Watching the 2009 Tour de France; <BR>Start with 14 hours a day on Versus
by (syndicated)
03 Jul 09
It will be all Lance all the time on the Versus cable network when the 2009 Tour de France kicks off in Monaco on Saturday.
After a series of 10 one-hour shows on Friday highlighting the all-time best Lance Armstrong stages, Versus will launch its live coverage for Stage 1 at 9:30 a.m. (ET) Saturday.
There will be live coverage in the morning, followed by three two-hour replays throughout the afternoon, followed by a 3-hour “expanded” primetime show in the evening that will be repeated once.
That’s 14 hours a day for the “routine” stages. Mountain stages could get 17 hours of coverage in a 24-hour period.
I’m sure that’s OK with most cycling fans. Although I try to watch as much of the live show as possible in the morning, I’m often hooked in the evening by the primetime show …
