I did some digging and found out when the 2012 Tour of Elk Grove show will be televised on Comcast Sports Network (CSN Chicago). The TV listings online only go out a week or two and I could not find a schedule for the airing on the tourofelkgrove.com website or in a general Google search.
2012 Tour of Elk Grove to air on CSN Chicago
Since I wanted to know when this would be on, and mentioned that I would post the schedule here once I knew the dates, I called one of the organizers in charge of the TOEG and he was very helpful and gave me the full schedule.
The 2012 Tour of Elk Grove will be televised on CSN Chicago in September as follows:
- Sun 9/2/12 at 4pm
- Mon 9/3/12 at 3pm
- Sat 9/15/12 at 4pm
- Sun 9/23/12 at 1pm
- Sat 9/29/12 at 4pm
All times specified are Central Time Zone.
Obviously, I believe these dates and times to be completely accurate at this time but if I find that there have been any scheduling changes or if I find any errors in the schedule above I will make the change here as soon as I become aware of any changes.
The organizers of the TOEG are hoping to get the event televised nationally in the future but this has not been arranged yet.
For those of us who were at this year’s TOEG, some of the scenes should look familiar (and maybe we will show up as an extra in the crowd). For those who did not make this year’s event, maybe this will help inspire you to make it to next year’s Tour of Elk Grove ~ as a spectator or even as a participant!
Note: The photo above is not from the actual CSN show but a composite of one of my own photos of the TOEG pasted on to a blank TV screen to convey the message of this post.
Just a quick comment on the Comcast Sports Net Tour of Elk Grove show. I missed the first showing of the TOEG event (on Sunday) but was able to see and record the show on Monday. BTW: The schedule that I have posted on the initial post here has been 100% accurate so far.
Anyway, it was REALLY nice to see the 3 day TOEG summarized and with the commentators and the athlete interviews. I loved going to the event but I watched the races from different locations and was not always near the start/finish line and loudspeakers and really did not know specifically what was going on during the races.
I thought that the Comcast version of the TOEG was very well done and I really enjoyed it. I recognized so many of the locations, riders, teams and even the groups of people along the track and the houses on the race route.
They really didn’t say a lot about the huge storm that passed through on Saturday. I was actually surprised that they continued the race after that (but they did).
I am getting more familiar with the individual racers at this event now so maybe next year I’ll be a little more up to date on things. I am definitely planning on attending again next year (and probably for years to come if Elk Grove continues to hold this event (and I think that they will. It is pretty well established now)).
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I just checked the schedule on Comcast and I had the time for the last date wrong. The original post had the last date and time as 9/29/12 at 12pm and the Comcast listing has it as 9/29/12 at 4pm.
I have corrected this on the original post.