Promo video with none other than Phil Liggett
Update: Tour Down Under roster: Armstrong returns but many contend for championship
The Tour Down Under is bringing a host of pro cycling luminaries to the roads of South Australia from Jan. 17 through 24, and Versus will kick off its 2010 cycling coverage with daily tape-delayed updates from the race.
Cycling enthusiasts in the US must compute some “Back-to-the-Future”-style time zone calculations to keep track of the live action, however, as the 6-stage race takes place 15 1/2 hours ahead of East Coast time, and 18 1/2 hours ahead of West Coast time.
For instance, Stage 1 begins at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Clare, South Australia; that's 7:30 p.m. Monday in New York and 4:30 p.m. Monday in Seattle. Versus will televise a half-hour show from that stage at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Crazy, eh Professor? You can find the current time in Adelaide and start times for all the races in the right sidebar on the Tour Down Under pages.
Here's the Versus broadcast schedule (check Vs. and here for last minute changes):
6 – 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17
6 – 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 (Stage 1)
6 – 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 (Stage 2)
6 – 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 (Stage 3)
6 – 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 (Stage 4)
6 – 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 (Stage 5)
6 – 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24 (Stage 6)
Here's the Tour Down Under race schedule
Cancer Council Helpline Classic — 4:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17
Stage 1 — 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 (7:30 p.m. Monday EST)
Stage 2 — 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 (7:30 p.m. Tuesday EST)
Stage 3 — 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 (7:30 p.m. Wednesday EST)
Stage 4 — 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22 (7:30 p.m. Thursday EST)
Stage 5 — 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 (7:30 p.m. Friday EST)
Stage 6 — 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24 (10 p.m. Saturday EST)
CyclingNews will offer live updates at its website, and last year ABC local radio (you may need plug-ins for your browser) offered news from the finish line toward the end of the stages.
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