Archives | Friday, July 4, 2008 Note: Tomorrow's Tour de France Stage 1 departs Brest at 12:30 CET (6:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected in Plumelec between 16:59 and 17:26 CET (10:59 and 11:26am U.S. Eastern). Live coverage on Eurosport is scheduled to begin at 11:30 CET (5:30am U.S. Eastern). Live audio and video streams (various sources) should begin then or early to mid afternoon local time. We'll have all the feeds and more in the morning. Coming before tomorrow's Stage 1: Our Tour de France Live Coverage Guide (live video, audio, tickers, graphics)  2008 Tour de France Teams Presentation: Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) of Colombia waves to the crowd yesterday. Soler won the Mountains Classification in the 2007 Tour. Soler's compatriot, Colombian-French anti-corruption activist Ingrid Betancourt, was rescued this week after more than 6 years in captivity in the Colombian jungle. photo Copyright © 2008 Fotoreporter Sirotti for cyclingfans.com  2008 Tour de France Teams Presentation: Acrobats dressed as French Postal workers pedal bikes high above the crowd yesterday. photo Copyright © 2008 Fotoreporter Sirotti for cyclingfans.com  2008 Tour de France Teams Presentation: American George Hincapie (Columbia Pro Cycling Team) on the eve of his country's Independence Day (the 4th of July). Hincapie is wearing the new Columbia team (formerly Team High Road) cycling jersey. The American flags on the collar and sleeves mark Hincapie's status as a past U.S. national champion. photo Copyright © 2008 Fotoreporter Sirotti for cyclingfans.com Thursday, July 3, 2008
Live coverage of the Tour de France Teams Presentation Eurosport is showing live coverage of the Tour de France Teams Presentation today. The broadcast, which should begin by 18:15 CET (12:15pm U.S. Eastern) is available via live video streaming for some markets. We're looking for more options. Eurosport France live streaming here
(not available everywhere) Tiny Eurosport live video stream here (no audio) For live audio, try the Eurosport audio feeds at left. More links to come if available. Wednesday, July 2, 2008 2008 Tour de France live coverage preview Eurosport will be showing tomorrow's Tour de France Teams Presentation live starting at around 18:00 CET (12pm U.S. Eastern). If there is live video streaming of this event on the internet, we will post links tomorrow. We will have photos from the teams presentation late tomorrow or early Friday. Eurosport will of course broadcast every stage of the Tour live. That means there should be, at minimum, Eurosport live audio online. The live audio streams have worked on and off this year. They are working at the moment. As in years past, we expect to be able to list several sources for Tour de France live video streams . We're working on locating sources this week and will list whatever we find before Saturday's stage start. We will then continue to search for alternative streams once the race has begun. We will also list the usual assortment of Tour de France live tickers, graphics, etc., as well as information on how to watch the Tour de France via satellite. Versus Tour de France broadcast schedule Versus will again be showing the Tour de France live and via replay, starting with Saturday's Stage 1. (There is no prologue time trial this year.) All times U.S. Eastern.
Monday, June 30, 2008 Breaking news: Landis appeal dismissed by Court of Arbitration for Sport. Landis has also been ordered to pay $100,000 to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for court costs. More here . Tomorrow or Wednesday we'll take a first look at the live coverage options for following the 2008 Tour de France, which starts Saturday. Also, we will have 2008 Tour de France photos every day starting with the Teams Presentation. Landis verdict due today The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS-TAS) today will announce the result of Floyd Landis's appeal hearing held in March. A Landis win would mean he'd reclaim his 2006 Tour de France title. Meanwhile, cycling coach and Landis associate Arnie Baker today has published the second edition of his The Wiki Defense. In an email to cyclingfans.com, Baker wrote " The CAS hearing has provided new, relevant, and significant information..... There are more than 100 new pages. The book is now about 440 pages." Baker added, by way of a synopsis in his email, that the lab "lied, botched the test in the first place, and never even identified testosterone properly." Did the Landis team demonstrate that the French lab (LNDD) is sloppy and unprofessional? No doubt. But were they able to convince the CAS-appointed lawyers that the evidence does not support a clear case of doping? We'll know the answer to that today. |