It also happens to be called by Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin, who may be the greatest announcing duo in sports. It involves broadcasts that max out somewhere between five and six hours, which alternate between shots of the bucolic French countryside and a line rail thin men pedaling $10,000 bikes while acting as moving advertisements for a number of successful companies you have never heard of. As a spectator sport on TV though, the Tour is undeniably odd. As you wait for the peleton to come by, it is an all day party in a picturesque French setting where the only rule is stay out of the road. The Tour de France, which kicks off on July 7, is one of the world’s greatest sporting events to watch live while drinking.
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