Tour de Who Cares?
Jul 8th, 2006, 09:03 PM
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Three stage wins to Robbie McEwan, Cadell Evans a definite possibility for outright winner, Michael Rodgers sitting at Third overall, Stewie O'Grady riding with a cracked vertebra, you can bet that the Tour is beng watched in Australia, even if the direct telcast starts at 11.00PM!
Jul 10th, 2006, 08:00 AM
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I've been watching for years and in the days before OLN and the Tour online, trying anyway possible to watch the race.
It was my misfortune to spend the first week of this year's Tour at the beach without access to OLN and internet so I had no idea that many of the favorites were out. Then my first day back to watch and it's a rest day, ugh
I'm happy to see not everyone has abandoned the Tour de France. I enjoy all the strategy involved. Deborah
It was my misfortune to spend the first week of this year's Tour at the beach without access to OLN and internet so I had no idea that many of the favorites were out. Then my first day back to watch and it's a rest day, ugh
I'm happy to see not everyone has abandoned the Tour de France. I enjoy all the strategy involved. Deborah
Jul 10th, 2006, 02:10 PM
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I just finished reading the cover story in Bicycling magazine about Floyd Landis and Dave Zabriskie. Floyd has a quote that is something like "Pain is good, I just don't feel it. Hot, cold, up, down, it's all good." I guess you just get conditioned to work through it.
Jul 10th, 2006, 02:44 PM
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Jul 20th, 2006, 11:31 AM
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The OLN coverage is a mix of its own profiles and interviews and the "France 2-France 3" television feed for all of the aerial and scenic shots. Channels 2 & 3 in France have made the Tour de France a visual feast over the past several years, and they have managed -- in France and around the world -- to interest a lot of people who don't have much interest in cycling into watching a fabulous trip through France and the surrounding countries.
But to address the original question, in Europe at least, the Tour de France is finally interesting again -- in the past several years, the winner was more or less announced two weeks before the end. And this didn't just happen with Armstrong but also with the other major champions like Indurain and Hinault -- so boring when there is no suspense. At last, after a drought of several years, the passion has returned.
But to address the original question, in Europe at least, the Tour de France is finally interesting again -- in the past several years, the winner was more or less announced two weeks before the end. And this didn't just happen with Armstrong but also with the other major champions like Indurain and Hinault -- so boring when there is no suspense. At last, after a drought of several years, the passion has returned.
Jul 20th, 2006, 12:09 PM
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Wrapped it up? The Tour was blown wide open again today with Landis back in the running. Clearly, some people are really not paying attention. (I didn't see any of it today because I was in the TGV returning from Avignon.)
Jul 20th, 2006, 12:13 PM
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Pal, your article was a day old. Landis did indeed look like he was out yesterday. But today he pulled off a stage win, 6 minutes ahead of everyone else. He's only 30 seconds behind the yellow jersey and can no doubt make that up Saturday's time trials.
Jul 20th, 2006, 12:15 PM
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Wow - strange - they had absoutely written Landis off - they even quoted Landis himself saying that he had given up hopes of winning the tour after his disastrous day. Incroyable...and great! USA, USA, USA
Jul 20th, 2006, 01:16 PM
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Try to keep up!!! What a stage. It is being called the best single day's race in cycling history. And the one thing that can be said for Floyd--he is NO quitter. Eight minutes down to 30 seconds back!!!! It is tres exciting!!
