Le Tour online

July 5, 2005 5:55 AM

Does anyone know a website where I can catch the Tour de France? Yeah, I don't have cable because I'm cheap, but times like this make me want to relent. But now, I'm desparate!
posted by Red58 to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (8 answers total)

Best answer: Here's a live audio feed (seems to be IE-only). I'm disappointed that I can't seem to find OLN's live audio feed like last year. I miss Phil and Paul :)

Good text feed at Cycling News.

TDF Blog has lots of links and good info.
posted by mike9322 at 6:15 AM on July 5, 2005

Here is the Direct WMA link - I haven't been able to make it work on mac or firefox, but here you go.
posted by plemeljr at 6:31 AM on July 5, 2005

this was covered two days ago, with some other alternatives.
posted by jimmy at 7:04 AM on July 5, 2005

plemeljr: That direct link works just fine using Windows Media Player for the Mac, but not mplayer or vlc.
posted by majick at 7:32 AM on July 5, 2005

Response by poster: I searched and did not find the previous post. Thanks for pointing it out jimmy.

Good race today.
posted by Red58 at 7:42 AM on July 5, 2005

Velonews has always been my choice for Tour coverage.
posted by mendel at 7:48 AM on July 5, 2005

Tour torrents of the OLN broadcasts have just started showing up thank god. Also, this discussion has some suggestions for live feeds.
posted by scazza at 8:38 AM on July 5, 2005

For unrivalled vague coverage don't forget Secrets of the Peleton.
posted by jontyjago at 11:48 PM on July 5, 2005