I wish there weren't so many flat stages in a row during the first week. Kinda feel like the whole first week is one big prologue stage to the mountains.
I first wathced the tour back in the 80s with the CBS wrap-up shows and only recently started watching the full tour on OLN when Lance took over. So, it takes a love of cycling to actually sit thru it all. it's a great sport no matter who the players are.