I reiterate the network that is covering Le Tour the most heavily, the Outdoor Life Network, is reporting about 80-90% of the time in SI, distances in kilometers or meters and altitudes in meters. The purists would be happy because they say kee-lo-me-ters, not kil-om-e-ters. One commentator, who usually gives temperature in Celsius, gave it in Fahrenheit the other day. The scoundrels got to him. In most interviews I've heard with Lance A. he talks in km. In fact the American bicycle road racing scene is fairly metric in it's thinking. My hometown just hosted the Masters National Championships, and the RR course distances were given in km in the info packs. The biggest American bike racing magazine, Velonews, usually reports races in kilometers as well. The purists would cringe at their use of kph, however. BTW the tour has a rest/travel day-no racing. Scott C. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Louis JOURDAN > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:34 AM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:14477] Tour de France > > > To my American friends, > > Your co-citizen Lance Armstrong has a great chance to win the > Tour de France. > > Is it not time that you DEMAND that all reports in newspapers, TVs, > etc. are in SI units ? > > For sure Lance Armstrong has made up his mind to think in kilometers, > not in miles ! > > Louis > >
