Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: AV Club's guide to watching Le Tour De France

2015-07-02 Thread Adam Bowie
I'm not sure who the other British announcer is that you're hearing, but there is a small group of freelances who seem to commentate on pretty much every English-language cycling feed I've ever seen. They tend not to be network specific and are often employed by the race directly to provide a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: AV Club's guide to watching Le Tour De France

2015-07-01 Thread Adam Bowie
I'm looking forward to this year's TdF enormously - indeed, I'm going out to watch the Pyrenean stages in the second week. Look out for me waving on the side of a mountain somewhere. That's if I don't die trying to ride up some of the climbs (part-way at least). One thing in the AVClub's piece I

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: AV Club's guide to watching Le Tour De France

2015-07-01 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Bob Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Adam Bowie, to moi and Kevin, in part: One thing in the AVClub's piece I would disagree slightly with is the Phil and Paul show. I must admit that I think it's time for a change of the guard. I first heard Phil