Le Tour

[Stuart]

Well done ITV. What great sunday viewing.

[Andy Koppe]

> Well done ITV. What great sunday viewing.

Yeah, not owning a satellite dish, I was really glad ITV put Alpe d'Huez on
live.

But I found the commentators very annoying. They kept on stressing how badly
Armstrong was doing, yet the guy put a minute and a half on Ullrich,
successfully reined in Beloki's attacks, and ended up in the yellow jersey.
Quite impressive for a bad day.

Andy

[David Brown :o\)]

> Should be on every night IMO.

It is, at around 1.30 - 2.30 on ITV1.

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[Arthur Clune]

Andy Koppe <a n d y @ d c s . e d . a c . u k> wrote:

: But I found the commentators very annoying. They kept on stressing how badly
: Armstrong was doing, yet the guy put a minute and a half on Ullrich,
: successfully reined in Beloki's attacks, and ended up in the yellow jersey.
: Quite impressive for a bad day.

While impressive for a bad day, it was still a bad day for Armstrong - he
was a lot, lot more dominant on Alp D'Huez before.

He said himself in after-race comments that he wasn't on a good day.
Be interesting to see what happens over the next few days.

That was a really, really good stage to watch though

Arhtu

[James Hodson]

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:51:52 +0100, Trealaw Boy
> wrote:

>I'm sticking with Duffers on Eurosport from now on. He's more even handed, and
>actually their highlights show is much more rounded than the ITV offering. It
>shows more of the racing, with useful after race interviews with a variety of
>riders, not just your Anglophones that you tend to get on ITV.
>

I've watched every stage of this years' race apart from the TTT and,
in the main, enjoy DD's commentary. He does waffle on a bit at times
though and tends to repeat himself every hour or two, and day by day.
Also, he seems to get a particular bee in his bonnet each year and
carries on about that subject too much, IMO.

Nevertheless, TB, I do like listening to the old so-and-so.

As a comparison I would like to hear the ITV team giving six or seven
hours' worth of live broadcast. Of course, ITV also offers chances to
win a bike or a book. <Phone time>

James

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