Santos Tour Down Under 2011

Beasty

Starts Tuesday, 6 stages in total - full details here

Start List

Preview race on Sunday - the Cancer Council Classic - a 51km race around the streets of Adelaide

TV Coverage on Sky, with highlights shows and live coverage of the last couple of stages (and no tennis interruption!)

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DonVincenzo

On the subject of the tour down under - any ideas of websites that you're likely to be able to get highlights/watch live?

I got rid of Sky Sports last year in a moment of rage with UPS about their service!! Cut off my nose to spite my face eh??

Anyway - most cycling on Eurosport, but they don't seem to be covering this event at all unfortunately.

Any help would be appreciated
DV

jamsieboy86

Not usually a great race but really looking forward to Cav vs Greipel this year.

dave.obrien

Doesn't seem to be on Eurosport... Will I have to go to steephill?

Beasty

Cancer Council Classic won by Matt Goss from Mark Renshaw.

ednwireland

highlights

http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/1462

fat bloke

Unusual not to have it on eurosport isn't it?

Is this a side-effect of SKY team sponsorship??? Poxy pay per view cycling coverage?:mad:

Beasty

fat bloke wrote: »

Unusual not to have it on eurosport isn't it?

Is this a side-effect of SKY team sponsorship??? Poxy pay per view cycling coverage?:mad:

Same as last year when Sky covered this event, and Eurosport covered the European events. I would add that Eurosport will have the Aussie Open tennis wall to wall foor the next 2 weeks

100Suns

fat bloke wrote: »

Unusual not to have it on eurosport isn't it?

Is this a side-effect of SKY team sponsorship??? Poxy pay per view cycling coverage?:mad:

Having it only on Sky HD seems counter-intuitive. I'd have thought Sky would try to maximise exposure thereby maximizing it's investment in sponsorship. I really can't see too many signing up to the HD package for a one-off cycling event. They've obviously done the numbers, factored in stuff thats a mystery to me, and come to a different conclusion-pity.

jamsieboy86

100Suns wrote: »

Having it only on Sky HD seems counter-intuitive. I'd have thought Sky would try to maximise exposure thereby maximizing it's investment in sponsorship. I really can't see too many signing up to the HD package for a one-off cycling event. They've obviously done the numbers, factored in stuff thats a mystery to me, and come to a different conclusion-pity.

It's available in standard definition too, what are you on about?

http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,17546_6638412,00.html

ednwireland

Beasty wrote: »

Same as last year when Sky covered this event, and Eurosport covered the European events. I would add that Eurosport will have the Aussie Open tennis wall to wall foor the next 2 weeks

you trying to convert us to tennis ?

100Suns

jamsieboy86 wrote: »

It's available in standard definition too, what are you on about?

http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,17546_6638412,00.html

Thanks for the clarification. Sky had been advertising it over the weekend and the only channels referenced were the HD channels (which are not part of the standard Sky Sports package on UPC).

Flygroove

So for non sky folk, wheres the best place to get
highlights?
Live on line coverage?

http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/1454 - is this the best?

Beasty

Final stage highlights currently on Sky Sports 3

jwshooter

look at the roads and the sun ,, wtf am i doing in this dump