I have found a few other cycling (or at least Lance) fans at the office. Late every morning the phones start ringing: My connection timed out! Are you on the Tour site or OLN? E-mail me the updates!
We "watched" the L'Alpe d'Huez time trial yesterday, but it was nothing like seeing the tv feed. When I did finally catch the rebroadcast last night I was actually a bit glad I hadn't seen it live, because the drunk morons on the road would have been giving me a heart attack. I was glad to see that Jean-Marie Leblanc saw the same problems:
"I was scared, too, and I felt relieved when we reached the section with barriers," Leblanc told Reuters. "Until this morning, everybody thought this time trial was a good idea, and now we realized it was not so. There were lots of aggressive fans surrounding the riders, and I even saw two idiots spit at Lance Armstrong."
(from Velonews)
I guess every sport has its asshole fans.
Anyway, since the group of cycling fans here at work includes the VP of my division, I had no problem turning on the audio feed for the end of today's stage, which sounded like another thriller, with Armstrong sprinting out to beat winner-apparent Andreas Klöden in the final meters. I can't wait to see this one.
I wonder if we can get the really big bosses turned on to cycling. Next summer: OLN on the projection screen in the company conference room.
Posted by Nic at July 22, 2004 11:50 AMI worked at Marketing Agency that had a conference room with a 6 foot rear projection screen. One year I successfully scheduled meetings for the start of every America's Cup race.
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at July 24, 2004 08:53 PM