Outdoor Life Network looks for big Tour de France splash
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From the article:
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BY JOHN LINDSAY Scripps Howard News Service
With the ratings of so many sports on television either flat
or declining, it's a challenge to locate untapped events and
reach out to new fans.
The Outdoor Life Network believes it has one of those rare
gems in cycling's top prize - the Tour de France, which gets
underway July 3. With American Lance Armstrong aiming for an
unprecedented sixth consecutive tour title, OLN is ready to
hitch a ride with expanded coverage of the race.
Cycling enthusiasts and casual fans will pretty much get wall-to-
wall Lance with many other competitors mixed in during OLN's
nearly 350 hours of live coverage over the Tour's 22 days.
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Oh, and CBS's fantastic Sunday coverage of the Tour is back
again this year ----->
http://www.tdfblog.com/2004/06/oln_cant_wait.html ;-)
J. Spaceman
"Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote
in message
>
>
> The Outdoor Life Network believes it has one of those rare
> gems in cycling's top prize - the Tour de France, which
> gets underway July 3. With American Lance Armstrong aiming
> for an unprecedented sixth consecutive tour title, OLN is
> ready to hitch a ride with expanded coverage of the race.
>
> Cycling enthusiasts and casual fans will pretty much get
> wall-to-wall Lance with many other competitors mixed in
> during OLN's nearly 350 hours of live coverage over the
> Tour's 22 days.
Averaging nearly 16 hours/day?!?!?
Carl Sundquist <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote:
> "Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote
> in message
> > Cycling enthusiasts and casual fans will pretty much get
> > wall-to-wall Lance with many other competitors mixed in
> > during OLN's nearly 350 hours of live coverage over the
> > Tour's 22 days.
> Averaging nearly 16 hours/day?!?!?
Didn't you get the memo? Lafferty's finally persuaded
Leblanc to go back to the stage distances of the early
Tours. Also, last year's Tour honoring Henri Desgrange was
such a success, in honor of HD derailleurs have been banned
from the 2004 Tour - but the announcement hasn't been made
yet, to keep those cheaters at the USPS/Trek/Nike axis from
coming with some high-tech way around the rule.
"Benjamin Weiner" <bjw@mambo.ucolick.org> wrote in message
>
> > > Cycling enthusiasts and casual fans will pretty much
> > > get wall-to-wall Lance with many other competitors
> > > mixed in during OLN's nearly 350 hours of live
> > > coverage over the Tour's 22 days.
>
> > Averaging nearly 16 hours/day?!?!?
>
> Didn't you get the memo? Lafferty's finally persuaded
> Leblanc to go back to the stage distances of the early
> Tours. Also, last year's Tour honoring Henri Desgrange was
> such a success, in honor of HD derailleurs have been
> banned from the 2004 Tour - but the announcement hasn't
> been made yet, to keep those cheaters at the
> USPS/Trek/Nike axis from coming with some high-tech way
> around the rule.
>
Weren't those the days when racers took strychnine?
"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> writes:
> "Benjamin Weiner" <bjw@mambo.ucolick.org> wrote in message
> >
> > > > Cycling enthusiasts and casual fans will pretty much
> > > > get wall-to-wall Lance with many other competitors
> > > > mixed in during OLN's nearly 350 hours of live
> > > > coverage over the Tour's 22 days.
> >
> > > Averaging nearly 16 hours/day?!?!?
> >
> > Didn't you get the memo? Lafferty's finally persuaded
> > Leblanc to go back to the stage distances of the early
> > Tours. Also, last year's Tour honoring Henri Desgrange
> > was such a success, in honor of HD derailleurs have been
> > banned from the 2004 Tour - but the announcement hasn't
> > been made yet, to keep those cheaters at the
> > USPS/Trek/Nike axis from coming with some high-tech way
> > around the rule.
> >
>
> Weren't those the days when racers took strychnine?
It used to be 30mg benzedrine disolved in 3cc of cyano-
cobalamine (vitamin
b12)
That's what somebody told me. I wouldn't know myself :)
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Jason Spaceman wrote:
>From the article:
>-------------------------------------------------
>BY JOHN LINDSAY Scripps Howard News Service
>
>With the ratings of so many sports on television either
>flat or declining, it's a challenge to locate untapped
>events and reach out to new fans.
>
>The Outdoor Life Network believes it has one of those rare
>gems in cycling's top prize - the Tour de France, which
>gets underway July 3. With American Lance Armstrong aiming
>for an unprecedented sixth consecutive tour title, OLN is
>ready to hitch a ride with expanded coverage of the race.
>
>Cycling enthusiasts and casual fans will pretty much get
>wall-to-wall Lance with many other competitors mixed in
>during OLN's nearly 350 hours of live coverage over the
>Tour's 22 days.
>---------------------------------------------------
>
>Read it at http://www.starbanner.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article-
>?AID=/20040624/NEWS/206240406/1009/BUSINESS or
>http://tinyurl.com/346y9
>
>Oh, and CBS's fantastic Sunday coverage of the Tour is back
>again this year ----->
>http://www.tdfblog.com/2004/06/oln_cant_wait.html ;-)
>
>J. Spaceman
>
>
Actual, live coverage is at about 68 hours by my count. The
rest is preview shows, pre-race shows, re-airs of the day's
action, etc. Still, the people who want to see bull riding
and the running of the bulls are in for a shock!
Carl Sundquist wrote:
> "Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote
> in message
>
>>
>>The Outdoor Life Network believes it has one of those rare
>>gems in cycling's top prize - the Tour de France, which
>>gets underway July 3. With American Lance Armstrong aiming
>>for an unprecedented sixth consecutive tour title, OLN is
>>ready to hitch a ride with expanded coverage of the race.
>>
>>Cycling enthusiasts and casual fans will pretty much get
>>wall-to-wall Lance with many other competitors mixed in
>>during OLN's nearly 350 hours of live coverage over the
>>Tour's 22 days.
>
>
> Averaging nearly 16 hours/day?!?!?
>
>
Maybe they can enlist **** Cheney for 'Colorful Langauge.'
Or was that supposed to be 'Color'?
Carl Sundquist wrote:
> "Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote
> in message
>>
>>
>> The Outdoor Life Network believes it has one of those
>> rare gems in cycling's top prize - the Tour de France,
>> which gets underway July 3. With American Lance Armstrong
>> aiming for an unprecedented sixth consecutive tour title,
>> OLN is ready to hitch a ride with expanded coverage of
>> the race.
>>
>> Cycling enthusiasts and casual fans will pretty much get
>> wall-to-wall Lance with many other competitors mixed in
>> during OLN's nearly 350 hours of live coverage over the
>> Tour's 22 days.
>
> Averaging nearly 16 hours/day?!?!?
>
Someone will finally be able to definitively name Lance's
favourite chamois creme.
"Kyle Legate" <legatek@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2k81orF185oakU1@uni-berlin.de...
>
> Someone will finally be able to definitively name Lance's
> favourite
chamois
> creme.
Are you looking for a new lip gloss?
"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
news:10ds46bo4q3il91@corp.supernews.com...
>
> Weren't those the days when racers took strychnine?
I think that you're thinking of those people around Brian
that have to listen to him drone on about drugs in cycling.
In article <10e5ubltfqso282@corp.supernews.com>, Jim Flom
<mtREMOVEview@uniserve.com> wrote:
> "Jason Spaceman" wrote ...
> >
> > Cycling enthusiasts and casual fans will pretty much get
> > wall-to-wall Lance with many other competitors mixed in
> > during OLN's nearly 350 hours of live coverage over the
> > Tour's 22 days.
>
> It'll be interesting to see what happens to American
> interest in the Tour when an American no longer dominates.
> The window is not so wide open for Tyler and Lance
> anymore.
Lance prefers that he isn't too dominant, just winning. More
people will watch if he's not dominant.
Do you think lots of people would watch him in the Giro next
year? I do.
-WG
"warren" <warren@usvhremove.com> wrote in message
news:300620041749137809%warren@usvhremove.com...
> In article <10e5ubltfqso282@corp.supernews.com>, Jim Flom
> <mtREMOVEview@uniserve.com> wrote:
>
> > "Jason Spaceman" wrote ...
> > >
> > > Cycling enthusiasts and casual fans will pretty much
> > > get wall-to-wall Lance with many other competitors
> > > mixed in during OLN's nearly 350 hours of live
> > > coverage over the Tour's 22 days.
> >
> > It'll be interesting to see what happens to American
> > interest in the
Tour
> > when an American no longer dominates. The window is not
> > so wide open
for
> > Tyler and Lance anymore.
>
> Lance prefers that he isn't too dominant, just winning.
> More people will watch if he's not dominant.
>
> Do you think lots of people would watch him in the Giro
> next year? I do.
>
> -WG
"warren" <warren@usvhremove.com> wrote in message
>
> Lance prefers that he isn't too dominant, just winning.
> More people will watch if he's not dominant.
>
> Do you think lots of people would watch him in the Giro
> next year? I do.
>
In the context of mainstream America, "Why would I want to
watch him eat a Greek sandwich?"
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