HEAD’S UP-TOUR of CALIFORNIA
TV coverage for the upcoming Tour of California is available on the VS channel.
The TV schedule is as follows:
Sunday, 2/17/08: 5-7 p.m. (EST) Prologue in Palo Alto
Monday, 2/18/08: 1-2 a.m. (EST) Recap
Monday, 2/18/08: 10-11 p.m. (EST) Stage 1 -- Sausalito to Santa Rosa
Tuesday, 2/19/08: 10-11 p.m. (EST) Stage 2 -- Santa Rosa to Sacramento
Wednesday, 2/20/08: 11p.m.-12 a.m. (EST) Stage 3 -- Modesto to San Jose
Thursday, 2/21/08: 11 p.m.-12 a.m. (EST) Stage 4 -- Seaside to San Luis Obispo
Friday, 2/22/08: 11 p.m.-12 a.m. (EST) Stage 5 -- Solvang Time Trial
Saturday, 2/23/08: 5-7 p.m. (EST) Stage 6 -- Santa Barbara to Santa Clarita
Sunday, 2/24/08: 1-2 a.m. (EST) Stage 6 -- Recap
Sunday, 2/24/08: 5-7 p.m. (EST) Stage 7 -- Santa Clarita to Pasadena
Monday, 2/25/08: 1-2 a.m. (EST) Stage 7 -- Recap
VS is available on channel 65 on Time Warner cable system out of S Portland.
VS repeats its programming. So, for example, the Sunday 5PM stage is also available for viewing at midnight, or other early morning hours.
Stage 6, on Saturday, seems to be the one to set time aside. One web site describes it as follows:
"With the individual time trial the day before reshuffling the general classification, the top riders fighting to maintain or battling for a spot on the final podium might be separated merely by seconds when they start the HealthNet-sponsored stage 6 near the breathtaking Santa Barbara shoreline. Along the peloton’s 105-mile journey to Santa Clarita, the racers will be hit with four leg-breaking King of the Mountains climbs and three sprint lines, which means crucial points will be up for grabs for riders gunning for the climber’s title and the green sprinter’s jersey. After cruising through Carpenteria on Highway 192, the peloton will face two KOMs on Highway 150 before passing Lake Casitas and entering scenic Ojai. The pack will tackle the third KOM just outside Ojai and descend into Santa Paula. Saving the best for last, the menacingly steep Balcom Canyon climb will be the final KOM of the stage. The last two years, waiting on Balcom Canyon was an enormous enthusiastic sea of nearly 25,000 fans that parted to let the riders pass. Finally three demanding circuits in Santa Clarita remain. The sprinters will be deployed on a mad dash for the finish line at McBean Parkway at the Valencia Town Center"
Phil Leggett and Paul Sherwin will be providing voice overs.
-Russ
3 comments:
Thanks for your information Russ. We have our DVR set. Hopefully Versus won't change the programming schedule. (It has happened in the past.)
I'll be following it on line during the day for the most comprehensive coverage as opposed to the hour recap that Versus will provide during the week. For those of you who wish to do this, VeloNews.com has good coverage, in addition to Cyclingnews.com.
I suppose Kris will like the hours of the Versus coverage. Isn't that during his prime awake hours?
FYI, per Versus.com, the Monday and Tuesday coverage is 11pm-12m, same as the rest of the weekdays.
Don't forget about Bob Roll too... there is nothing like Phil Liggett's voice to make me think of summer though... how many more weeks until spring?
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