Tour de France Question

[pooks]

Dumb question -- and I'm sure I could look this up, but am pretending that I'm performing a public service by asking here, so that others who are as ignorant as I am can find it:

When is the Tour, and which US network carries it? This is my first year to have access to cable in a very long time, and I can't wait!

[jobob]

Versus (formerly OLN)

http://www.versus.com/tdf/

[Zen]

Which means premium cable only.
Us poor people don't get to watch.

[7rider]

The When is July. Four years ago, the Prologue was on our wedding day. Oh.....DH was a tortured person that day!!
If you don't have Versus, you can get real time (text) updates at:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/
and (I believe)...
http://www.velonews.com

[PinkBike]

"23 days in july"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
july 7th thru july 29
prologue in london saturday july 7th (this is a stage that does not count as a stage)
stage 1 is sunday - london to canterbury
there are 20 stages (plus the prologue) with two rest days (jul 15 and 24)
stage 20 is the ride into paris, the famous ride onto the champs-d'elysees

it is available daily on the versus channel (formerly OLN) which is a premium channel,
but usually the weekends have network coverage

i'll be watching and DVR-ing

[Kalidurga]

The When is July. Four years ago, the Prologue was on our wedding day. Oh.....DH was a tortured person that day!!

And he still married you?? If that's not proof of true love, I dunno what is

I get my TdF fix during the day by using the links Regina provided for real-time webcasts, as well as dailypeloton.com. Later on, to catch up on anything I've missed during the day and have some serious laughs, I check out Schmalz.

Will Thor SMASH! again this year? Only the Schmalz knows...

[Eden]

Which means premium cable only.
Us poor people don't get to watch.

bwaaaa ha ha ha ha - DirectTV is where its at baby - not a premium channel for us! my DVR hates tour month - so much work for it....

[NJBikeGal]

I love that the Tour is in the summer...just as I am finishing my summer semester of teaching! This means that I can get up early, grab a cuppa and sit and watch the guys race. Then, head out on my own to ride a measly (compared to their day) 30+ miles!

Only 2 weeks until the start of the race...I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that Dave Z ends up on the CSC roster!

[Jiffer]

Does anyone know if there's a big American contender this year? Or more than one?

I know Floyd Landis wants to do it again, but it obviously aint happening THIS year.

[jobob]

As far as I know, the only American among the bona-fide CG contenders is Levi (tho he's a short lad ... sorry, couldn't resist )

[maillotpois]

Harsh, Jo. Really harsh!

(However, having met him, I can attest that he is only a little larger than my 11 year old daughter.)

[Trek420]

Article about Levi in local SF paper

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...OGPNQI1C31.DTL

[margo49]

I used to messenger in London. And I have done that route to Canterbury too. Can't wait to see it all again.
I watch on Eurosport who broadcast in umpteen languages. And guess who is one of their French commentators - Richard Virenque. He is sometimes invited over to the English too. Lucky me!
Could we ask DoW and Python and anyone else to be on the route and hold up a sign saying Team Estrogen??

[Kalidurga]

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that Dave Z ends up on the CSC roster!

I'm with you, Sarah. Bjarne Riis needs to make that decision soon!

[NJBikeGal]

I'm with you, Sarah. Bjarne Riis needs to make that decision soon!

Yes, indeed he does! That's got to suck...not knowing if you're doing the biggest race of the year or not! I'm hoping that the Dauphine 5th place finish put him on the roster. What a great race that was for him!