Does anyone on here know what channel, if any, is covering the Tour de Suisse? This is the last tour that Lance Armstrong is doing before the Tour de France and I was curious to watch to see how he does.

I've also been trying to find who is covering Critérium du Dauphiné, in which Alberto Contador is attending, but I don't think any channels are covering that race.

Thanks,
Andre

 

Andre, looks like it may be covered daily for one hour + on Versus?
http://www.versus.com/blogs/epic-cycle/201...cycle-schedule/

(Scroll down to Tour de Suisse for the schedule.)

Versus has now returned to DirecTV.

 

Excellent... thank you.

Andre

 

Stage 8 (the finish) was on Versus today. Lance came in second overall, 12 seconds behind the surprise winner: Frank Schleck of SaxoBank.

Should be a great Tour de France this year.

 

the tour of suisse was great. Contador will win the tour de france im afraid. I would be a lot happier with Andy Schleck, cadell evans or lance winning, but that will be a long shot

 

Yeah, Lance seems to be ready for the big mountains, but is still having some trouble in the time trials. I think the opening time trial in the TdS was a disappointment, but he looked like he was taking it easy in the rain to avoid trouble. He finished the Prolog 29 seconds behind Cancellara. But he beat Schleck by 5 seconds in the final TT. Apparently, too, Saxo Bank has been working on the Schleck brothers' time trialing form.

 

The TDF is going to be very entertaining this year and I can't wait for it.

Frank Schleck really did just came out of no where with that performance during the TT.

Andre

 

Although he didn't do so good in the opening TT, he did seem to be getting stronger and stronger as the TDS progressed.

You also have to remember that Lance usually seems to be a bit secretive when it comes to showing his performance during other tours right before the TDF. It seems that he purposely holds back a bit to give somewhat of a false impression of his abilities... or at least I'm hope I'm right cause I would really like to see him come back and kick some major a$$, considering his age and his 3 years away from the sport.

I think LA's team is going to play a major factor in his performance as well, considering he has Leipheimer and Kloeden riding with him.

Andre