coverage in sense by host broadcaster,
when there is not much excitement on road they venture offroad and try to narrate a fw things about surroundings which keeps interest alive.
It looks like Ten Sports broadcast manager or editor is not a media person or he / she is straightaway picked up from DD where practice of cutting through the programs is rampant.
I wish some one else picks up the telecast rights and gives better coverage next time.
yesterdays stage :
Thor Hushovd at last surged into the form and took away the stage winning position in an event less organized but fiercly competed sprint finish.
The day was overshadowed by breakaway of 5 riders including Sylvian Chavanel who let go of last climbing points to let his team mate Auge to held on to the Polka dot jersey.
Top ten in stage : Code:
1. Thor Hushovd (NOR) C.A 193km in 4h37’37 (41.687km/h)
2. Robbie Hunter (RSA) BAR
3. Oscar Freire (ESP) RAB
4. Erik Zabel (GER) MRM
5. Danilo Napolitano (ITA) LAM
6. Gert Steegmans (BEL) QSI
7. Robert Forster (GER) GST
8. Tom Boonen (BEL) QSI
9. Sebastien Chavanel (FRA) FDJ
10. Mark Cavendish (GBR) TMO
Overall Top Ten after stage 4:
Code:
1) Fabian Cancellara, Team CSC, Switzerland
2) Thor Hushovd, Credit Agricole, Norway, at :29
3) Andreas Klöden, Astana, Germany, at :33
4) David Millar, Saunier Duval-Prodir, Great Britain, at :41
5) George Hincapie, Discovery Channel, USA, at :43
6) Bradley Wiggins, Cofidis, Great Britain, at :43
7) Sylvain Chavanel, Cofidis, at :33
8) Vladimir Gusev, Discovery Channel, Russia, at :45
9) Tom Boonen, Quick Step, Belgium, at :46
10) Vladimir Karpets, Caisse d'Epargne, Russia, at :46
Tom Boonen holds the green jersey, but still lacks a stage win
Stéphane Augé holds the King of the Mountains jersey for another day
Vladimir Gusev continues his run in white jersey.
Today`s stage sees for the first time a few real climbs with category 2 and 3 climbs in last 25 kilometers, so expect to have exciting race and a large buch of changes in general classification.