USPS: Shameful

USPS has only one goal : Tour de France. I don't live in the
States, but I read in the papers that there are only 2 races
live on tv in the USA : TDF and Paris Roubaix. (I don't know
if its true.)

"Brian Laffatme" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
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That Bruyneel would enter such a weak team.

I expect Ag2R Prevoyance, Gerolsteinter, Relax, Liberty
Seguros, Euskatel-Euskadi, Alessio-Bianchi, or especially
Domina-Vacanza to make infinitely more of an impression on
the Great Ronde than the mediocre lineup that USPS is
sending.

bon appetit,

Brian Laffatme

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Buster said:

USPS has only one goal : Tour de France. I don't live in
the States, but I read in the papers that there are only 2
races live on tv in the USA : TDF and Paris Roubaix. (I
don't know if its true.)

Don't believe everything you read in the papers. OLN, a
fairly common cable channel, carries all three Grand
Tours, most of the Spring Classics, and so forth. Not
positive about live coverage (which for the tours is
problematic viewing on this continent anyways; being from
the west coast, I was able to catch an hour or so of
racing in the morning before work) but tape-delayed same-
day replay at worst.

Canada, on the other hand, is utterly screwed. OLN Canada
only carries the Tour de France. The only reason we got
coverage of the World's last year was because they were in
Canada. I have considered getting a 12' dish just because
OLN's US feed is broadcast unencrypted.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

Damned, I'm going to Canada this summer. So I won't see much
of last to weeks of the TDF. I'm leaving 11 july, wich means
I will miss all the mountain stages. I remember when I was
in canada 8 years ago they showed some 30 minutes per stage,
including 3 commercial breaks.

But there is internet now... They have internet in Canada,
don't they :-)

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ops.be said:

USPS has only one goal : Tour de France. I don't live in
the States, but

I

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read in the papers that there are only 2 races live on
tv in the USA :

TDF

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and Paris Roubaix. (I don't know if its true.)

Don't believe everything you read in the papers. OLN, a
fairly common cable channel, carries all three Grand
Tours, most of the Spring Classics, and so forth. Not
positive about live coverage (which for the tours is
problematic viewing on this continent anyways; being from
the west coast, I was able to catch an hour or so of
racing in the morning before work) but tape-delayed same-
day replay at worst.

Canada, on the other hand, is utterly screwed. OLN Canada
only carries the Tour de France. The only reason we got
coverage of the World's last year was because they were in
Canada. I have considered getting a 12' dish just because
OLN's US feed is broadcast unencrypted.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

The OP was either a troll or mistake. The USPS team for
Flanders is good. Cruz is a good worker and Padrnos is
a major horse. Ekimov, Hincapie and Van Heeswijk are
all contenders, Joachim is a former national champion
(and doper...) who was in the finale last year working
for Ekimov.

JT

Live coverage in 2004: Paris Nice, Fleche-Wallonne,
Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and presumably the
Vuelta a Espana.

Same day coverage: Tour of Flanders, Paris Roubaix, Liege
Bastogne Liege; Amstel Gold;

On 04/03/2004 11:53 PM, in article [email hidden]-

ops.be said:

USPS has only one goal : Tour de France. I don't live in
the States, but I read in the papers that there are only 2
races live on tv in the USA : TDF and Paris Roubaix. (I
don't know if its true.)

"Brian Laffatme" <[email hidden]> schreef in
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That Bruyneel would enter such a weak team.

I expect Ag2R Prevoyance, Gerolsteinter, Relax, Liberty
Seguros, Euskatel-Euskadi, Alessio-Bianchi, or especially
Domina-Vacanza to make infinitely more of an impression
on the Great Ronde than the mediocre lineup that USPS is
sending.

bon appetit,

Brian Laffatme

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John Forrest Tomlinson said:

The OP was either a troll or mistake. The USPS team for
Flanders is good. Cruz is a good worker and Padrnos is
a major horse. Ekimov, Hincapie and Van Heeswijk are
all contenders, Joachim is a former national champion
(and doper...) who was in the finale last year working
for Ekimov.

JT

i believe it was sarcasm, and the intent was to make the
same point you just did. but the op is a very naughty boy, i
can guarantee you that.

heather- signing out of rbr now so that i can enjoy the
extensive deluxe 1 hour coverage of the ronde that oln will
be providing me later. thank god for cyclingnews and their
full race report to fill in the details for me.

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote ...

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Canada, on the other hand, is utterly screwed. OLN Canada
only carries the Tour de France. The only reason we got
coverage of the World's last year was because they were in
Canada. I have considered getting a 12' dish just because
OLN's US feed is broadcast unencrypted.

That's good to know. I just moved to British Columbia and
we've been on the fence about cable versus satellite. We
thought OLN is OLN, but nooooooo...

in article [email hidden], Brian Laffatme
at [email hidden] wrote on 4/3/04 6:04 PM:

Quoted message said:

That Bruyneel would enter such a weak team.

I expect Ag2R Prevoyance, Gerolsteinter, Relax, Liberty
Seguros, Euskatel-Euskadi, Alessio-Bianchi, or especially
Domina-Vacanza to make infinitely more of an impression on
the Great Ronde than the mediocre lineup that USPS is
sending.

No, no, no, no, no, no, double no.

-Sonarrat.

"Buster" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

USPS has only one goal : Tour de France. I don't live in
the States, but I read in the papers that there are only 2
races live on tv in the USA : TDF and Paris Roubaix. (I
don't know if its true.)

"Brian Laffatme" <[email hidden]> schreef in
bericht
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

That Bruyneel would enter such a weak team.

I expect Ag2R Prevoyance, Gerolsteinter, Relax, Liberty
Seguros, Euskatel-Euskadi, Alessio-Bianchi, or
especially Domina-Vacanza to make infinitely more of an
impression on the Great Ronde than the mediocre lineup
that USPS is sending.

bon appetit,

Brian Laffatme

We also have decent coverage of the Giro, and the Vuelta,
and during the season there are several taped segments
dealing with the classics.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Buster said:

"Ryan Cousineau" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht news:rcousine-
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Canada, on the other hand, is utterly screwed. OLN
Canada only carries the Tour de France. The only reason
we got coverage of the World's last year was because
they were in Canada. I have considered getting a 12'
dish just because OLN's US feed is broadcast
unencrypted.

Quoted message said:

Damned, I'm going to Canada this summer. So I won't see
much of last to weeks of the TDF. I'm leaving 11 july,
wich means I will miss all the mountain stages. I remember
when I was in canada 8 years ago they showed some 30
minutes per stage, including 3 commercial breaks.

The TdF is the one coverage that OLN Canada does carry. The
coverage, as far as I can tell, is exactly the same for the
Tour as the US network.

Quoted message said:

But there is internet now... They have internet in Canada,
don't they :-)

No. This e-mail was sent by handing it to a passing mountie,
who had to fight off beavers, moose, the frigid Arctic
winds, and a nasty loose thread in his red serge to get this
newsposting to the border.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

Do you know what this :-) means ? btw : I love Canada, i've
been there a few times and this year I'm going back.

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ops.be said:

"Ryan Cousineau" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
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Quoted message said:

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Canada, on the other hand, is utterly screwed. OLN
Canada only carries the Tour de France. The only
reason we got coverage of the World's

last

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

year was because they were in Canada. I have
considered getting a 12' dish just because OLN's US
feed is broadcast unencrypted.

Quoted message said:

Damned, I'm going to Canada this summer. So I won't see
much of last to weeks of the TDF. I'm leaving 11 july,
wich means I will miss all the mountain stages. I
remember when I was in canada 8 years ago they showed
some 30 minutes per stage, including 3 commercial
breaks.

The TdF is the one coverage that OLN Canada does carry.
The coverage, as far as I can tell, is exactly the same
for the Tour as the US network.

Quoted message said:

But there is internet now... They have internet in
Canada, don't they

:-)

Quoted message said:

No. This e-mail was sent by handing it to a passing
mountie, who had to fight off beavers, moose, the frigid
Arctic winds, and a nasty loose thread in his red serge to
get this newsposting to the border.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

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USPS has only one goal : Tour de France. I don't live in
the States, but I read in the papers that there are only 2
races live on tv in the USA : TDF and Paris Roubaix. (I
don't know if its true.)

In years past we have also gotten the Giro and Vuelta
courtesy of OLN.
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Alex