Finally! The 100th anniversary edition of the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) will be broadcast in its entirety on American television.
In an eleventh-hour deal, Universal Sports secured rights to the Giro d’Italia and will be airing live, start-to-finish coverage of each stage of the 2009 race. [...]
Universal will broadcast the Giro live everyday online without commentary. Then it will broadcast each stage on its cable channel at noon EST with commentary from Todd Gogulski and Steve Schlanger. Scott Ogle will be on the ground for Universal in Italy. The TV coverage will then repeat from 9-11 p.m. and 11 p.m.-1 a.m. EST.
I'll miss Paul, Phil and Bob on commentary, but this will do. For those of you who are only casual cycling fans, Lance is riding the Giro for the first time in his career.