[BVC-CHAT] TdF on Versus

[Christopher Menzel]

Basically, cycling coverage on Versus has sucked -- they'll replay  
bull riding endlessly, but they won't do a single rebroadcast of  
Cyclism Sundays, their only regular cycling show.

HOWEVER, they are really making up for it for the TdF.  I just checked  
the Versus TV schedule and coverage of the Tour is going to be  
excellent.   3 hours of live coverage every day on flat stages  
(beginning 7:30am CDT) and up to 4.5 hours of live coverage for  
mountain stages.  Moreover, there are three 2-hour replays every  
afternoon and two 3-hour "expanded primetime editions" every night  
beginning at 7pm CDT.  Better still, I just checked ahead to Saturday  
morning and, on Direct TV anyway, the broadcast will be on Versus's  
HIGHDEF channel (604)!

Oh man, I'm so not getting much done for the next three weeks...

-chris

ps: The Pyrenees come first this year.  Queen stage is clearly Stage  
17, Embrun to L'Alpe d'Huez, the last big mountain stage, 210km with  
THREE HC climbs (Galibier, Croix de Fer, and d'Huez) and an uphill  
finish.

pps: The only downside here, of course, is that, thanks to the  
fascists at ASO, Astana (hence Levi, Contador, and Klöden) won't be  
riding.