BBC showed highlights this morning

northernneil
northernneil Posts: 1,549
edited September 2009 in Pro race
of the vuelta - but only because of the crashes, something makes me think that otherwise coverage would have been zero

most annoying

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Unfortunately that's also the only thing my non-cycling mates are interested in when I tell them I watch the cycling on telly.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    It's understandable in a way. I know I only ever watch F1 to see if they all stack it on the first corner... if they all get around OK, I go and watch some paint drying instead.
  • bikerZA
    bikerZA Posts: 314
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Unfortunately that's also the only thing my non-cycling mates are interested in when I tell them I watch the cycling on telly.
    Same here, at work today the Vuelta was mentioned for the first time, but only for the crash yesterday.
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    To be fair - I've only looked up the crash of the bloke falling off the start ramp and the big pile up yesterday.
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    I was shocked I had to turn my tele off so it didn't spoil the result, then I thought something crazy must have happened so I looked it up anyway. I'll still watch tonight though, but I don't like watching the crashes, they make me wince.

    Motorsport crashes are ok though :D
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    You wont watch tonight - its a rest day today innit ?
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    cougie wrote:
    You wont watch tonight - its a rest day today innit ?

    No I mean I recorded the highlights, I'll watch them tonight after the wife has fallen asleep :wink:
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  • deal
    deal Posts: 857
    prawny wrote:
    cougie wrote:
    You wont watch tonight - its a rest day today innit ?

    No I mean I recorded the highlights, I'll watch them tonight after the wife has fallen asleep :wink:

    we are talking about cycling and not pornography right? :shock:
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    deal wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    cougie wrote:
    You wont watch tonight - its a rest day today innit ?

    No I mean I recorded the highlights, I'll watch them tonight after the wife has fallen asleep :wink:

    we are talking about cycling and not pornography right? :shock:

    Same thing in my house.

    Ooh wait, not like that :shock:
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    afx237vi wrote:
    It's understandable in a way. I know I only ever watch F1 to see if they all stack it on the first corner... if they all get around OK, I go and watch some paint drying instead.


    You last longer than me i start watching paint dry as soon as i hear the Fleetwood Mac intro song.
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  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    Moray Gub wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    It's understandable in a way. I know I only ever watch F1 to see if they all stack it on the first corner... if they all get around OK, I go and watch some paint drying instead.


    You last longer than me i start watching paint dry as soon as i hear the Fleetwood Mac intro song.

    I must be getting boring in my old age. I watched the entire GP on Sunday including build up, first time in years I've done that. Granted the race was pretty boring, but I actually quite enjoyed the build up, talk about tactics, techie bits on tyres, track info and stuff.

    I used to like seeing crashes, but now I just get a sick feeling, I think it's after breaking a few bones myself now and knowing what the pain is like for the first few days!

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