ITV4 or Eurosport for the Tour?

LeicesterLad
LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
edited June 2011 in Pro race
Working most of the time, so obviously im left with the Highlights. Spend a lot of time watching cycling on eurosport, just feels normal, a bit like home, i enjoy the commentary and the banter. I have seen some of the tour series on ITV4 and can say i cant stand the team, i cant even warm to Boardman, think he's a bit of a turd personally. However i need consistency, how many times during the last couple of months have i turned on Eurosport to watch the cycling, and found that its been cancelled, delayed for hours, or theres some Sh*t ''sport'' like tractor pulling eating into what should be an hour of cycling and ends up being 20 minutes? :evil:

Which will you be watching?
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    I'm able to watch live, so Eurosport.

    But if I couldn't watch live, I'd probably choose the ITV4 highlights and >>FF through the adverts and waffle.
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    afx237vi wrote:
    I'm able to watch live, so Eurosport.

    But if I couldn't watch live, I'd probably choose the ITV4 highlights and >>FF through the adverts and waffle.

    Get a job.























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  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    I enjoy Boulting and Boardman, but have had my fill of Phil and Paul, so I sort of scan through the ITV stuff. Eurosport are far less polished, in terms of production of highlights, it's usually just the last hour or so, but I much prefer the views of Harmon and Kelly to go with the race.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    I'm able to watch live, so Eurosport.

    But if I couldn't watch live, I'd probably choose the ITV4 highlights and >>FF through the adverts and waffle.

    Get a job.

    ...says the guy posting on an internet forum in the middle of the afternoon :wink:
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited June 2011
    GF much prefers Phil & Sherwan ( I know!) so it'll be ITV4 for me (though I might watch the live Eurosport feed recorded later when she's in the bath)
    _
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    I'm able to watch live, so Eurosport.

    But if I couldn't watch live, I'd probably choose the ITV4 highlights and >>FF through the adverts and waffle.
    Get a job.
    :wink:

    He has one, he's command and control of PTP, probably the best job in the world......
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    afx237vi wrote:
    I'm able to watch live, so Eurosport.

    But if I couldn't watch live, I'd probably choose the ITV4 highlights and >>FF through the adverts and waffle.

    I thought ITV were showing it live?
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    afx237vi wrote:
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    I'm able to watch live, so Eurosport.

    But if I couldn't watch live, I'd probably choose the ITV4 highlights and >>FF through the adverts and waffle.

    Get a job.

    ...says the guy posting on an internet forum in the middle of the afternoon :wink:

    Im a civil servant, sitting on this forum all day long out of utter boredom is my job :wink: Ill probably picking up a redundancy cheque in the next few months anyhow.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    dougzz wrote:
    I enjoy Boulting and Boardman,

    Talking of Boulting and Boardman, they're on Radio 5's Tour preview tonight 8.30-9.30 (seems a week too early, but there you go).
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    I'm able to watch live, so Eurosport.

    But if I couldn't watch live, I'd probably choose the ITV4 highlights and >>FF through the adverts and waffle.

    I thought ITV were showing it live?

    They are, but given the choice, I prefer Eurosport.
  • jswba
    jswba Posts: 491
    Doesn't the Eurosport coverage start earlier than ITV4 or did I make that up?
  • bazbadger
    bazbadger Posts: 553
    With Eurosport you get much better quality ads...

    Also, the ad breaks are very, very short.

    Can't wait for the latest Sidi installment.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Live = Eurosport
    Highlights programme = ITV4 for the Ned and Matt bits but not the racing as I can't stand hearing P+P.
  • Greggyr
    Greggyr Posts: 1,075
    edited June 2011
    positives
    ES - David Harmon - The best in the business IMHO, great insight from S Kelly too
    I like the 'behind the scenes' pieces like Planet Armstrong and the Astana bit from the Giro
    More direct race coverage

    ITV - regular highlights slot each day
    Phil & Paul still know their onions
    I Like Ned B, and I'm enjoying his book at the moment


    negatives
    ES - They are hostage to whatever other sport is on, but the TdF is their bigest annual production I think so it may bump other sports off air
    ITV - Sometimes goes a bit off-piste, with not enough actual racing coverage.

    However, there'll be plenty to watch whichever way you go.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    afx237vi wrote:
    They are, but given the choice, I prefer Eurosport.

    Me too, but being the cheapskate that I am, I'll be watching on ITV with the sound turned down and hopefully finding a Eurosport audio feed off Cyclingfans. Hopefully there won't be too much of a delay between the two!

    :D
  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    Eurosport! i hate the People on ITV it's so annoying when they speak with their stupid voices lol.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Eurosport for live, ITV tend to be better for highlights as they do some editing whereas ES just show the last hour in its entirity so you can miss any early action, this bugs me a bit on the mountain stages in particular. That said I normally go by whichever has the best timing to suit when I can watch.
  • TheStone
    TheStone Posts: 2,291
    If you want to hear about big Lance, big George and that amazing bottle that opens both sides ..... ITV4 is the place.

    If you good commentary with exceptional insight (Kelly) .... then Eurosport.
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  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Eurosport live and ITV for highlights.
  • chrisday
    chrisday Posts: 300
    Wish there could be a combo of ITV coverage with Eurosport commentary - that'd be my "dream team" of Harmon/Kelly on the mic, with Imlach/Boulting/Boardman doing the studio/report bits.

    For all the 40-something nostalgia I still have of the early days of Ch4 coverage, the Phil & Paul Show (AKA The Chuckle Brothers) now drives me mental, with the seemingly unending 5-minute loop about how "Big George, Big Jens and Denny Menchov are doing a Job Of Work Putting The Hurt On the peleton, and how maybe Tom Danielson can be the next Lance in the Sport of Professional Bike Racing. Lance Lance Lance." (repeat)

    If nowt else, I'd love to see Boardman's reaction when they came back off a break and the latest Sidi insanity :D
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  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    TheStone wrote:
    If you want to hear about big Lance, big George and that amazing bottle that opens both sides ..... ITV4 is the place.

    If you good commentary with exceptional insight (Kelly) .... then Eurosport.

    Big "Tommy" Danielson is riding too ??? - I cant stand the chuckle bother`s (Liggett & Team Sherwin) they are so americanised now it`s not funny.
  • Slimbods
    Slimbods Posts: 321
    chrisday wrote:
    Wish there could be a combo of ITV coverage with Eurosport commentary - that'd be my "dream team" of Harmon/Kelly on the mic, with Imlach/Boulting/Boardman doing the studio/report bits.

    This is spot on. Ideally the studio from ITV and commentary from Eurosport. I'll be recording Eurosport Live and the ITV highlights and only watching the studio parts from ITV.

    Really can't stand Phil & Paul, but then there's always a risk that Carlton will get to speak on Eurosport.

    Harmon + Kelly or Big Maggy ftw.
  • Pork Sword
    Pork Sword Posts: 213
    Eurosport for me. Too many ad breaks on ITV and poor old Phil and Paul's double act is getting a bit tiresome.
    let all your saddles be comfy and all your rides less bumpy....
  • ms_tree
    ms_tree Posts: 1,405
    Gazzaputt wrote:
    Eurosport live and ITV for highlights.

    +1
    especially the all-day stages.
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  • ms_tree
    ms_tree Posts: 1,405
    afx237vi wrote:
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    I'm able to watch live, so Eurosport.

    But if I couldn't watch live, I'd probably choose the ITV4 highlights and >>FF through the adverts and waffle.

    Get a job.

    ...says the guy posting on an internet forum in the middle of the afternoon :wink:
    Oi! don't knock afx he's a star - anyway perhaps he is unlucky and can't find a job in these difficult times.
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Ms Tree wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    I'm able to watch live, so Eurosport.

    But if I couldn't watch live, I'd probably choose the ITV4 highlights and >>FF through the adverts and waffle.

    Get a job.

    ...says the guy posting on an internet forum in the middle of the afternoon :wink:
    Oi! don't knock afx he's a star - anyway perhaps he is unlucky and can't find a job in these difficult times.

    Ill probably be joining the pixelated monkey soon :cry:
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  • lucybears
    lucybears Posts: 366
    British Eurosport will be showing a comprehensive package of live coverage from the 2011 Tour de France.
    Times quoted are British time.

    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... edule.html
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  • cogidubnus
    cogidubnus Posts: 860
    Eurosport all the way for me :)
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,978
    Eurosport for the first week whilst we're in the UK, after that ITV4 as we'll be in France and that's all we'll have access to.
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  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    Dabber wrote:
    Eurosport for the first week whilst we're in the UK, after that ITV4 as we'll be in France and that's all we'll have access to.
    Er, France Televisions? It's the best coverage there is.

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