tanx,
Howard

Butter is love.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

When I first read your subject line, I thought your post was about Jan Ullrich
crashing in a training ride.

Steven L. Sheffield said:

Either that, or time has practically stopped in Belgium ... It's now 17:27
CET, and the race still hasn't finished, according to cyclingnews.com! 15
minutes and they're still in the last 2.5km!

--

From http://live8.cyclingnews.com/

Latest live report

Live coverage starts: 10:45 CEST
Estimated finish time: 17:30 CEST

17:10 CEST    255.5km/4.5km to go
Bettini sets off after Evans, and is 30 metres behind the Lotto rider. 45
seconds to the two leaders with 4.5 km to go. Vino and Voigt realise that
it's not over yet, and they keep working.

17:11 CEST   
Boogerd is with Bettini, both chasing Evans.

17:12 CEST    257km/3km to go
Boogerd, Bettini and Evans are now together, 40 seconds behind Vino and
Voigt. What a finish!

17:12 CEST    257.5km/2.5km to go
Vino and Voigt work well, over some cobbles, less than 3 km to go and they
still have 39 seconds. It's downhill, then the last 1.5 km is all up.

Current race situation

€ Vinokourov (T-Mobile), Voigt (CSC)
€ Evans (Lotto), Boogerd, (Rabobank), Bettini (Quick.Step) at 0'38
€ Kessler (T-Mobile), Sorensen, Basso (CSC), Jaksche, Vicioso,
Etxebarria (Liberty), Wegmann, Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Kirchen (Fassa),
Celestino (Domina Vacanze), Pereiro, Perdiguero (Phonak), Cunego (Lampre),
Brandt (Lotto) at 1'08