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RadioShack Nissan Trek Team Prezzy Live!

The RadioShack Nissan Trek team prezzy has a live stream so you can follow along at home.

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I’ve added a gold ring to my Nissan’s right tire

Dang it, I waited and waited...

then posted my own and now this arrives… I’ve got perfect timing

just nip over and delete it...
Yup, done and done
sorry!

simultaneous postage!

Ah, we're on the same wave length
Gav's been post-jacking a lot lately.
ha!

only if i don’t see it quickly.

which, you know, fanshots.

i repeat from the other thread, oy!

sad that the jersey still wants to overwhelm the national jerseys.

did they not rehearse this?

they replaced fabians swiss flag with a nissan logo … same design / colour

The kit does not excite me
lots of cooks
Hey, it's better than the white t-shirts and grey cardigans from this morning...
I missed that
yep but basically the 2011 Swiss Fabian LeOpard kit

red trim etc

i actually liked that combo. especially compared to the actual kit.
Color scheme

is confusing. I like the pattern and it’s not as blank as before, but pick a color scheme already.

and then add a yellow Livestrong ring

which usually I love

It's what happens when you just throw two kits together

and not have a designer look at it

no, no it really doesn't.
who is the comedy team hosting this?

btw, one looks an awful lot like a schleck

the new Benatti

and then my video ends

couldn't we just have jens! hosting this?
Oh, I could get behind that idea!!
we could get an update on the new goldfish babies
Love the grafix!

Sort of comedic old-school slide show. Very cool!

ha ha, right

That powerpoint is sooo… i don’t even know what.

Zaugg .... !

Lombardia champ

so the schlecks aren't in the climbers group?
no. they're the stars
Hey, Fabian probably won't be in the TT specialists...
Not

as busy as it could be with that many sponsors fighting for space.

Yellow bands

Is Livestrong a sponsor?

you need to ask?
Well I just logged on

but hey, at least I kinda knew the answer

wait, jesse sargeant a climber?
No,

ITT specialist!

as i said, i was on another computer during the switch over
yeah

I have the sound off but the grafik label kinda swirled by at one point.

or, i could have missed when they switched over to time trialists
Whoa

JustinTV being used for legal purposes. Who knew?

did the commentators just put down one of the riders cause he couldn't/doesn't speak english?
hmm, busche's nat champ jersey
Oh, good lord--just saw the pic on CN.

Let’s do a shorthand version of the American flag! #ohnoyoudint

lots of love for maxime monfort
that was me yelling
good set of lungs on ya there
Cause he's awesome

they should just hire Chris Rock to host

Didier is luxembourgish for "gums"
Heh

That Busche jersey, not in love with that thing.

If you missed it, https://twitter.com/#!/fcbrian/status/155366725343395842

heh

are we down to ten states and five original colonies? Man, I’m reading the wrong news…

a few hostile takeovers. virginia alone took back all it's original territory.
I don't like it.

although if they follow that pattern for every national champ, I’d really like to see an Austrian champ at Leopard: red white red white red…

Or

the Canadian nats kit with a birch leaf

Wow, that sucks

are they getting everything right?

I wonder

this team skill-labeling, could it be used for sandbagging purposes?

“Oh, I can’t win this classic today, I’m a time trial specialist. Didn’t you see our presentation?”

bravo, he says he answers in French because lots of french fans

I like

the way they are doing the national champs jersey,simple,not trying to make it fit everywhere on the jersey.

I’ll Translate

As a youngster in France he longed to shop at Radioshack. his family never had transistors or extra batteries. It is a dream.

This should be a short segment
Zaugg !
yeah, he's a shorty. but cute.
and won a classic

but not in the classic group

wait, a basque a classics rider?
Trying again

I like the Deutsche nats kit on Wagner

The indespensables = the domestiques?

Hm

So up til now the riders presented were dispensable?

I feel like maybe that word

doesn’t quite mean what they think it means?

oh, seriously, that is a horrid picture of jens! and popo not smiling? how'd they manage that?
Oh man, if they don't talk to Jens outta this group, they're insane
Copying my tweet here:
Flash Player? Oh RadioShackNissanTrek, get with the times. html5 is the way to go. #NoFlash

Boooooo!

okay, who wants to translate jens! interview there?
please?
Pretty please!!

As a youngster in East Germany he longed to shop at Radioshack. his family never had transistors or extra batteries. It is a dream.

hmm, there is a strange uniformity in your answers :D
I just translate
Careful, we're gonna start thinking you're just making this stuff up....
what about remote controlled monster trucks and dune buggys?

das ist gut

ich habe das auch gern
"all ist klar"

der commissar.

Here goes

Interviewer: “If I stand here, will you be awesome at me?”

Jens

first rider to look like he’s having fun!

yep

and his team seem to like

hm

I think he talks faster in English, somehow.

This is a good presentation

The crowd loving Jens! as is expected. Kind of underwhelmed by the jersey, thought they might change it up a little bit at least, but not horrible either.

what does it look like? [I don't have video]
Jersey is same as the Swiss Leopard jersey.

Red = Nissan now

I thought radioshack might be more prominent on the jersey

Thought the empty space n the jersey last year was more because they lacked a title sponsor, guess Flavio likes that design.

pretty much same as last year's, but with a red stripe with the radioshack R logo.

Ha.

So, what does the director sportive do? he asks

Directs

the sportive. Duh!

what do you do to keep your calm during the Tour?
medica...

never mind.

one of the best scenes from the 2007 tdf was demol urging on levi during the final itt
Please tell me

these guys arent’ wearing yoga pants.

Is Radioshack streaming this?

The feed goes down every 55 seconds or so for me

same
the other link i posted for you above didn't work any better?
Did the heads of state

come out already?

they're waiting for Andy to sober up
Not enough coffee in Luxembourg
they "forgot" them
OK

that bit was laaaaaaaaaaaaame

Wow, this is terrible!

I like it

WORST SWISS CHAMP JERSEY EVER

I think I’m gonna cry

since last year
Agreed

Couldve just done for a full red stripe versus having the two little red stripes.

fab's jersey blows
oh please

can the grafik poin t out that Andy has never won a stage race…?

it sorta just did, if you know what to look for
no respect for the Flèche du Sud
Is Klöden now so anti-German they're giving him a European flag

rather than a German one?!

so, there's a "b" on the back wheel of cance's tt rig?
i think it's a q
nah, it's bontrager's logo...see the website:

http://bontrager.com/

i was just joshin'

last year at least red shorts trim for Fabian = Switzerland. This year it = Nissan

Are they doing a slide show right now? I got it on Justin.tv
Fuglsang:

I speak 12 languages, just not yours.

My feed keeps freezing

Is this what it’s like to watch cycling on the web? Cause it blows.

it appears the european pdc'ers are having trouble with the feed
They're saying Klöden is a captain?

Last time T-Mob tried that he ran to the woods like Fragile Frankie Merman

Yup, i'll believe he is a captain when i see it

He’s gonna be a super-domestique like always, especially on this team.

New strategy

Leopard are keeping the van.

LT has a different definition to you...or me actually. O'Grady was a captain there.

It’s not about winning races personally, it’s about telling the guys what to do and when. And yes, I know that that in many cases will simply be relaying JB’s instructions.

in other news, a new study has determined that mental reasoning and memory start to decline as early as 45yo
2011 Swiss Leo kit on sale down the road from here
Where is Seahorse?

sleeping I imagine

I love that Horner's suffer face is a smile
lots

of practice

best hair in the peloton too
He uses less styling products too
I wish I could shave my head and get away with it at work.
W00t! Chris Horner in da house!
"The Tour of California is just below the Tour de France"

Oh joly, road season is back

American cycling culture

“well, there’s more wheelsucking.”

+1
Hmmm . . .

I’d suppose, and maybe it’s a Texan thing, that American cycling is more given to that “give 110%” show how tough you are by pulling and pulling, then complaining when someone out-sprints you.

Or . . . maybe that’s just me.

Not as

much hair gel this year.Johan down on hair gel?

fabs is starting to look old
It's the lack of hair product
almost as old

as the motor jokes.

which means I can fantasize about him w/o feeling like a creepy

cougar

Never let that stop me...
me either but...

Radio Shack logo is Swiss red apparently boooooooooooooooooooooooo

Is Bruyneel there?
yes. he opened the proceedings
Fabian for King!!!
Fabian in a RadioShack kit

actually hurts more than Gilbert in a BMC one.

Ok

shall we publish some Fassa Bortolo pics then :)

mapei
Bring back this kit!


(but not the moustache)

banned
But who will guide you through Sunday's national cross champs then?
hehe fair point

I was banning the photo not you !

What? No preview on saturday?
almost as great as the old Polti kit
were they trying to get fabs to speak luxembourgish?
seemed like it

basta!

one of the few languages he doesn't speak?
Frank and Andy

Really look like they hope the teacher won’t call on them

Frank got a hair cut
Fabian is giving his Spotify list
what was the name

David something? I will give it a shot.

David guetta

(I am more hip than Chris?)

You

and several billion others.

I am only 2nd last :) now
Jesus, last's year presentation was bad

but at least oddball-entertaining. This is just bad.

zebra.striped.unitards.

where are they??

I don't know!

I miss them.

Just back from a business call and was going to ask if I missed anything. Guess not.
Just realized they got Livestrong on the sleeves

Ah yes, Lance still has a footprint on the team, even with the merger and everything.

Fränk having language problems

he’s not fluent in cliche

he confidently used a couple of sounds that weren't English
Holy jesus

how have you people been able to continue watching that?

beer.
passionfruit jenever
wijvendrank.
the name should've given you a hint

Hoofdstad van de smaak ftw!

drinks

made from hoof? Only in Flanders.

I turned it off

just here for the chat

two words

alco hol

the justin.tv link is ok

For the Americans :: This is like the Eurovision song contest … without the songs

Eurosong is way better than this

at least it was before they started to pretend it’s all about ‘the music’

and without the hot ukrainian women
Who remove at least four layers of clothing in one song
+1 to the Ukrainians
you spoke too soon
translation

Andy:

I love chris horner and his lucky head. As a youngster in Luxembourg I longed to shop at Radioshack. My family never had transistors or extra batteries. It is a dream. Frank is fat.

If Demol makes Cance attack after 38 kms of RvV I'm going to kill him
Somewhere in Australia Nygaard is laughing his ass of
wearing a scarf?
Will Greenedge have a live streamed team presentation?
Yes

they will bring in hulahoop guy on stage…………and throw him on the barby

the one in the zebra suit needs to marinate

or he’ll be a little stringy

Yes

but the string between Oz and the rest of the world will break, and we won’t get to see it.

Did you hear ken Sommer has quit as well?
Cance has a little tummy

he calls it his January cycling partner

(i totally made that up)

We'll call it Trudy
And here come the sponsor videos...
OMG, RS dude looks like Geico Caveman

phew video died during the shack ad

A sign from god?
weren't there clowns last year and acrobats?
yeah, where are the acrobats?
Whoever they are, they're annoying...
These clowns I mean, hosting this

real ones wouldve been slightly more entertaining

and worn better costumes
They had annoying mc's last year too
ha

techno cycling music

Music just a bit too mellow
lyrics are great though
Kraftwerk
is that who tis is? thx :)
Tour de France?

[Love]

Yes - great album
just grabbed on spotify :) merci
Just grabbed somewhere completely legal in Belgium

Pedaler grand braquet

galibier and tourmalet
poetic
I am doing the robot
the humans are dead...
Is this

just weird to Americans? One of those cultural things?

must be. The music is ok but it just seems so out of place.
And Europeans

think America is strange.

Indeed. American isn't strange, it is dysfunctional.
my daughter would love it though. She's into the rave scene.
doesn't look like anyone is dancing
They're dancing on the inside
what the hell is this crap?
Asking myself the same thing
Seriously

nobody knows Kraftwerk?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLiai4gg_0Q

Don’t make me side with the the producers here. That would just be horrible.

i do!

my vds team’s named after a kraftwerk song.

These guys look alot older than teh guys on their website.
makes sense now. The group was formed in the 70s in Germany

according to wikipedia

apart from the germany part

so were most of rsnt’s riders

So

the Grateful Dead of Techno music.

looking forward to the kraftwerk kit
As a relative newcomer to this sport

I can’t overstate how refreshing the often cheesy, sometimes euro-trashy, low tech goofiness of pro cycling is compared the overhyped, over slicked up assault on the senses that a lot of American team sports has become. I’ll take the acrobats and the quick step boys and their pillows and a jersey that says “Laminate flooring” over the NFL any day.

+1000

I could not agree with you more.This is why for the first time in my life I am a fan of a " professional sport".

And they don't blast

“We will Rock You” at the start of a sprint or climb. That’s a good thing.

Clearly you haven't been hanging out in the sixdays threads
I totally agree

Except…maybe they could add some robots and maybe, like, an exploding bicycle or something?

Did I miss anything? I was on the rollers watching Rotterdam.

And why don’t I see any screenshots?

for your eyes' sake.
OK then

I didn’t realise it was already over

and this should be 300

comments for a team presentation. Sorry I missed it.

C’mon, you know you guys secretly want Andy to win the TdF.

Last year

702 comments

1002 and counting over 2 years... big Andy love
600 of the comments last year

were coque jokes.

i wouldn't call it "big andy love"
Sounds like a pimp
I don't think I'm being secretive about it
Via Urbs, via @dimspace

Know your riders folks!

I actually emailed them. They did it with all three New Zealanders. Pathetic.
one antipodean is the same as another antipodean
Quite the snafu there

You think they’d check their facts a little closer

They did it to all their New Zealanders too

Fixed by now, but still (click to enlarge)

Oh hang on.. Jesse Sergent seems to have switched nationaliti... on Twitpic

Good god

And NZ’ers love being called Australian, don’t they?

is there a difference between the two?
So sorry I missed this.

Been in a hotel in Baltimore for several days, with internet only in the lobby. Bah, expensive but cheap ass Marriotts!

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