Tour de France on ITV4 this year?

griff99
griff99 Posts: 26
edited June 2010 in Pro race
Anybody know? Their evening highlights show was awesome last year.

Otherwise, what are my sans-sky options?
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Yes, it will be. Eurosport will have comprehensive coverage also.
  • griff99
    griff99 Posts: 26
    thanks!
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    I believe they have the rights to show it until 2013
  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    Did they not say last year they'd be showing more live coverage this summer?
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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    paulcuthbert wrote:
    Did they not say last year they'd be showing more live coverage this summer?

    There was a couple of live mountain stages last year I think?
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  • Neil McC
    Neil McC Posts: 625
    Here's the link to the ITV press release re: their deal for the TdF 2010 to 2013

    http://www.itv.com/PressCentre/Pressrel ... fault.html
  • doddy178
    doddy178 Posts: 66
    paulcuthbert wrote:
    Did they not say last year they'd be showing more live coverage this summer?

    Every stage live on ITV4. Ned Boulting said on Real Peloton podcast.
  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    from memory, ned said on real peloton that there would be much more live coverage this year.
    I may have imagined this.
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,153
    great news!
  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    doddy178 wrote:
    paulcuthbert wrote:
    Did they not say last year they'd be showing more live coverage this summer?

    Every stage live on ITV4. Ned Boulting said on Real Peloton podcast.

    Fantastic! Looks like the dissertation is gonna be seriously left alone for 3 weeks though :?
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  • oscarbudgie
    oscarbudgie Posts: 850
    Nice that ITV4 have got it - but I won't be deserting David & Sean.
    Has anyone else noticed that Sean sounds more cheerful than usual this year? Maybe Mrs Kelly has pushed the beds together...
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  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    Fingers crossed it's available on freeview, and not just via their red button service on Sky/Cable.
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197
    Why don't they show any interest in the Giro, La Vuelta..??

    Or is that a silly question? i;e not enough interest from Joe Public...
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  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    oscarbudgie wrote:
    Nice that ITV4 have got it - but I won't be deserting David & Sean.
    Has anyone else noticed that Sean sounds more cheerful than usual this year? Maybe Mrs Kelly has pushed the beds together...

    I will watch on Eurosport and for those that don't have satelite or cable you can get the Eurosport player on the net and still watch it. You can even do that on a iphone \ ipod touch.

    David and Sean are the best. I know Phil is a legned but as ITV 4 take the Versus commentary from the US it is very much just a report on what Lance is doing and too focused on one rider
  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    I have grown to appreciate Eurosport over the last year but I will always watch the tour on ITV4 as the ighlights package is preoperly put together and a great hours entertainment
  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    dave milne wrote:
    a great hours entertainment

    Yeah, if you like advert breaks. More like thirty minutes otherwise!
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  • Abdoujaparov
    Abdoujaparov Posts: 642
    Reckon ITV 4's coverage is better than eurosport's, but the ad breaks are too long. Tend to start watching it on ITV, then switch to eurosport when the ads start, then forget to switch back!

    Seem to remember that eurosport ran very few ads in some stages of the tour last year - think this was to snare viewers switching over from ITV like I do. With about 45 mins of a stage left to run, eurosport would announce their last ad break till the end of the race - good stuff.

    The highlights show is pretty good on ITV 4 - Gary Imlach and Chris Boardman are a good combo.
  • StefanP
    StefanP Posts: 429
    I only have ITV4 so its got my vote for this year! Certainly much better than last years continuous repeats of the Saint and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) :P
  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    Eurosport for live coverage, ITV 4 for the highlights.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,600
    i seem to remember watching itv4 live footage at work last year on the internet
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  • oscarbudgie
    oscarbudgie Posts: 850
    Eurosport have an actual studio link with guests for TdF - Stephen Roche was on a few times last year + legend Malc Elliott
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  • doddy178
    doddy178 Posts: 66
    oscarbudgie wrote:
    Eurosport have an actual studio link with guests for TdF - Stephen Roche was on a few times last year + legend Malc Elliott

    Unfortunatly their studio isn't in France, which would be great. Can't get it all though.

    For me, live is Eurosport.
    Highlights ITV.
    Like every year.
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    It`s in HD on Eurosport.
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    pb21 wrote:
    dave milne wrote:
    a great hours entertainment

    Yeah, if you like advert breaks. More like thirty minutes otherwise!

    yes that's very true. Sky+ and starting watching about 15 minutes after it starts cures the irritation. But yes only 45 minutes of program isn't it
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    doddy178 wrote:
    Unfortunatly their studio isn't in France, which would be great. Can't get it all though.

    Why? Studio = Indoor box. It could be in Tokyo and it wouldn't matter would it?
  • Vino2007
    Vino2007 Posts: 340
    I recollect ITV4 showing most of the stages live if you used the red button.
  • pedro118118
    pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
    Paul and Phil are very good, but it is a little one-dimensional. I hadn't realised that the commentary was geared towards Versus coverage in the US, which would go someway to explaining why they spend huge amounts of the show talking about Lance, when there are more interesting things going on at the front of the race.

    I'm warming more to Harmon - he's 'super' motivated this year. Sean is...........well.......................Sean, but that's no bad thing!
  • alex16zx
    alex16zx Posts: 153
    if Harmon stopped saying 'super' quite so often i would be even happier with him, but i've enjoyed all his commentary on the races i've seen this year (paris-nice, tour of turkey, flanders, paris-roubaix, and now the giro)
  • Cheesyman99
    Cheesyman99 Posts: 60
    Vino2007 wrote:
    I recollect ITV4 showing most of the stages live if you used the red button.

    yes, but you can't sky+ red button coverage and I'm not in during the day. If all stages are live on ITV4 it hopefull means i can record it all rather than catching the end when I get home or having to avoid the Internet until 7pm for the highlights.
  • rapid_uphill
    rapid_uphill Posts: 841
    it would be better if it was on itv1 hd

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