Just in time for the tour,

PARIS (Reuters) - The French record label behind a hit single inspired by Zinedine Zidane's fateful head-butt on Italian defender Marco Materazzi at the soccer World Cup hopes to repeat the success with a dig at the Tour de France. The world's most famous cycle race starts in London on Saturday under the shadow of a series of doping scandals, and La Plage Records has come up with a song referring to a blood doping agent called "EPO Te Quiero" ("EPO I Love You") to lampoon the event. The song is an allusion to doping agent erythropoietin (EPO) and includes the chorus "EPO te quiero, grace a toi je serai numero uno" ("EPO I love you, thanks to you I will be number one") sang in Spanish and French. The accompanying video features composer Franck Lascombes dressed as a Mexican musician and riding a bicycle as he sings.

[editor's note, by chris] Some very helpful tech info... sounded like people are still having difficulties with the viewer.

Cycling TV covers great races. Brian Smith is one of the most knowledgeable color commentators around, while Anthony keeps a close eye on the race. The rapport between them is enjoyable to listen to. However, the audio/video interface, which used to be just awkward, has now become hopelessly complex with the new design. The video is served fairly reliably and with near TV quality, but the whole process of logging in to it usually has me in a pretty bad mood by the time the race starts.

I've outline the steps here, in a kind of pseudo programming language, followed by a comparison with logging into RAI or Eurosport.

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