Quote Originally Posted by pooks View Post
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!
Versus (formerly the Outdoor Life Network (OLN)) runs semi-live coverage in the morning, and re-runs each stage a couple of times during the day. You'll see a lot more of the race itself if you watch the first coverage, the evening repeats get edited down to a lot more fluff with the announcers and "special features," and a heftier dose of commercials.

Best coverage I've seen so far is actually the web coverage on Cycling News, http://www.cyclingnews.com. I'll take their play-by-play any day over OLN/VS's village idiot, Al Trautwig, any day.

The race this year is even more wide open than last year, and who would think that Operacion Puerto would still be hanging over everyone's head this year?

Rooting for Levi, but secretly thinking that it will be Vino's year to shine...

Tom