Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watarts.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watarts!mupmalis From: mupmalis@watarts.UUCP (M. A. Upmalis) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Tour de France (actually CBS's coverage) Message-ID: <8488@watarts.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 11:47:52 EDT Article-I.D.: watarts.8488 Posted: Tue Jul 9 11:47:52 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 00:58:41 EDT References: <1318@drux3.UUCP> Reply-To: mupmalis@watarts.UUCP (M. A. Upmalis) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 35 Summary: In article <1318@drux3.UUCP> msw@drux3.UUCP (Mike Walpole) writes: > >Unless anything significant happens the next posting will be Thursday or >Friday. So far CBS has had excellent coverage of the Tour every Sunday. > ^^^^^^^^^ I would use extensive (about forty minutes on Sunday) on the Tour. The coverage is at best squishy, the human drama, they spent about ten minutes talking about the cobblestones and the race through hell and people's psyching up, there was no hard facts. To my mind coverage is either aimed at people who have no idea about cycling or for the serious enthusiast. If the former group is the target then there should me more novice info, if the latter then more info about the groups and the nastiness (I thought I heard that Anderson refused to alternate the lead in one break during the week, I don't know for sure and CBS did not tell me.) Picture this colour commentary, Theisman is coming back from the center with the ball, with gritty determination he throws it to the team member running over the green hell of astroturf, some play, right eric, Great Bruce, lets have a look at what Theisman had for breakfast...." Also, they did not mention Steve Bauer once during the broadcast, I suspect that he won't do as well through the mountains, however he has owned the white shirt since day one, and may be one of the best rookies on the tour for a long time, he may even do better then Lemond on his rookie year on the T de F. TV can provide good info quickly, but what CBS is giving is not good, God, this felt good to get out of my system, nut I think I'm just spinning on rollers...... -- Mike Upmalis (mupmalis@watarts)ihnp4!watmath!watarts!mupmalis