TG4 to cover TDF

jollylee

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Tour de France 2009 - LIVE and EXCLUSIVE ON TG4
TG4 has announced details of its exclusive live television coverage of Tour de France 2009, the most famous race in cycling. Running from Saturday July 4th to Sunday July 26th 2009, the 96th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres. It is an epic undertaking as teams and riders cycle through France as well as areas such as Monaco, Spain, Andorra, Switzerland and Italy.
The race will begin in Monaco on Saturday 4th July with TG4’s live coverage beginning at 3:30pm and sees the riders cycle around the streets of Monaco with the famous landmarks of the Mediterranean principality providing a stunning and inspiring backdrop.
This unique sports event holds many fond memories for Irish people after Stephen Roche won the tour in 1987 while Seán Kelly made 14 tour appearances.
The channel’s viewers will be able to follow live action from Le Tour 2009 tracking the unfolding drama until the exciting conclusion in Champs Élysées in Paris on Sunday 26th July.
All three weeks of the Tour will be broadcast live on TG4 (see attachment with broadcast times & dates). There will be an average of three hours of live coverage each day as well as a 30 minute highlights package every night that will include previews, cyclist profiles, results and reports. Commentary will be provided by Páidí Ó Lionáird and Pádraic Ó Cuinn. The Tour will also be webcast live on www.tg4.tv<http://www.tg4.tv/> and the website will also offer updates, statistics and other Tour data.

Welcoming the announcement TG4 Head of Sport Rónán Ó Coisdealbha said; “We are thrilled to be showing the Tour for the fifth successive year. Following on the success of our coverage each year since 2005, we are confident that Irish viewers will continue to appreciate free to air access to the world’s most famous cycle race”.
TOUR DE FRANCE 2009 - Live on TG4
- Live coverage of each Stage from Saturday 4th July to Sunday 26th July.
- Daily half-hour highlights programme each night.
- Weekly round-up programme at the end of each week (3 programmes).
DATE STAGE LENGTH CITIES TG4 LIVE DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
4/07/09 Stage 1 15.5kms Monaco / Monaco 3:30pm – 6:45pm 1:30am
5/07/09 Stage 2 187 kms Monaco / Brignoles 11:10am – 2:00pm 1:35am
6/07/09 Stage 3 196.5 kms Marseille / La Grande Motte 1:30pm – 4:40pm 11:30am
7/07/09 Stage 4 40.5kms Montpellier / Montpellier 1:25pm – 4:55pm 12:40am
8/07/09 Stage 5 196.5 kms Le Cap d'Agde / Perpignan 1:30pm – 4:35pm 11:35pm
9/07/09 Stage 6 181.5 kms Gerone / Barcelone 1:30pm – 4:40pm 11:35pm
10/07/09 Stage 7 224 kms Barcelone / Andorre Arcalis 1:00pm – 4:35pm 11:15pm
11/07/09 Stage 8 176.5 kms Andorre la Vieille/Saint-Girons 11:15am – 4:35pm 11:50pm
12/07/09 Stage 9 160.5 kms Saint-Gaudens / Tarbes 11:20am – 4:05pm 12:35am
13/07/09 Rest Day / No live coverage of the Tour de France.

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11:25pm
14/07/09 Stage 10 194.5 kms Limoges / Issoudun 1:00pm – 4:35pm 12:10am
15/07/09 Stage 11 192 kms Vatan / Saint-Fargeau 1:30pm – 4:40pm 11:35pm
16/07/09 Stage 12 211.5 kms Tonnerre / Vittel 1:30pm – 5:00pm 11:30pm
17/07/09 Stage 13 200 kms Vittel / Colmar 1:30pm – 4:40pm 11:35pm
18/07/09 Stage 14 199 kms Colmar / Besançon 12:40pm – 4:40pm 11:40pm
19/07/09 Stage 15 207.5 kms Pontarlier / Verbier 12:40pm – 5:00pm 12:35am
20/07/09 Rest Day / No live coverage of the Tour de France.

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10:55pm
21/07/09 Stage16 159 kms Martigny/Bourg-Saint-Maurice 11:55am – 4:50pm 11:55pm
22/07/09 Stage 17 169.5 kms Bourg-St-Maurice/Grand Bornand 11:20am – 4:45pm 11:40pm
23/07/09 Stage 18 40.5 kms Annecy / Annecy 1:30pm – 4:55pm 11:30pm
24/07/09 Stage 19 178 kms Bourgoin-Jallieu / Aubenas 1:30pm – 4:40pm 11:30pm
25/07/09 Stage 20 167 kms Montélimar/Le Mont-Ventoux 12:40pm – 3:45pm 11:30pm
26/07/09 Stage 21 164 kms Montereau-FY/Champs-Élysées 12:30pm – 5:00pm 1:05am
THE ROUTE
Running from Saturday July 4th to Sunday July 26th 2009, the 96th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.
These 21 stages have the following profiles:
- 10 flat stages
- 7 mountain stages
- 1 medium mountain stage
- 2 individual time-trial stages
- 1 team time-trial stage
Distinctive aspects of the race include:
3 mountain finishes, 2 rest days, 55 kilometres of individual time-trials
20 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed.
8 new stop-over towns: Brignoles, Gérone (Spain), Issoudun, Martigny (Switzerland), Saint-Fargeau, Tonnerre, Vatan, Verbier (Switzerland).

scottreynolds

This is one of those really ignorant questions.... Tis this in Irish ?

jollylee

I'd imagine so. It could double as a 3 week irish language course focusing on cycling terminology.:p

mmclo

ceapaim go bfhuil ach bfheidir go mbeag subtitles ann?

Caroline_ie

ow do you say ' General Classement' in Gaeilge ...?

mmclo

jollylee wrote: »

I'd imagine so. It could double as a 3 week irish language course focusing on cycling terminology.:p

Ta se knackered
An bfhuil aon EPO agat?

kenmc

An peiletán
An Breicabhé

Planet X

Suas an bothar.

BIKE75

Commentary will be provided by Páidí Ó Lionáird and Pádraic Ó Cuinn. The Tour will also be webcast live on www.tg4.tv<http://www.tg4.tv


Who are these guys???

dedon

They are pretty poor on their cycling knowledge

Planet X

dedon wrote: »

They are pretty poor on their cycling knowledge

As far as I know, Paidi O'Leonaird amatuer raced in France. I'd say he knows his stuff.

Harrybelafonte

As far as I know they covered it last year too. The lads have a strong enough accent but people should be able to follow what they're saying. They do seem to know their stuff.

irishmotorist

mmclo wrote: »

ceapaim go bfhuil ach bfheidir go mbeag subtitles ann?

Tá brón orm ach nil se ro-likely, i mo tuairaim.

lukester

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

As far as I know they covered it last year too. The lads have a strong enough accent but people should be able to follow what they're saying. They do seem to know their stuff.

I won't be able to follow what they're saying.

But I'll be bathing in a Sean Kelly soft-lilt reverie over on Eurosport anyway.

SACH Central

dedon wrote: »

They are pretty poor on their cycling knowledge

How will we know! How many fluent/semi fluent Irish speakers are going to be watching anyway

dedon

Last year they kept getting the names wrong and didn't even mention Ricco getting kicked out last year until they realised at the end of the stage. Hilarious stuff!!

alfalad

BIKE75 wrote: »

Commentary will be provided by Páidí Ó Lionáird and Pádraic Ó Cuinn. The Tour will also be webcast live on www.tg4.tv<http://www.tg4.tv


Who are these guys???

As far as i know the Padraic also raced in France for a couple of years. So he should know a thing or two!

Esroh

alfalad wrote: »

As far as i know the Padraic also raced in France for a couple of years. So he should know a thing or two!

+1
They are working off a livefeed sitting in Connemara not conected to race radio like Eurosport.
Is it not a good thing that TG4 are atleast keeping TdeF in the news here. All we will get on radio and RTE is a few seconds.
And most of you will pick up what they ar talking about after a few days as all those irish classes are in the sub concious somewhere:D

waitforme

Found this:

http://www.versus.com/tdf

Signal_ rabbit

Us blow-ins won't have a clue whats said and i doubt if the missus will translate! Still ignorance is bliss and a chocolate hob nob.

snollup

I heard that you can subscribe to eurosport website for a month at a time for 4 euro. they will be streaming on the site with there usual commentators.

zzzzzzzz

snollup wrote: »

I heard that you can subscribe to eurosport website for a month at a time for 4 euro. they will be streaming on the site with there usual commentators.

Yup - well worth it alright. If there's no stream on Justin.tv of course

Harrybelafonte

Well unlike the Eurosport commentator in this video, they might know how to pronounce Roche:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/video/04072009/58/stars-unconventional-tour-opener.html

Jerry A

Have watched the Tour on TG4 since they first broadcast it...the lads know their stuff...its great that TG4 are showing it...

King Kelly

Jerry A wrote: »

Have watched the Tour on TG4 since they first broadcast it...the lads know their stuff...its great that TG4 are showing it...

Absolutely agree.

Great coverage. In general longer time on air, less ad breaks then Eurosport (and not taken at the same time so you can switch between the two channel's and not miss anything) but best of all none of the "Aren't the Brits doing well" crap back in the the British Eurosport studios!

Máith thu TG4!

Harrybelafonte

Just finished watching it. Flipped between both channels. TG4 much better, except maybe when Kelly was speaking on Eurosport, which wasn't as much as I'd like. Plus they found out where Roche came even though footage didn't show him

waitforme

I watch on TG4 but listen in English here, http://www.justin.tv/oleolep2p

also watch net during tv adverts

Harrybelafonte

waitforme wrote: »

Found this:

http://www.versus.com/tdf

Armstrong love fest

Elmo

irishmotorist wrote: »

Tá brón orm ach nil se ro-likely, i mo tuairaim.

Ta se beo, ta tu ceart, ta se an deacar a deanimh "live subtitle" tri teanga eile.

Yeah its live, you are right, it would be very hard to do live subtitling in another language.

Elmo

scottreynolds wrote: »

This is one of those really ignorant questions.... Tis this in Irish ?

I thought sport was an international language, they will also be showing the race.

Mint Sauce

Elmo wrote: »

I thought sport was an international language, they will also be showing the race.

they did show the race