Tuesday, July 04, 2006

The Tour can be viewed on OLN (Outdoor Life Network). You can get the view schedule, and daily reports at:

http://www.olntv.com/tdf/article/view/758/?ss=tv&tf=Body.tpl

The Tour airs Live at 8:30 a.m., then replays at 2:30, 5, and 8. There's expanded coverage during the 8 - 11 p.m. viewing, and this might be the best time for socializing. We could aim for this Thursday or Friday or for next week. If there's interest, I'll contact DaVanzo's and warn them. Comment if interested.

The Tour is off to a tumultuous start with 3 riders kicked off including 3 main contenders (Basso, Ullrich, and Mancebo) due to suspected drug use.

George Hincapie, Lance's long time right hand man, wore the yellow (overall leader) after stage 1, but lost it to Norway's Thor Hushovd after stage 2. This was impressive of Hushovd since he was badly wounded from a spectator's advertisement sign during stage 1.

Other Americans to keep an eye on include David Zabriskie, Floyd Landis, Chris Horner, Bobby Julich, and Levi Leipheimer.

Maybe one day, after years of riding together, the 2wf's can travel to view the Tour live in France!!!

Avoir.
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PB said...

TODAY'S UPDATE:

Mathias Kessler of Germany, Team Mobile, wone Stage 3. He's 10th overall. Boonen wears the yellow for now. Hincapie, 3rd overall, and Landis, 7th, are quickly on Boonen's tail.

Velverde, a candidate for an overall Tour victory, is out with a broken collar bone after a nasty crash. Dekker and Rodriguez are down in the crash too.

Tomorrow's stage 4 is mostly flat. It's 207 km (128 miles). You can do your own km to miles conversion. 1 km = .62 miles

11:44 AM

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