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Road Racing on TV?

  • 16-04-2006 03:14PM
    #1
    Tales Of Topogr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32 ✭


    ITV4, which I don't have and Eurosport which doesn't transmit here anymore, well not on my basic NTL package.
    What do I need to watch Continental racing? Digital? Sky digital?
    (I know TG4 shows Le Tour in July?

    Cheers.


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  • #2
    smithslist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭smithslist


    Alot of cycling tv fans would have sky digital to get Eurosport(British), or you can get a satellite dish to connect to Astro(I think), where you can get Eurosport(Int.) for free......

    or you can get alot of live cycling coverage on the web on...www.cycling.tv

    what I do is log onto www.cycling.tv, mute the volume, and goto www.eurosport.com, and click on live audio, so you have tv and eurosport commentators.....this is based on that eurosport is covering the race


  • #3
    cyclopath2001
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,359 ✭✭✭cyclopath2001


    smithslist wrote:
    Alot of cycling tv fans would have sky digital to get Eurosport(British), or you can get a satellite dish to connect to Astro(I think), where you can get Eurosport(Int.) for free......
    You can get Eurosport for free, only in German.

    But Eurosport's coverage is riddled with advertising & their commentators are mediocre. Eurosport usually try to sell you a pension or something just when Boonen is making a decisive move. Sometimes their coverage of major cycling events is quite short.

    If you're really keen, the way to go is a motorised satellite dish system which can tune into different satellites, such as Astra, Hotbird and AtlanticBird. You can then get the events direct from the various national broadcasters. I watched Paris Roubaix on France3, Flanders on RTBF-Sat and Milan-San Remo on RAI. These have very few advertising breaks. If you don't know the language, the captions are still useful and you can call up a text commentary in English from sites like CyclingNews.

    Once you've paid for the Satellite system, all the above are 100% free to watch.


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