kudos to OLN

"gakinney" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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After all the gripes about OLN, including my own, in the end I have to say
they have put on a good show for the tour this year. It is hard to miss

it,

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since they show the damn thing all day long, and they seem to rerun the

live

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show immediately following ...the live show. And I usually watch he

expanded

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version in the evening, since I enjoy the sidebars (especially since I've
already seen the race once) and other stories about the locations visited
and the riders past and present. It is obviously Lance-biased, but Phil

and

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Paul are not, and despite this, they still do enough about the other

riders

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and past victors to keep it overall interesting. It is actually amazing

how

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many hours per day OLN devotes to the tour, especially considering what

the

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alternative might be. And Bob isn't getting on my nerves nearly as much

this

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year. The shot of him with his hands bound and silent/(gagged) was enough

to

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make me forgive him for how annoying he can seem sometimes. I've
surprisingly actually enjoyed his race commentary.

Watch it dry up when Lance is gone. In fact we wouldn't even be getting any
women's coverage if not for Lance, well actually we haven't lately but the
women only get a chance when cycling is hot, and this is as hot as it gets.
Imagine an American breaking a long held Euro record. Well you have but the
point is you guys are spoiled right now and when Lance is gone and a
American is not winning expect all the classics to dry up and expect the TDF
to be relegated to much more limited coverage. But lets not spoil the day,
just enjoy this July because it's America's shining moment in history. Phil
and Paul are in their prime and the whole thing is classic. This year could
be the best finish ever with the mountains to come. Look for Jan and Lance
to wage epic titanic battles.

Now a word from your regular scheduled sponsor....

gakinney said:

After all the gripes about OLN, including my own, in the end I have to say
they have put on a good show for the tour this year. It is hard to miss it,
since they show the damn thing all day long, and they seem to rerun the live
show immediately following ...the live show. And I usually watch he expanded
version in the evening, since I enjoy the sidebars (especially since I've
already seen the race once) and other stories about the locations visited
and the riders past and present. It is obviously Lance-biased, but Phil and
Paul are not, and despite this, they still do enough about the other riders
and past victors to keep it overall interesting. It is actually amazing how
many hours per day OLN devotes to the tour, especially considering what the
alternative might be. And Bob isn't getting on my nerves nearly as much this
year. The shot of him with his hands bound and silent/(gagged) was enough to
make me forgive him for how annoying he can seem sometimes. I've
surprisingly actually enjoyed his race commentary.

Those Cyclysm commercials gotta go, though. They guy is like the worlds
biggest Fred.

gakinney <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

After all the gripes about OLN, including my own, in the end I have to say
they have put on a good show for the tour this year. It is hard to miss it,
since they show the damn thing all day long, and they seem to rerun the live
show immediately following ...the live show. It is actually amazing how
many hours per day OLN devotes to the tour, especially considering what the
alternative might be.

A little Tour TV history in the US.

The race (U.S. TV) didn't exist before LeMond. Between LeMond and
Armstrong, it bottomed out in 1994, the year only one American
finished the Tour. It had zero TV coverage in the states. ESPN did
nightly 30 minute wrap ups before and after this for a few years.
Why not write a letter (not e-mail) to the CEO at OLN. Say thanks. If
you sign it, he'll read it.

Ronde Chump

I will [censored] about the coverage for the next 3 weeks - but I have to
agree that i am more then happy with live coverage of the entire Tour.
Phil and Paul Sherwood forest are great!

Women's cycling - seriously, i never knew there even was women's pro
cycling - maybe its huge in Belgium?

"James Cagney" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I will [censored] about the coverage for the next 3 weeks - but I have to
agree that i am more then happy with live coverage of the entire Tour.
Phil and Paul Sherwood forest are great!

Women's cycling - seriously, i never knew there even was women's pro
cycling - maybe its huge in Belgium?

Dummy, Big races in the USA are Redlands, Sea Otter, Cascade, Nature Valley,
Wachovia, Gila, Tour De Toona, to name a few. In Europe, Fleche Wallone,
Amstel Gold, Giro, even womens TDF in most years.

OLN started following several races with clips on Redlands, Sea Otter and
others highlighting Jeanson and other womens teams and then it sort of dried
up. Also they carried the Womens worlds with Lunk-Skags first victory. Add
to that some random track events. In the past since the early 90's there
have been some random coverage from the Games in Spain to Coors Classic,
some races from colorado and others on CBS, NBC or ABC.

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Those Cyclysm commercials gotta go, though. They guy is like the worlds
biggest Fred.

agreed

Ronde Champ said:

gakinney <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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After all the gripes about OLN, including my own, in the end I have to say
they have put on a good show for the tour this year. It is hard to miss it,
since they show the damn thing all day long, and they seem to rerun the live
show immediately following ...the live show. It is actually amazing how
many hours per day OLN devotes to the tour, especially considering what the
alternative might be.

A little Tour TV history in the US.

The race (U.S. TV) didn't exist before LeMond. Between LeMond and
Armstrong, it bottomed out in 1994, the year only one American
finished the Tour. It had zero TV coverage in the states. ESPN did
nightly 30 minute wrap ups before and after this for a few years.
Why not write a letter (not e-mail) to the CEO at OLN. Say thanks. If
you sign it, he'll read it.

Ronde Chump

I wrote ESPN every year thanking them for those 30 minute highlight
shows and suggesting that the other Grand Tours and the Monuments would
make for excellent television - it didn't work.

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Ronde Chump

Whoooops!

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