thanks D.
No problem, garfield. How many of you are watching live in the morning? I'm on the west coast, so I can watch about 45 minutes between getting back from my swim and going to work. I wish I had Tivo, but I think I'm just going to bust out the VHS tapes. The live commentary by Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen is excellent, but for some reason OLN feels it's necessary to "expand" the coverage in primetime. They add a bunch of lame commentary from their studio hosts (who are particularly bad), which makes the whole thing feel much less "live." I hate it. I'll buy a Tivo on of these days...
Still not sure whether other riders should have "waited" or not - if it had been Lance who crashed and Jan or Tyler took off people would be up in arms. That being said hopefully Mayo (and his team) can gain a bit of time back to make it a more interesting race. I also watch on the west coast and catch all but the last 30 or so mins of the stage before heading to work. Once at work I can get OLN's audio feed over the internet and that's better than nothing :) Agreed that OLN's expanded coverage is a bit cheesy at times but it's still awesome to have such expansive coverage and not rely on three sunday's worth of CBS and their melodramatic music and b&w video montages...
...but it's still awesome to have such expansive coverage and not rely on three sunday's worth of CBS and their melodramatic music and b&w video montages... Absolutely.
Like 86, I too enjoyed my joblessness during last year's Tour, watching it wall to wall in the mornings. It was lovely. This year is killing me.
