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07-16-05, 11:51 AM
Two weeks ago I had a surprising interview with Sporting News Radio host Scott Wetzel. On his nationally syndicated show he told me that, if he wanted to, he could win stage 13 of this year's Tour de France. You can see more about that here:
http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=8239
We just completed the follow up call. Sporting News Radio led into it with a song they must have composed themselves (which was actually quite good) about how boring the Tour de France and bicycles are. Obviously, they were very well prepared.
The interview (not including the song) has been posted to my Web site if your interested. I have no idea why I erroniously said that McEwen crossed the line at "70 KPH which is 35 MPH." It's actually about 43 MPH. Whoops. The correct speed would have made my point much better.
Another question he asked which I wish I'd answered differently was, "Will it be embarassing to the Tour de France if the guy who wins the yellow jersey doesn't win a stage along the way?" If I'd though quickly enough I would have said, "Would it be embarassing to the Masters if the guy who wins the Green Jacket doesn't have the lowest round on one of the days?"
Amazingly, though, he seemed to start to get it (at least a little bit) about halfway through the interview. You can listen to the audio by going to this page:
http://www.ReadTheRace.com
and clicking on the 7/16/05 Sporting News Radio link partway down the page on the left hand side.
Doing all of these interviews has been fun, and I'll keep promoting cycling as hard as I can. Hopefully, eventually somebody will take a serious look into turning "The Race" into a movie. Once they do I believe it will find a wide audience. Lots of people will be kicking themselves for letting the Lance Armstrong era slide by without ever having watched anything other than a couple sports center highlights that they didn't have the background to understand.
Tailwinds,
Dave Shields
http://www.ReadTheRace.com
http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=8239
We just completed the follow up call. Sporting News Radio led into it with a song they must have composed themselves (which was actually quite good) about how boring the Tour de France and bicycles are. Obviously, they were very well prepared.
The interview (not including the song) has been posted to my Web site if your interested. I have no idea why I erroniously said that McEwen crossed the line at "70 KPH which is 35 MPH." It's actually about 43 MPH. Whoops. The correct speed would have made my point much better.
Another question he asked which I wish I'd answered differently was, "Will it be embarassing to the Tour de France if the guy who wins the yellow jersey doesn't win a stage along the way?" If I'd though quickly enough I would have said, "Would it be embarassing to the Masters if the guy who wins the Green Jacket doesn't have the lowest round on one of the days?"
Amazingly, though, he seemed to start to get it (at least a little bit) about halfway through the interview. You can listen to the audio by going to this page:
http://www.ReadTheRace.com
and clicking on the 7/16/05 Sporting News Radio link partway down the page on the left hand side.
Doing all of these interviews has been fun, and I'll keep promoting cycling as hard as I can. Hopefully, eventually somebody will take a serious look into turning "The Race" into a movie. Once they do I believe it will find a wide audience. Lots of people will be kicking themselves for letting the Lance Armstrong era slide by without ever having watched anything other than a couple sports center highlights that they didn't have the background to understand.
Tailwinds,
Dave Shields
http://www.ReadTheRace.com