Since I've been pretty obsessed with cycling lately, I decided I'd try to follow this year's TdF as much as possible. It's carried in the USA on the NBC Sports Network, which unfortunately we don't get in our DirecTV package. Stages 7 and 8 I believe are being shown on the regular NBC network this Saturday and Sunday. Otherwise I've been watching live from about 8 am to 10:30 am Central using this site: http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/#live I use the 3rd link down from the top, a live stream of British EuroSport.
I watched Saturday's individual time trials on YouTube the other night, and then caught most of Stages 3 and 4 live, and am watching Stage 5 right now.
I have to say, those guys running that race are BEASTS of athletes. They AVERAGE almost 25 MPH non-stop for around 120 miles, around 5 hours of non-stop riding, every day for THREE WEEKS with only 2 rest days! I do well to average 12 mph for a 1-hour ride. Got me some work to do!
I watched Saturday's individual time trials on YouTube the other night, and then caught most of Stages 3 and 4 live, and am watching Stage 5 right now.
I have to say, those guys running that race are BEASTS of athletes. They AVERAGE almost 25 MPH non-stop for around 120 miles, around 5 hours of non-stop riding, every day for THREE WEEKS with only 2 rest days! I do well to average 12 mph for a 1-hour ride. Got me some work to do!