OK, you got me, Virenque won the stage, but Lance put some more time into Botero.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
> on 07/27/2002 03:51 PM, Jerry & Liz Moos at jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>
> Ummm ... Armstrong finished 3rd 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.
>
>
> Yeah ... and they said the same thing about Bob Varsha last year (who
really
> did a commendable job, IMHO), about Adrian Karsten in the ESPN years,
about
> Sam Posey and John Tesh in years past, about Gary Imlach in the UK on the
> ITV coverage (Phil/Paul), and about David Duffield on Eurosport.
>
> We love Bob Roll's craziness but we hate Bob Roll's wordiness. We hate
> Frankie Andreu's hair and that he talks too fast, we hated Davis Phinney
> because he talked to slow. We hated Brian Drebber. We hated Peter Graves
> (no, not the Mission Impossible Peter Graves)
>
> Face it. The only commentator cyclists like is Phil Liggett (who is
> completely past it, and needs to retire ASAP) and Paul Sherwen (who should
> shove Phil aside and take over the lead chair).
>
> Blah blah blah.
>
> If you don't like it, turn the volume down. Of course, you might miss the
> senile one's commentary, but you gotta take your chances.