--- In roadracingukandireland@yahoogroups.com, mickymallen
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Who is the mysterious 'third T mobile rider' as I can only think of
> the main 2.
Actually there are few more than one on paper. Their real chances are
slim but one never knows.

Botero, If he could just not have that one bad day in the mountains.
Evans, Still a bit to young and needs stay upright on the bike but
most definetly one to watch in the future.
Salvodelli, A Giro winner has the confidense but needs also to stay
upright. Wont be a factor this year I believe.


> I thought you guys got Tour coverage in the states via the Outdoor
> Life channel with Bob Roll etc. Or is that just subscription only?

Yeah OLN is our only source Monday-Saturday. It starts about 8:00 a.m.
I have to be at work at that time though. They replay a prime time
version at 8:00 p.m. but there are so many spoilers on the web that I
know the results before I get home so I follow it 'Live' on the net.
Not bad way to watch it. A lot less commercials we get five minutes of
coverage and then about 2 minutes of commercials. The replay of the
same old Postal,Trek,Bristol-Squib and Nike commercials makes me lose
interest. On some of the important stages they will reduce the amount
of coverage which is very good. One last annoying thing about our
coverage here in the states is that one of our networks 'CBS' has an
hour long show on Sunday's so no live broadcast instead we get an hour
long recap of the previous weeks coverage. Enough griping by me at
least I do have an outlet to watch and am thankful for that at least.