Since many don't have access to OLN, are there any decent internet sites that follow the Giro and TDF? Seems like I had a pretty good one a couple years ago, but can't find it now.
John Dunn in Boise
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> The next listed broadcasts for the Road to the TDF are Wens at midnight,
Thursday at 7:00 pm and 2:00am, and Saturday at 5:00 pm. All times eastern
time zone. But no way to know if content is the same. I'd assume so as OLN
rebroadcasts material several times, but no guarantees.
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> Tom Adams, Shrewsbury NJ
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> >From: LouDeeter@aol.com
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> >To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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> >Subject: [CR]Road to the Tour de France
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> >Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 12:02:16 -0400
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> >After 3 weeks of nightly reports from OLN about the Giro, I tuned in last
night at 7PM EDT and caught two 1/2 hour segments on Eddy Merckx and the
Climbs of the Tour. The programs were called "Road to the Tour de France".
The Eddy Merckx piece had some great footage with closeups of his bicycles
and jerseys--I was very glad that Brett Horton had graciously shared some of
Eddy's jerseys at Cirque. The footage of Luis Ocana's wreck in the Tour
(70?) was spectacular. The next segment was about the famous climbs with
some terrific footage of the Pyrenees when the roads were not much more than
unpaved goat paths. How the riders survived is beyond me. And, of course, it
included Tommy Simpson's death and showed closeups of him falling off the
bike and though he laid on the ground, he clung to the handlebars as if he
would arise any moment. Aldo Ross's 1949 Giro reports really helped me to
understand better what I was watching. To me, while I don't collect from
before 1970, it is part of our hobby and very much interests me to read,
watch, and learn about the riders and their equipment. Knowing the history
only makes the current races that much more enjoyable. I don't have a TV
guide or OLN menu, but I suspect OLN will air more interesting articles
leading up to the Tour. If anybody knows about these "retro" presentations
and the schedule, pls share. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL
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