Originally Posted by
jimblairo
I thought it was the worst telecast of a bike race I've ever seen. Really spotty coverage and way too much advertising. The courses were too flat. In most stages the telecaster had a 2 hour block but most stages were over in the first 45 minutes and the race was joined live with 30 to 35 km to go.
I'll agree with the horrifically bad coverage, but most stages were not over in the first 45 minutes. I may get the stage numbers wrong, but two of the days, I think it was stage 2 and 3, the winning break did not get away from the field until 100km in. Sadly, 2+ hours of eschelons hammering it in the wind each of these days was not broadcast and we did not get to enjoy it.
(Or I totally misunderstood you and you meant that there was only 45 minutes of actual racing covered. Yeah. That sucked.)