Well, I agree the coverage is the best we have ever had in America, just contrast it with the pathetic live Sunday coverage we get on CBS - last Sunday CBS devoted 50 of the only 60 minutes to rehashing the prior stages and 10 minutes to Armstrong's victory on the Ventoux. I just wish OLN would limit the potted plants to the program intro and wrapup. By the way, I visited the OLN TdF site bulletin board and there were dozens of messages like "Bill Patrick is a Moron", "Bill Patrick Must Die" and "Where is Bob Roll", so it's not just me.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
> jerry
> chill.
> bill patrick is a talking head working as the link between
> the studio and the comentators. if he speaks to anyone,
> it's to middle america and the rest of the oln regulars
> who may be waiting for the calgery stampede or a
> retrospective on fishing reels. he is not there for the
> 'bike' people.
> either way, after all these years, we finally see live
> coverage of racing thanks to the network. who cares
> if they keep a few potted plants for window dressing?
> e-RICHIE
> chester, ct
>
>
> On Sat, 27 Jul 2002 15:34:44 -0500 "Jerry & Liz Moos"
> <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> > Am I the only one on the list annoyed by Bill Patrick, the
> > bicycle-illiterate bozo teamed with the excellent Phil Leggett and
> > Paul Sherwen on OLN's TdF coverage? After three weeks of ignorant
> > and asinine comments, he pronounced on this morning's coverage that
> > Armstrong is "now arguably the greatest of all time" or something to
> > that effect. How ridiculous! With four TdF Lance can now claim to
> > be the greatest American road man, not forgetting Major Taylor and
> > the American track heros of the late 19th and early 20th century.
> > But it is ludicrous to compare Lance's 4 TdF, one World
> > Championship, one major classic (Liege-Bastogne-Liege) plus a
> > Dauphine Libere or two, to Merckx's list of 5 TdF, multiple Giros,
> > the Vuelta, and virtually every classic worth mention, some of them
> > like Milan-San Remo no less than 5 times. I'm sure Lance, who is a
> > great friend and admirer of Merckx, would not put himself in Eddy's
> > league. I emailed OLN for Leggett and Sherwen, suggesting they take
> > Patrick aside and educate him in cycling history, but I'm afraid it
> > is a lost cause.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> > Houston, TX