The Vs. thing has been a bit of a pain, I think they planned on the stages being done a little quicker and thats how the time slots first got assigned. So instead of doing the last 2/3 of the stage live, they do the last 2/3 but cut out 5 min to the end, and then at 8(pacific) they have been doing a stage recap and then the last 5 min of the race.
It's a pain but at least i can record it. Before it would just run overtime and the dvr would quit recording. This way at least there is a show I can schedule to record.