I know it’s mainly for purists but for me not much in sport beats watching RVV and PR right from the start; I love soaking in the whole thing and watching the story unfold over the hours, watching the group inevitably thinning and the number of riders involved in each part of the race becoming fewer and fewer, seeing if you can derive clues early on as to who might be having a great, or bad, day, etc. And I really enjoy watching the workers putting in the hard kilometers; some phenomenal rides are done on these days that aren’t seen by folks only tuning in for the finale. Some editions are riveting, some are yawns, but I never tire of it.