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Where can you follow the peloton?

July 6, 2010 9:39 am by Lance Knobel

Berkeleysider Jeff writes in to wonder where he can watch “everyone’s favorite sport: cycling”. He seems a bit miffed that plenty of places in Berkeley have been showing the World Cup, but there’s no noise about the Tour de France, which started on Sunday.

I thought I could point Jeff to a place for Le Tour, but it turns out the Meridian International Sports Cafe is closed for renovations until September. So let’s get the wisdom of the crowd going here. Does anyone know of a place that will be showing coverage of the Tour?

[As an aside, when I watched the Uruguay vs Ghana World Cup quarterfinal at Saul's on Friday, I asked co-owner Peter Levitt whether the World Cup had been good for him. His reply: "I'd rather be in South Africa watching it in person." They certainly had a good crowd for that match, and I heard they were full for breakfast to see Brazil vs Netherlands.]

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  • Christine

    Triple Rock showed it last year and the year before, though with the sound down so you don’t get the Paul/Phil commentary, or the Bob Roll riffs (yesterday, in reference to the Pyrenees, he exclaimed “Hail Satan!”).

  • http://www.sylviapaull.com Sylvia Paull

    If you pay $29.95, you can watch it live on versus.com with insightful commentary about the riders, the race, and the countryside by Paul Sherwin and Phil Liggett. Coverage starts around 6 a.m. PST and ends before 9 a.m. Today’s coverage was worth every penny.

  • http://trampleasure.net/lee Lee Trampleasure

    If you want to watch it online, this site seems to have good links to finding a live stream: http://www.cyclingfans.com/live_race_coverage

  • http://www.infospigot.com Dan Brekke

    The Catahoula Cafe on San Pablo Avenue (in distant Richmond) has been showing the Tour throughout the day. Check before you go: 510.235.0525.

  • Nick

    My friends have gone to Looney’s on Bancroft the past couple of years to watch it and the staff always puts it on for them.