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2005 OLN TDF TV Schedule
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BIKESonTV Topica Editor
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Jun 24, 2005 08:55 PDT
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2005 TOUR DE FRANCE
[from OLN media services]
Lance Armstrong will attempt to extend his winning streak and end his professional cycling career with a record-breaking seventh straight victory. OLN’s commentating team during 23 days of the planet’s toughest endurance race will include cycling experts Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen and Bob Roll, and veteran sportscaster Al Trautwig.
Tour de France Live Coverage
7/2 - 8:30am – 11:30am ET LIVE TDF Special
7/2 - 11:30am – 1:30pm ET LIVE Coverage prolouge
7/3 – 7/9 - 8:30am – 11:30am ET LIVE Coverage Stages 2-8. (Team Time Trial 7/5)
7/10 - 6:30am – 11:30am ET LIVE Coverage of stage 9 (mountain stage)
7/11 & 7/12 – 8:30am – 11:30am ET 7/11 rest day, 7/12 LIVE Coverage stage 10 (1st Alps mountain stage)
7/13 – 6:30am – 11:30am ET LIVE Coverage mountain stage 11
7/14 – 7:30am – 11:30am ET LIVE Coverage mountain stage 12
7/15 & 7/16 – 8:30am – 11:30am ET LIVE Coverage stages 13-14 (stage 14 enters Pyrenees)
7/17 – 7:30am – 11:30am ET LIVE Sunday Coverage! (No Sunday tape delay)
(Stage 15 has the most vertical climbing of any single stage)
7/18 – 7/23 – 8:30am – 11:30am ET LIVE Coverage 7/19 - 7/23
(7/18 is rest day. 7/23 is a Time Trial)
7/24 – 7:30am – 12noon ET Final Day Live (No Sunday tape delay)
Daily Tour de France Repeat Schedule
12:00 - 2:00 pm ET 2 hour condensed edition (check schedule for exceptions)
2:30 - 4:30 pm ET Repeat of noon 2 hour show (check schedule for exceptions)
5:00 – 7:00 pm ET Repeat of noon 2 hour show (check schedule for exceptions)
8:00 –11:00 pm ET/PT 3 hour Prime Time Program
For Reference:
Saturday July 2 Time Trial
Tuesday July 5 Team Time Trial
Sunday July 10 mountain stage
Monday July 11 Rest Day
Tuesday July 12 mountain stage
Wednesday July 13 mountain stage
Thursday July 14 mountain stage
Saturday July 16 mountain stage
Sunday July 17 mountain stage
Monday July 18 Rest Day
Tuesday July 19 mountain stage
Saturday July 23 Final Time Trial
While the morning show is live, on most days it is rarely "lively" (until the finish). Worse (for taping) it is common for stages to finish after 11:30 am. For the casual or novice observer, you can save a lot of free time by taping the afternoon (2:30pm to 4:30 pm)condensed 2 hour coverage, and FF the commercials. Don't even bother watching on the two rest days (July 11 & 18). These are also travel days, and the OLN crew is on the road. Of course, since both rest days are after mountain stages, the mountain stage may be worth watching again.
However, the prime time shows on those two days AFTER the rest days "MAY" have a day by day pre-race review of the Tour so far, which is worth taping. Otherwise, the extra hour is usually extra conversation with secondary personalities (plus some very brief post finish interviews with riders).
Cheers,
Bruce Freeburger
ma-@BIKESonTV.com
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