"Gerard Lanois" <
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> "Frank Tantillo" <
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>
> > this week.......live coverage of Paris-Nice!!!!!!
> >
> > and there's no mention of the coming war, Iraq, North Korea, inspectors, Hans Blix, the
> > Armstrong divorce, etc........just Bob Roll and Paul
Sherwen
> >
> > set your VCR
>
> TiVo lets me watch it while it is still being recorded, so I've been able to blitz through the
> coverage BEFORE WORK these past 2 days.
>
> A few months back TimeWarner took OLN out of the digital service and stuck it down into the
> extended (78 channel) range. I've been DYING for the real races to start. In the mean time I've
> been catching up on all those old Bicycle Journal shows.
>
> This is the first time I've ever seen/heard Bobke work a race and I've gotta tell ya I'm very
> impressed. His sentences are a little too long, and there is an occasionaly "Uh", but other than
> that he is totally on top of the game.
>
All I heard from Bob were run-on sentences delivered in somewhat of a monotone. Not to say he
doesn't know his stuff about races/racers, but I can't wait till he gets a little more polished.
Unfortunately, I can't think of another American out there that would do any better.
Please God, keep the football/car announcers away from the Tour this year!!
Mike
> Between Paul and Bob I don't know how they do it, but they manage to talk non-stop for the whole
> 1.5 hours.
>
> How nice it is to actually see a race develop, instead of 12 minutes of review of the previous
> day, cut-away shots of some racer's wife, and only 30 minutes of overall coverage like they used
> to do on ESPN/ABC.
>
>
> Random notes:
>
> 1. I thought Virenque turned in a substandard performance in the opening TT, but then noticed
> him in the break yesterday going for a stage win.
>
> 2. Did anyone notice Boonen in the sprint yesterday?
>
> 3. Vinokourov (sp) made a terrific opening move today for overall GC.
Too bad he got stuck leading out the sprint! Otherwise, he did great.
>
> 4. As Rebellin crossed the line today I was yelling:
>
> "I LOST MY HANNNNNND!!!!"
>
> "IF THEY ATTACK THE CAR, SAVE THE RADIO!!!"
>
> (Sorry if you don't get the reference, I'm having trouble googling the thread where someone
> mentioned their friend commenting on Rebellin's web site and comparing him to Nicholas Cage.)
>
> -Gerard