I’ve been enjoying the Internet coverage of the Tour de France, though the local media never covers it enough, in my opinion.
Yesterday’s stage 10 was an agonizingly slow ride, as riders apparently protested a decision by tour organizers to ban radio contact with the riders’ team managers. It was dull-city for the most part except for a few diversions, such as when a bored cameraman showed a group of snails crawling towards the path of the peloton.
A viewer texted to the BBC live text coverage, asking “any snails spotted yet?”
The BBC commentator didn’t miss a beat:
No sign of any snails yet, but I’m sure it won’t be long before they make their move. With a little more luck one of them could have won yesterday’s stage…
How true!