1999 Tour de France TV Schedule

If you're like me, July revolves around the Tour de France!! I found an Internet Site with the ESPN and ESPN2 Tour de France Times for this month at the ESPN Web Site .

All times are Pacific Standard Time.

Date ESPN ESPN2 ABC Wide World

of Sports
Sat, 7/03   5:00-6:00 P.M.
9:30-10:30 P.M.		 4:00-5:00 P.M.
Sun, 7/04 12:00-1:00 A.M.
9:30-10:00 P.M.		 4:00-4:30 P.M.  
Mon, 7/05 11:30 P.M.-12:00 5:30-6:00 P.M.
9:30-10:00 P.M.		  
Tue, 7/06 5:30-6:00 P.M.
9:30-10:00 P.M.		  
Wed, 7/07 12:00-12:30 A.M.
11:30 P.M.-12:00		 5:30-6:00 P.M.
9:30-10:00 P.M.		  
Thu, 7/08 9:30-10:00 P.M. 5:30-6:00 P.M.  
Fri, 7/09 9:30-10:00 P.M. 5:30-6:00 P.M.  
Sat, 7/10 9:30-10:00 P.M. 5:30-6:00 P.M. 3:00-3:30 P.M.??
Sun, 7/11 12:30-1:00 A.M.
9:30-10:00 P.M.		 4:30-5:00 P.M. 3:00-4:00 P.M.??
Mon, 7/12 5:30-6:00 P.M.
9:30-10:00 P.M.
Tue, 7/13 12:30-1:00 A.M.
10:00-10:30 A.M.		 5:30-6:00 P.M.
9:30-10:00 P.M.
Wed, 7/14 12:00-12:30 A.M.
9:30-10:00 P.M.		 3:30-4:00 P.M.
Thu, 7/15 9:30-10:00 P.M. 5:30-6:00 P.M.
Fri, 7/16 9:30-10:00 P.M. 5:30-6:00 P.M.
Sat, 7/17 5:30-6:00 P.M.
9:30-10:00 P.M.		 None Planned??
Sun, 7/18 12:00-12:30 A.M.
9:30-10:00 P.M.		 5:30-6:00 P.M. 1:30-2:00 P.M.??
Mon, 7/19 9:30-10:00 P.M. 5:30-6:00 P.M.
Tue, 7/20 5:30-6:00 P.M.
9:30-10:00 P.M.
Wed, 7/21 12:00-12:30 A.M.
11:30 P.M.-12:00		 5:30-6:00 P.M.
9:30-10:00 P.M.
Thu, 7/22 9:30-10:00 P.M. 5:30-6:00 P.M.
Fri, 7/23 9:30-10:00 P.M. 5:30-6:00 P.M.
Sat, 7/24 5:30-6:30 P.M.
9:30-10:30 P.M.		 2:00-3:00 P.M.
Sun, 7/25 12:00-1:00 A.M.
9:00-10:00 P.M.		 5:30-6:30 P.M. 2:00-3:00 P.M.
Finale

Of course, there are no guarantees as to the above times but these should be a good first cut at the schedule. As they say, you should check your local listings.

For more information, check out these Web Sites:

Send a quick letter to ESPN to thank them for the great Tour de France coverage--especially on TV. It's fast and easy -- it only takes a minute and if enough of us let them know we appreciate the coverage, it should help it continue for years to come!!

Bicycling Magazine's Coverage of the Tour de France includes the Route, Map & Stage Details with excellent daily maps, Team Rosters, and Team USPS Battle Plan.

CNN / Sports Illustrated includes tons of Tour News Articles complete with photos and Video Coverage!!

Great Outdoors.com with Minute-by-minute updates throughout each stage, analysis from VeloNews editor John Wilcockson, in his fourth decade of reporting the Tour, and an in-depth report after each stage from technical editor Charles Pelkey, including an inside look at the winner's bike.

le Tour de France is the Official Web Site of the Tour de France!! Incredible daily detail with Elevation charts. Tour de France Boutique where you can order products online. Highlights of Legendary Tours including great classic photos and details of every Tour de France. Warning: You can easily spend a day on this Web Site!!

U.S. Postal Cycling Team has cool bios and photos of each Team Member. Under "Gear", click on the Bike Frame in Photo and see that "The USPS Team races on stock Trek OCLV Carbon frames and forks. At 2.44 lbs, Trek makes the lightest, strongest, stiffest production frames in the world. No other material possesses the strength-weight ratio of Trek OCLV. Proven performance on the world's most demanding courses by the world's top riders."

Velo News - Frankie Andreu's Diary is loaded with Frankie's behind the scenes perspective of the tour. Every day, Frankie Andreu is filing really good stories from within the Peloton: he tells it like it is!! Just select the stage number from the top of the web page to read Frankie's Diary for any day.

Yahoo! Tour de France has incredibly detailed coverage of each Stage along with many News Articles from Reuters and the Press Association. This Web Site is fast, chock full of news, and includes Biographies of every rider in the Tour de France!!

Enjoy the Tour de France!!

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