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The Tour of California is broadcastet by Eurosport every evening - yesterday from 23:00 - 1:00, today the broadcast starts at 22:30.

Yesterday the first stage and the expected winner. Mark Cavendish 1st, Juan José Haedo 2nd and Alexander Kristoff (BMC Racing) 3rd.

Eisel + Renshaw did a very good lead-out for Cavendish, Haedo was close but Cav could accelerate short before crossing the line to win.

Funny. While the Giro started last year with writing all their tv info stuff in english ("Maglia Rosa Group", "Front of the race", ...), I read frensh language at the Tour of California ("premiere..", "deuxieme..", "troixieme passage" of the finish line)^^

Really bad weather yesterday - no tv coverage...i saw the last KM, for about 10 Minutes...

At the second stage a group of 27 reached the finish first, victory for Brett Lancaster (Cervelo Test Team). All favorites for the GK except George Hincapie were in this group, Hincapie finished 1:17 behind the first group.

Lancaster took also the leaders-jersey - young Peter Sagan was the second rider crossing the line and taking the "youth-jersey"

The same for me, and it was the remake of the final circuit of the Champs Elisées. With the "tunnel".

It was cool to see it, a special live!

Luna wrote:Funny. While the Giro started last year with writing all their tv info stuff in english ("Maglia Rosa Group", "Front of the race", ...), I read frensh language at the Tour of California ("premiere..", "deuxieme..", "troixieme passage" of the finish line)^^

maybe this is associated with the fact that the ASO is responsible for the television production

Of course it is! And they want to introduce the american bike race viewers to the TdF-phraseology. But the contrast to RCS turning into english language consists, however, although they don't even race on american soil (still..).