Tour de France live on German TV?

German TV broadcasters ARD and ZDF seem to be backtracking on their plan not to do any live coverage of the 2009 Tour de France. Under consideration at the moment are plans for an hour daily live coverage.

The broadcasters originally pulled the plug on the Tour in 2007, after announcement of Patrik Sinkewitz's positive doping control for testosterone. They returned for coverage in 2008, but after the positive controls for Stefan Schumacher and Bernhard Kohl from the Tour, the ARD said that it would not cover the 2009 Tour live.