RULE #1 - NO SPOILERS!!!! Remember, we're all on different time zones, and with work and what not, some of us will be watching recorded versions in the evening. So results discussions should kindly wait a day, yes?
Favorite commercials (US-based coverage) are Bob Roll looking for someone to ride with, and all the gas powered appliances in the Nissan Leaf ad.
Favorite stage - TODAY! I LOVE the team time trial and am glad to see it back! Off to watch...
Oh, and one neat feature of the team time trial - you really see the difference in the sizes of the riders, and can understand how the size of a bike can matter. The sprinters are big guys; the climbers not so much!
Wah. Was doing research on internet and TV providers. Accidentally saw the results for today. I HATE when that happens. I'll watch anyway. I'll have to be more careful tomorrow!
I recorded, watched the beginning and end. Great finish to watch.
Favorite commercial is the "Be Ok"...I really like that song, and the commercial itself is very cute. I don't usually watch commercials, since I record, but I watched that one.
Actually, this is a mini-rant. They really need to take a bit more care in letting guys ride after serious head bonks. Boonen should not have ridden yesterday, let alone today. He was in no shape to sprint, so why ride? And Horner today was just downright scary. Apparently at the end of the race he had no idea why he was behind 12 minutes - freaked him out because he had no recollection at all of the crash. I know the guys want to finish so they have the chance to decide if they can ride the next day, but it's a bit like the NFL guys who keep playing through concussions - the long term effects definitely cancel out the short term gains.
I'm going to picnic at the side of the road this coming Tuesday and wait for "Le Tour" to fly past, unfortunately they have announced rain all day, it comes through here every few years but this will be the first time i've seen it, looking forward to trying to get some good shots of the crowd and the riders.
Watching the race this morning, one of the helicopter cameras picked up a large group of Egyptian Vultures feeding on a carcass in the Pyrenees. Awesome!
My DVR decided not to record the stage this morning. Can somebody who has watched the stage go and visit the NBC website, do they offer stage playback? I would like to watch the as live playback, but I don't to risk a spoiler...
My DVR decided not to record the stage this morning. Can somebody who has watched the stage go and visit the NBC website, do they offer stage playback? I would like to watch the as live playback, but I don't to risk a spoiler...
If you live in the US and have Versus you can watch the whole race. They rerun it about every two hours.
Had to edit, had the wrong channel. Now correct, Versus.
My DVR decided not to record the stage this morning. Can somebody who has watched the stage go and visit the NBC website, do they offer stage playback? I would like to watch the as live playback, but I don't to risk a spoiler...
Versus will show again this evening at 8 pm our time, but they start with commentary that gives away the results of the stage - they assume you know by that point who won. They run bits of the Phil and Paul coverage from the morning after that, though.
If you want to watch the NBC Access bit, you have to pay for it.
