Flanders on TV in London cafe or pub?

binlinus
binlinus Posts: 305
edited April 2008 in Pro race
I'm regretting not going over to watch this year's Ronde van Vlaanderen. My local cafe will have race coverage on Eurosport, but at the same time as a few footie games. The place will be mobbed with Italian footie fans.

Anyone know of a cafe or pub that is showing De Ronde in central London?

Bin

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  • DanielFriebe
    DanielFriebe Posts: 102
    Generally speaking, Bin, I'd recommend Italia Uno on Charlotte Street for watching races. The only problem is that, on big football weekends, it's usually full of rowdy Italian fans and the owner, Felice, has a struggle finding a TV to show the cycling on.

    Give Felice a call on 020 7637 5326 and ask him how he's fixed for Sunday.
    Here's a link: http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1150/23866.php
  • DanielFriebe
    DanielFriebe Posts: 102
    Oh dear, maybe your local cafe IS Italia UNO.
  • star_rover
    star_rover Posts: 318
    Bierodrome on Kingsway maybe? They have a big screen though I've never seen cycling on it. They might switch it on for you if you ask them.
  • binlinus
    binlinus Posts: 305
    DanielFriebe wrote:
    Oh dear, maybe your local cafe IS Italia UNO.

    It is. Felice and I are on first name terms. But the cyclists get squeezed out when the footie is on. He's promised to put it on the small telly, but I'm not happy :-( And De Ronde is too good to miss...

    Bin
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Is there actually anyway of watching it uninterupted??
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    eurosport video streaming or cycling.tv (if you can get the bloody thing to work). Not on TV uninterrupted in the UK AFAIK
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  • murcof
    murcof Posts: 30
    There are four live hours of it on Deutsch Eurosport. :lol:
  • binlinus
    binlinus Posts: 305
    I get a tip that there is a Belgian bar/cafe http://www.lowlander.com in Drury lane. So I take a trip down there.

    Oh, dear... It seems The Lowlander has fallen into the same trap as Irish theme pubs. I'm sure anyone from Flanders or the Netherlands would be disappointed by a visit there. I sit down for a coffee and peruse the menu and it seems very genuine. But, of course, I'm a fool. When my coffee arrives and I ask the young man if they will be showing De Ronde van Vlaanderen on the TV on Sunday he looks at me and smiles; and in his Australian accent tells me: "No mate, we don't do that sort of thing here." I didn't bother asking about the Amstel gold race :-(

    Do I bother with De Hems in Macclesfield St W1?

    I knew I should have booked my ticket to watch the race in Oudenaarde.

    Bin
  • binlinus
    binlinus Posts: 305
    The footie fans weren't in quite the numbers expected, so I got to see it all on the big screen in Italia Uno :D:D

    Ciao

    Bin
  • juggler
    juggler Posts: 262
    did they have Eurosport International ? For us SKY subscribers the coverage was cr£p..... What's the story for Paris - Roubaix next Sunday? I would be interested in turnig up if we could get a weight of cycling fans to get the race live.
  • binlinus
    binlinus Posts: 305
    It's being shown in Clapham sponsored by Rapha

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12564603

    Bin

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