[OT] Congrats

[Ian Stephen]

On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 06:37, Tim Wunder wrote:

> FWIW, how, exactly, would you go about televising cross-country bike 
> races?

You can't have watched it.  You televise (sp?) it with commentators who
know the sport and the athletes, who have been there themselves.  Use
cameras in helicopters, on motorcycles, in cars and on the ground.  Show
scenes before and after the day's racing when the athletes warm up and
cool down.  Interview team managers and the athletes themselves.

The coverage we see in North America is minimal (at least on local cable
tv), but still the viewer sees the highlights of each days racing, up
close enough to see the expressions on the racers faces.

I've seen nothing in sport more gripping and inspiring that to watch one
of the best in the Tour demoralize his opponents with an attack in the
mountains, the sort of attack that Armstrong has used so well these past
five tours.  I tape them when I can.

Of course I love riding in the mountains myself so perhaps I find it
more interesting than some, as is likely the case with this thread.

-- 
Ian Stephen <ianstepn at shaw.ca>