man of few opinions wrote:
Well I suppose what i admire the most about endurance athletes such as marathoners, ultra-marathoners and cyclists such as the ones that race the classics are their strength and endurance, pain tolerance, complete and total fearlessness and amazing perseverance and desire to finish in the face of what seems like hopeless adversity. Those guys dont have an ounce of quit in them, almost to the point of not continuing only due to it being physically impossible.
I agree. Plus, NBC Sports has a fantastic telecast with Liggett and Roll on the play-by-play and then Van de Velde and Horner as commentators. My wife was surprised how hard Horner went after the decision to bring Chris Froome to the Tour this season when they discussed it yesterday. That level of criticism is absent in a lot of sports coverage. And if you want more honest coverage of the Tour, Lance Armstrong's daily podcast during the Tour is excellent. We all know his past and his dbag ways but he is fantastic on the podcast.
I had a buddy a number of years ago recommend watching the Tour de France. He stated how great it looks on a big TV and the overall comfortableness of watching it everyday for 3 weeks. He couldn't really sell me on it other than saying it grows on you. And he was completely right. I've been watching the Tour for the last 10 years and I really enjoy it.