USPS: Shameful

Brian Laffatme

That Bruyneel would enter such a weak team.

I expect Ag2R Prevoyance, Gerolsteinter, Relax, Liberty Seguros,
Euskatel-Euskadi, Alessio-Bianchi, or especially Domina-Vacanza to
make infinitely more of an impression on the Great Ronde than the
mediocre lineup that USPS is sending.


bon appetit,


Brian Laffatme

Buster

USPS has only one goal : Tour de France. I don't live in the States, but I
read in the papers that there are only 2 races live on tv in the USA : TDF
and Paris Roubaix. (I don't know if its true.)


"Brian Laffatme" <B_Laffatme@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
news:7af61f54.0404031704.3772c6c9@posting.google.com...
> That Bruyneel would enter such a weak team.
>
> I expect Ag2R Prevoyance, Gerolsteinter, Relax, Liberty Seguros,
> Euskatel-Euskadi, Alessio-Bianchi, or especially Domina-Vacanza to
> make infinitely more of an impression on the Great Ronde than the
> mediocre lineup that USPS is sending.
>
>
> bon appetit,
>
>
> Brian Laffatme

Ryan Cousineau

In article <GpNbc.59862$nl2.3936319@phobos.telenet-ops.be>,
"Buster" <Buster-@pandora.be> wrote:

> USPS has only one goal : Tour de France. I don't live in the States, but I
> read in the papers that there are only 2 races live on tv in the USA : TDF
> and Paris Roubaix. (I don't know if its true.)

Don't believe everything you read in the papers. OLN, a fairly common
cable channel, carries all three Grand Tours, most of the Spring
Classics, and so forth. Not positive about live coverage (which for the
tours is problematic viewing on this continent anyways; being from the
west coast, I was able to catch an hour or so of racing in the morning
before work) but tape-delayed same-day replay at worst.

Canada, on the other hand, is utterly screwed. OLN Canada only carries
the Tour de France. The only reason we got coverage of the World's last
year was because they were in Canada. I have considered getting a 12'
dish just because OLN's US feed is broadcast unencrypted.

--
Ryan Cousineau, rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

Buster

Damned, I'm going to Canada this summer. So I won't see much of last to
weeks of the TDF. I'm leaving 11 july, wich means I will miss all the
mountain stages. I remember when I was in canada 8 years ago they showed
some 30 minutes per stage, including 3 commercial breaks.

But there is internet now... They have internet in Canada, don't they :-)

"Ryan Cousineau" <rcousine@sfu.ca> schreef in bericht
news:rcousine-A91BF1.22591603042004@morgoth.sfu.ca...
> In article <GpNbc.59862$nl2.3936319@phobos.telenet-ops.be>,
> "Buster" <Buster-@pandora.be> wrote:
>
> > USPS has only one goal : Tour de France. I don't live in the States, but
I
> > read in the papers that there are only 2 races live on tv in the USA :
TDF
> > and Paris Roubaix. (I don't know if its true.)
>
> Don't believe everything you read in the papers. OLN, a fairly common
> cable channel, carries all three Grand Tours, most of the Spring
> Classics, and so forth. Not positive about live coverage (which for the
> tours is problematic viewing on this continent anyways; being from the
> west coast, I was able to catch an hour or so of racing in the morning
> before work) but tape-delayed same-day replay at worst.
>
> Canada, on the other hand, is utterly screwed. OLN Canada only carries
> the Tour de France. The only reason we got coverage of the World's last
> year was because they were in Canada. I have considered getting a 12'
> dish just because OLN's US feed is broadcast unencrypted.
>
> --
> Ryan Cousineau, rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
> President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

John Forrest Tomlinson

The OP was either a troll or mistake. The USPS team for Flanders is
good. Cruz is a good worker and Padrnos is a major horse. Ekimov,
Hincapie and Van Heeswijk are all contenders, Joachim is a former
national champion (and doper...) who was in the finale last year
working for Ekimov.

JT

Steven L. Sheffield

Live coverage in 2004: Paris Nice, Fleche-Wallonne, Giro d'Italia, Tour de
France, and presumably the Vuelta a Espana.

Same day coverage: Tour of Flanders, Paris Roubaix, Liege Bastogne Liege;
Amstel Gold;


On 04/03/2004 11:53 PM, in article
GpNbc.59862$nl2.3936319@phobos.telenet-ops.be, "Buster" <Buster-@pandora.be>
wrote:

> USPS has only one goal : Tour de France. I don't live in the States, but I
> read in the papers that there are only 2 races live on tv in the USA : TDF
> and Paris Roubaix. (I don't know if its true.)
>
>
> "Brian Laffatme" <B_Laffatme@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
> news:7af61f54.0404031704.3772c6c9@posting.google.com...
>> That Bruyneel would enter such a weak team.
>>
>> I expect Ag2R Prevoyance, Gerolsteinter, Relax, Liberty Seguros,
>> Euskatel-Euskadi, Alessio-Bianchi, or especially Domina-Vacanza to
>> make infinitely more of an impression on the Great Ronde than the
>> mediocre lineup that USPS is sending.
>>
>>
>> bon appetit,
>>
>>
>> Brian Laffatme
>
>

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John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
>
> The OP was either a troll or mistake. The USPS team for Flanders is
> good. Cruz is a good worker and Padrnos is a major horse. Ekimov,
> Hincapie and Van Heeswijk are all contenders, Joachim is a former
> national champion (and doper...) who was in the finale last year
> working for Ekimov.
>
> JT

i believe it was sarcasm, and the intent was to make the same point you
just did. but the op is a very naughty boy, i can guarantee you that.

heather- signing out of rbr now so that i can enjoy the extensive deluxe
1 hour coverage of the ronde that oln will be providing me later. thank
god for cyclingnews and their full race report to fill in the details
for me.

Jim Flom

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote ...
>
> Canada, on the other hand, is utterly screwed. OLN Canada only carries
> the Tour de France. The only reason we got coverage of the World's last
> year was because they were in Canada. I have considered getting a 12'
> dish just because OLN's US feed is broadcast unencrypted.

That's good to know. I just moved to British Columbia and we've been on the
fence about cable versus satellite. We thought OLN is OLN, but nooooooo...

Sonarrat

in article 7af61f54.0404031704.3772c6c9@posting.google.com, Brian Laffatme
at B_Laffatme@hotmail.com wrote on 4/3/04 6:04 PM:

> That Bruyneel would enter such a weak team.
>
> I expect Ag2R Prevoyance, Gerolsteinter, Relax, Liberty Seguros,
> Euskatel-Euskadi, Alessio-Bianchi, or especially Domina-Vacanza to
> make infinitely more of an impression on the Great Ronde than the
> mediocre lineup that USPS is sending.

No, no, no, no, no, no, double no.

-Sonarrat.

James Calivar

"Buster" <Buster-@pandora.be> wrote in message
news:GpNbc.59862$nl2.3936319@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> USPS has only one goal : Tour de France. I don't live in the States, but I
> read in the papers that there are only 2 races live on tv in the USA : TDF
> and Paris Roubaix. (I don't know if its true.)
>
>
> "Brian Laffatme" <B_Laffatme@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
> news:7af61f54.0404031704.3772c6c9@posting.google.com...
> > That Bruyneel would enter such a weak team.
> >
> > I expect Ag2R Prevoyance, Gerolsteinter, Relax, Liberty Seguros,
> > Euskatel-Euskadi, Alessio-Bianchi, or especially Domina-Vacanza to
> > make infinitely more of an impression on the Great Ronde than the
> > mediocre lineup that USPS is sending.
> >
> >
> > bon appetit,
> >
> >
> > Brian Laffatme
>
>

We also have decent coverage of the Giro, and the Vuelta, and during the season
there are several taped segments dealing with the classics.

Ryan Cousineau

In article <aVObc.59904$ft2.3949713@phobos.telenet-ops.be>,
"Buster" <Buster-@pandora.be> wrote:


> "Ryan Cousineau" <rcousine@sfu.ca> schreef in bericht
> news:rcousine-A91BF1.22591603042004@morgoth.sfu.ca...

> > Canada, on the other hand, is utterly screwed. OLN Canada only carries
> > the Tour de France. The only reason we got coverage of the World's last
> > year was because they were in Canada. I have considered getting a 12'
> > dish just because OLN's US feed is broadcast unencrypted.

> Damned, I'm going to Canada this summer. So I won't see much of last to
> weeks of the TDF. I'm leaving 11 july, wich means I will miss all the
> mountain stages. I remember when I was in canada 8 years ago they showed
> some 30 minutes per stage, including 3 commercial breaks.

The TdF is the one coverage that OLN Canada does carry. The coverage, as
far as I can tell, is exactly the same for the Tour as the US network.

> But there is internet now... They have internet in Canada, don't they :-)

No. This e-mail was sent by handing it to a passing mountie, who had to
fight off beavers, moose, the frigid Arctic winds, and a nasty loose
thread in his red serge to get this newsposting to the border.

--
Ryan Cousineau, rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

Buster

Do you know what this :-) means ?
btw : I love Canada, i've been there a few times and this year I'm going
back.

"Ryan Cousineau" <rcousine@sfu.ca> schreef in bericht
news:rcousine-98A7F6.19101404042004@morgoth.sfu.ca...
> In article <aVObc.59904$ft2.3949713@phobos.telenet-ops.be>,
> "Buster" <Buster-@pandora.be> wrote:
>
>
> > "Ryan Cousineau" <rcousine@sfu.ca> schreef in bericht
> > news:rcousine-A91BF1.22591603042004@morgoth.sfu.ca...
>
> > > Canada, on the other hand, is utterly screwed. OLN Canada only carries
> > > the Tour de France. The only reason we got coverage of the World's
last
> > > year was because they were in Canada. I have considered getting a 12'
> > > dish just because OLN's US feed is broadcast unencrypted.
>
> > Damned, I'm going to Canada this summer. So I won't see much of last to
> > weeks of the TDF. I'm leaving 11 july, wich means I will miss all the
> > mountain stages. I remember when I was in canada 8 years ago they showed
> > some 30 minutes per stage, including 3 commercial breaks.
>
> The TdF is the one coverage that OLN Canada does carry. The coverage, as
> far as I can tell, is exactly the same for the Tour as the US network.
>
> > But there is internet now... They have internet in Canada, don't they
:-)
>
> No. This e-mail was sent by handing it to a passing mountie, who had to
> fight off beavers, moose, the frigid Arctic winds, and a nasty loose
> thread in his red serge to get this newsposting to the border.
>
> --
> Ryan Cousineau, rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
> President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club