Gimme a break. There’s going to be a lot more things you’ll miss. I suppose you’re going to get out there on your Western Flyer and show us how it’s done?
Of course, I wouldn’t watch it on the US coverage either. Try to get a raw feed on ’tinternet if you can: Watching the French countryside and the small town as they travel through is wonderful and relaxing.
The Tour is not a great spectator sport because it takes so long… which is what makes it great. It is not so much a contest of strength but of stamina, hardly fit to video. The Race Across America (RAAM) is even less covered. While the Tour is a stage race – each stage a few hours long in a circuit around the border of France – RAAM is a marathon of staggering proportions. Contestants begin at the west coast of the USA (historically the pier at Santa Monica, but more recently Oceanside) and compete to be the first to arrive at the destination (recently Annapolis, Maryland) on the east coast. Sleep is very expensive. The time to beat is 8 days, 1 hour, 23 minutes for 3070 miles.
Now, for runners there is the Peaks 500 mile ultramarathon….
|Even after the saga of he-who-must -not be named, I’m still a fan of cycling and the race. I taped (DVRed) every stage and watched later that night. I did get to zoom through some of it each night too…
Tyge about 2 years ago
GOSH! Me too! 8^ )
wjones about 2 years ago
Janis did not say anything hoping Arlo would forget.
Muzi54 about 2 years ago
I missed it accidently on purpose too.
SpacedInvader Premium Member about 2 years ago
Well, there’s a race worth crying about. Kinda like watching Frisbee Golf. I’ll never participate.
fredd13 about 2 years ago
Best thing about the Tour de France coverage is usually the helicopter shots of the French countryside.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs about 2 years ago
“…yet somehow, life goes on.”
whahoppened about 2 years ago
Gimme a break. There’s going to be a lot more things you’ll miss. I suppose you’re going to get out there on your Western Flyer and show us how it’s done?
nosirrom about 2 years ago
After 33 years the Tour de France Femmes is back, Arlo. It began yesterday.
distortion about 2 years ago
The last day of the Tour is always the saddest day of summer for me.
WaitingMan about 2 years ago
Won by Jonas Vingegaard. Two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar finished second. Household names, both.
Ermine Notyours about 2 years ago
Don’t worry, Arlo. You’ll be in even better shape next year.
mywifeslover about 2 years ago
There was a time when Arlo would use events as this as a catalyst for a bonus bout of bouncing on the beds. Arlo is slipping.
trainnut1956 about 2 years ago
The Tour de France isn’t heavily promoted in the US because the cable networks can’t ultra-monetize it.
ScullyUFO about 2 years ago
Just a reminder of how rarely we see a bicycle or even a motor vehicle on A & J.
ddjg about 2 years ago
The Tour of Somerville went by right in front of my boyhood home . .
BadCreaturesBecomeDems about 2 years ago
I guess he didn’t read my sign…
Gameguy49 Premium Member about 2 years ago
It is well worth missing.
colddonkey about 2 years ago
I didn’t miss it or watch it.
The Orange Mailman about 2 years ago
At least it’s getting a little attention.
morningglory73 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Watching it on TV or actually being a contestant in it? I missed it too.
mrsdonaldson about 2 years ago
That’s the 30th year in a row! Oh, well, maybe next year.
Skeptical Meg about 2 years ago
The only time the Tour de France was on my radar is when friends invited us over to watch the leg to Carcassonne while playing Carcassonne.
mourdac Premium Member about 2 years ago
About the only time there is significant interest in the U.S. is when a rider from there wins. And then there’s Lance Armstrong ….
Clotty Peristalt about 2 years ago
Your loss, Arlo.
Of course, I wouldn’t watch it on the US coverage either. Try to get a raw feed on ’tinternet if you can: Watching the French countryside and the small town as they travel through is wonderful and relaxing.
dv1093 about 2 years ago
That happened to me with the All Star Game.
Going Nuts about 2 years ago
I do notice the local biker groups are out and about during TDF season. Some of them believe the roads are only for bikes too.
Bill The Nuke about 2 years ago
Joining it or watching it?
Teto85 Premium Member about 2 years ago
I watched it every day. It was a lot of fun.
jarvisloop about 2 years ago
I hold the same opinion of the Tour that I do of soccer: meh.
My First Premium Member about 2 years ago
Can’t wait to miss it again next year.
flagmichael about 2 years ago
The Tour is not a great spectator sport because it takes so long… which is what makes it great. It is not so much a contest of strength but of stamina, hardly fit to video. The Race Across America (RAAM) is even less covered. While the Tour is a stage race – each stage a few hours long in a circuit around the border of France – RAAM is a marathon of staggering proportions. Contestants begin at the west coast of the USA (historically the pier at Santa Monica, but more recently Oceanside) and compete to be the first to arrive at the destination (recently Annapolis, Maryland) on the east coast. Sleep is very expensive. The time to beat is 8 days, 1 hour, 23 minutes for 3070 miles.
Now, for runners there is the Peaks 500 mile ultramarathon….
Out of the Past about 2 years ago
I always miss The Kentucky Derby.
khjalmarj about 2 years ago
I think I’ll just wait for the reruns later this summer.
dahhardee about 2 years ago
Well the wife and i do not bike but we love the tour. We get to view beautiful villages and countrysides.
Plods with ...™ about 2 years ago
Shucks
raybarb44 about 2 years ago
Oh darn……
SteveR405 about 2 years ago
Tell me that the TDF is not fixed? Seems like every year the guy that wins it is wearing a yellow shirt. /s
Thanksfortheinfo2000 about 2 years ago
(sigh) My favorite sports aren’t very welcome in my household, either (sailing, cycling, and soccer).
philwinn about 2 years ago
I hate it when that happens!
donwestonmysteries about 2 years ago
Does Arlo even ride a bike?
Flossie Mud Duck about 2 years ago
Don’t tell Jef Mallett.
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom about 2 years ago
And who cares?
Makapo about 2 years ago
Oh, no! Anyway…
sobrown51 about 2 years ago
I didn’t see it, but I certainly didn’t miss it.
sobrown51 about 2 years ago
Best you can say for the Tour is that they recycle.
foxmike6513 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Too bad—-it was a really good race this year.
ElVez2 about 2 years ago
Phil, Bob and company are welcome to spend every July with me .
jrgtr42 about 2 years ago
|Even after the saga of he-who-must -not be named, I’m still a fan of cycling and the race. I taped (DVRed) every stage and watched later that night. I did get to zoom through some of it each night too…
j.l.farmer about 2 years ago
If you were that interested in it I am sure you would have Googled it to find out when it started and checked on it daily.
Killraven Premium Member 12 months ago
I e missed it for 68 years, well the first few I wasn’t allowed near the tv.