^^ I know! WTF was that?
I lucked out and just caught the very beginning of them talking about it - the first maybe 2 seconds - and quickly hit PAUSE as I looked down and away from the TV. I also hit mute. Then I looked down as I fast forwarded through what looked like the Tour De France highlights through my peripheral vision. Finally, 17 minutes into the broadcast,they started with the pre-race and then the race.
This was similar to a bonehead move maybe a month or two ago in which all of us got to watch the post race celebrations BEFORE the race broadcast. I mean, WTF are they thinking when they do this?!
GREAT race though!
Pirelli's got some 'splaining to do.