On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 06:37, Tim Wunder wrote: > FWIW, how, exactly, would you go about televising cross-country bike > races?
You can't have watched it. You televise (sp?) it with commentators who know the sport and the athletes, who have been there themselves. Use cameras in helicopters, on motorcycles, in cars and on the ground. Show scenes before and after the day's racing when the athletes warm up and cool down. Interview team managers and the athletes themselves. The coverage we see in North America is minimal (at least on local cable tv), but still the viewer sees the highlights of each days racing, up close enough to see the expressions on the racers faces. I've seen nothing in sport more gripping and inspiring that to watch one of the best in the Tour demoralize his opponents with an attack in the mountains, the sort of attack that Armstrong has used so well these past five tours. I tape them when I can. Of course I love riding in the mountains myself so perhaps I find it more interesting than some, as is likely the case with this thread. -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
