On UK tv, they'll be showing the live Tour de France at 3 pm to 4 pm our time, which would make it 10 am to 100 am your time.

Oops, I was thinking East Coast time. Take 3 hours off that, so 7 am to 8 am.

Coverage on OLN starts at 7:30 a.m. Eastern, so will start at 4:30 a.m. Pacific.

LANCE! LANCE! LANCE!

for those battling disease, may this be an inspiration.

Fantastic race; perfect course planning; spectacular OLN coverage here in the USA. Armstrong is one of the greatest sportsmen of all time. Have you read his recent Playboy interview? Very interesting...here it is...

http://www.playboy.com/arts-entertai...strong/04.html

Thanks, S_Holmes. That was a very interesting interview.

So it's true, you guys get Playboy for the articles!

Thank you Btilke and TravelerGina. He is such an inspiration for so many people. A good friend of mine is battling breast cancer and was so inspired by his book and what he has done with his life, that it has given her a lot of hope. He's a gem

Well, Lance went, and now he is gone from the Tour de France.
I can make a case for him being among the elite of all athletes. Has anyone been more dominant in his or her sport at the highest level?

Even if you can think of someone, they hadn't come back from the dead.
He was the first winner to be allowed to speak from the podium. He finally got to tell the naysayers/disbelievers what he thinks of them. A great man and a great champion.

Yeah, he's gone -- to <b>7th Heaven</b>! Kind of sad we won't see him in competition anymore, I'm going to miss him but his legacy will live on.

He is for sure one of those in the pantheon of &uuml;ber-elite atheletes. There are others; Woods, Bird, Gretzky, Jordan , Chamberlain come to mind.

I found it very odd that they changed the sprint rules after the race was over. Unless, that is, that the OLN commentators were mistaken.

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The pics are also very interesting :-D



Congrats to Lance!!! and the Discovery Channel Team!!! Great job!!!

Cool post, Scarlett. Great ride, Lance!

I'm already feeling the effects of <i>Le Tour withdrawal</i>.

//Note to self: start planning now to go see part of it in person next year\\

Found any good slide-show photo journals of this year's Le Tour de France? Please post a link if you have!

Here is a minor one I have found:

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml

(link labeled &quot;photo essay&quot; is currently found on this page under main artlicle)

-- photo #10 w/sunflowers is
pretty nice.

They didn't change the sprint rules per se. They did not give intermediate points for sprints but did give the stage win points/time which allowed Vinocurov to move up. I think if anyone didn't understand there would have been a protest before the awards ceremony.
Look on oln.com or cyclingnews.com for videos, etc.

Sorry, I see it is photo #11 showing the riders and sunflowers, but #10 with the hay rolls is nice too.

Ahhh, I see! (said the blind man)&gt; that website is constantly updating with more photos, thus the individual position of each particular picture keeps shifting... have a look anyway but disregard the photo #s I have previously stated.