A note about video quality - it was bad pretty much everywhere. I have UK Sky Sports, and friends of mine get RTL (Lux), German and Dutch feeds on their cable. Everyone noted the picture quality was poor.
Attribute it to the weather and the region - it is just harder to get a good picture when both combine like they did this year.
On another note ... I had Gilbert to win Paris Tours ... looks like I was just a few days off! He is an amazing one day rider.