[Morryjg]

So......it's super cool that we FINALLY have another American stage race. There's even a TV network covering it all. At midnight and one o'clock in the frickin' morning?!?!?!!!! :mumble: :mumble: WTF? And, I don't want to hear about everyone that is going to record it on TIVO and watch it with your morning coffee either.

Feb 20 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #1 1:00 am to 2:00 am EST
Feb 21 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #2 2:00 am to 3:00 am EST
Feb 22 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #3 1:00 am to 2:00 am EST
Feb 23 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #4 1:00 am to 2:00 am EST
Feb 24 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #5 1:00 am to 2:00 am EST
Feb 25 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #6 1:00 am to 2:00 am EST
Feb 26 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #7 1:00 am to 2:00 am EST

 

[LordOpie]

It's sad that cycling gets coverage on the backup sports station -and- in the middle of the night.

Is it possible that we'll ever see it on the prime sports station during prime time?

 

[sanjuro]

That's funny. Where I live it is on at 10pm or 11pm:

Prologue
Sunday February 19 ESPN2 10:00pm (PST)

Stage 1
Monday February 20 ESPN2 11:00pm (PST)

Stage 2
Tuesday February 21 ESPN2 10:00pm (PST)

Stage 3
Wednesday February 21 ESPN2 10:00pm (PST)

Stage 4
Thursday February 22 ESPN2 10:00pm (PST)

Stage 5
Friday February 23 ESPN2 10:00pm (PST)

Stage 6
Saturday February 24 ESPN2 10:00pm (PST)

Stage 7
Sunday February 25 ESPN2 10:00pm (PST)

 

[Morryjg]

That's funny. Where I live it is on at 10pm or 11pm:

That's the same time as what I put. EST is 3 hours off of PST. Staying up until midnight or 1:00 (MST) and getting up for work at 5:30 just isn't going to happen.

 

[sanjuro]

That's the same time as what I put. EST is 3 hours off of PST. Staying up until midnight or 1:00 (MST) and getting up for work at 5:30 just isn't going to happen.

I know EST/PST, but it works for me!

 

[Ascentrek]

So......it's super cool that we FINALLY have another American stage race. There's even a TV network covering it all. At midnight and one o'clock in the frickin' morning?!?!?!!!! :mumble: :mumble: WTF? And, I don't want to hear about everyone that is going to record it on TIVO and watch it with your morning coffee either.

Feb 20 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #1 1:00 am to 2:00 am EST
Feb 21 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #2 2:00 am to 3:00 am EST
Feb 22 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #3 1:00 am to 2:00 am EST
Feb 23 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #4 1:00 am to 2:00 am EST
Feb 24 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #5 1:00 am to 2:00 am EST
Feb 25 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #6 1:00 am to 2:00 am EST
Feb 26 ESPN2 2006 Tour of California
Stage #7 1:00 am to 2:00 am EST

You have to get cable before you can complain about the time

 

[Morryjg]

You have to get cable before you can complain about the time

:nonono:

That's what my neighbor's cable is for.

 

[Heidi]

I taped it, going to watch the first "stage" tonight. WOOHOO

 

[JRB]

I taped it, going to watch the first "stage" tonight. WOOHOO

He said he didn't want to hear about it.

 

[Heidi]

He said he didn't want to hear about it.

I don't give a crap what he wants to hear. I'm excited to get some sort of coverage for it at all.

 

[Morryjg]

Read about the Prologue on Velonews this morning. The first stage begins in 30 minutes, looks like the tour's web site has live updates so I'm gonna slack at work at keep up to date on the tour there. Sounds like stage 2 is going to be pretty exciting.

 

[JRB]

I don't give a crap what he wants to hear. I'm excited to get some sort of coverage for it at all.

Rock on.

*I wish I could watch it, but I have cheap cable, so I can't.

 

[-dustin]

did ESPN2 not show stage 1? god damn college basketball. i was all excited to see Sausalito.

Gerolsteiner continues to lead up the small rolling climbs.
Photo ©: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us

funny, those hills get a lot bigger the longer you're in the saddle. and it's one after another after another after another after another after another, etc...riding alone through that **** is taxing on the ol' psyche.

 

[sanjuro]

did ESPN2 not show stage 1? god damn college basketball. i was all excited to see Sausalito.

It showed Stage 1, but at 11pm PST. Btw, I was punished for making fun of the East Coast/West Coast time difference. I was spacing, and I missed the part of Stage 2 where the cameras went right by me. I was running along with the peleton to make sure I would make it on camera!

 

[Heath Sherratt]

Did you get the guy to smack you? I remember the fan that Pantani had to "handle"...so many times dude, it's hilarious to see fans go nuts.

 

[sanjuro]

I was standing next to some other "serious" bikers. We all had our cameras at the ready, and I snapped a few good ones of lone breakaway, Mike Creed.

But when the front group arrived, I went bananas and ran after them, snapping some bad photos and yelling allez allez! However, I was in just enough control so that another spectator did not have to pull me down before I hit a rider.