OLN reports Armstrong MIA at Tour

Crummy article, I read it off Google News this morning. Just when I was
warming up my blasters to take on lame american sports journalists, I
realize Canada can be as lame. Boonen won a very hard fought sprint and
they write it off as if it were 1st place at the local carp fishing
competition. That's criminal as far as I'm concerned.

Jason Spaceman said:

This is from today's Toronto Star.

From the article:
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OLN reports Armstrong MIA at Tour: Cameras couldn't spot six-time
champ

That sure was a historic occasion yesterday in Paris.

Too bad viewers never got to see the momentous event.

Yes, OLN gave us all the sights and sounds of the final day of the
Tour de France as it has for the past three weeks.

And it did so in a first-rate manner, with Phil Liggett and Paul
Sherwen providing informed and measured commentary.

But the big moment — Lance Armstrong crossing the line to win an
unprecedented sixth consecutive Tour — was nowhere to be seen until
well into the post-race show.

Instead we got blanket coverage of somebody named Tom Boonen winning
the final stage, which was probably of great interest to Mrs. Boonen
but few others.
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Read it at
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1090794009151&call_pageid=970599109774&col=Columnist980457778002
or http://tinyurl.com/58aqv

J. Spaceman

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Crummy article, I read it off Google News this morning. Just when I was
warming up my blasters to take on lame american sports journalists, I
realize Canada can be as lame. Boonen won a very hard fought sprint and
they write it off as if it were 1st place at the local carp fishing
competition. That's criminal as far as I'm concerned.

Not to mention the fact that, for the GC, the last stage is just a ceremony.
The act of the winner crossing the actual line is more of an afterthought. I
don't remember the TV of Lance's earlier wins, but the WCP DVDs don't
feature Lance crossing the finish line in 1999 or 2000.