Austin Murphy - Watching the Tour on TV

www.CycleTo.com - Ratings for this year's Tour de France coverage on the Versus network are down...way down. Final numbers show that the total audience for the Tour on TV in America was off 18% from last year, and barely half of the total from 2005, the last year Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France.

One of those watching, and not attending this year, was Sports Illustrated writer Austin Murphy.

Austin tells CycleTo that he actually enjoyed watching the race on TV...except for the "ceaseless and unbearable" promos and commercials.

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