It was a nice couple of months lately. This was Quincy’s second World Cup, although I’m sure he has zero recollection of the one four years ago. For about a month, we watched soccer on an almost daily basis. They were on at great times and, if you know soccer, the games have no commercial interruptions save half-time. Spain won the World Cup for the first time ever. What was going to fill the void after that? Easy. Le Tour de France.
Now, you can’t get much more esoteric as far as sports on TV than by watching soccer and cycling. But, for whatever reason, those were two events that Quincy enjoyed watching. He watched the Tour for the same reason most of you watch NASCAR – the crashes. I would watch for the actual biking. What better way to kill 4-5 hours in a morning than by watching guys pedal bikes? Okay, I admit it, I DVR’d every stage and watched just the good parts. Sprint finishes are cool and the mountain stages are fun to watch all the attacks. In the end, our man, Andy Schleck, of Team Saxo Bank came in second (again) to the Spaniard Alberto Contador
I don’t know how widespread the Radio Shack commercials are on “regular” channels, but on VS, they were on quite a bit. I have inserted Quincy’s favorite (and mine too). Cracks us up every time we saw it, and Quincy would make me stop the DVR just to watch it. I’m just glad I don’t look like that in my bike attire. I don’t have the Radio Shack stuff, but I did buy the Team Saxo Bank bib shorts and jersey for my 100 mile ride.