Track Cycling on ITV4

Paul 8v

Just saw this was on if anyone's interested...

Wednesday 9th Jan @ 8:00 PM

Track Cycling: Revolution Series

Sian Welby and Paralympic Champion Sarah Storey present action from the third round of this year's Revolution Series from Manchester's National Cycling Centre. The emphasis turns to the sprinters as Team GB's Philip Hindes and Germany's Robert Forstemann feature in an all-star sprinting line-up. Meanwhile, Rapha Condor Sharp look to build their lead in the Elite Championship. SUB

big_p

it was a good night out. http://s746.photobucket.com/albums/xx10 ... =slideshow

Paul 8v

Cool pics, look forward to watching this, especially after having no cycling on telly for ages!

Paul 8v

Just watching this now, quite entertaining so far, love the dodgy euro style 80's graphics before and after the ad breaks!

Richmond Racer

like the rider cam

Li'l Pete K was bloody impressive in the Points race.

Adam Blythe had spent A LOT of time on his hair

Paul 8v

I'm wondering if we will see rider cams a bit more in the future as they get smaller and lighter, would be great to see some in the Peloton. Would have been nice if Contador had one in the Vuelta then we would have seen THAT breakaway whist the Spanish TV crew were all in bed still!

Turfle

Getting excited by Li'l Pete K. He's gonna start the season on fire.

He and Clancy are different class.

Richmond Racer

Turfle wrote:

Getting excited by Li'l Pete K. He's gonna start the season on fire.

He and Clancy are different class.

Clancy's shaping up as one of the best ever British trackies - and to be able to go from the TP Man 1 to TS Man 3, well, that's something that's just unheard of, an incredibly rare thing. I heard that the head coach of the French (I think) mens endurance squad had his mouth wide open at the Glasgow World Cup when he saw Clancy bombing around in the TS.

Li'l Pete...yeah, big hopes for him showing this year.

Omar Little

Paul 8v wrote:

I'm wondering if we will see rider cams a bit more in the future as they get smaller and lighter, would be great to see some in the Peloton. Would have been nice if Contador had one in the Vuelta then we would have seen THAT breakaway whist the Spanish TV crew were all in bed still!

they had them in the tour of california a couple of years ago, there was some great footage in the sprints

Paul 8v

I'll have to try and look that up, I think it would be pretty good for the viewer if they had more of these

durhamwasp

Im really glad its on - far better than no cycling, and hopefully good viewing figures will lead to even more cycling on UK tv..

However, i think the presentation is pretty poor, like the split screen for one race, where it was as good as impossible to tell who was winning, and the fact that in the timed events, they dont leave the best time on the screen. Also, why not show more womens events? I dare say they are more entertaining than some of the mens stuff.

I know, i know, i shouldnt complain, but just feel it could be done far better.

Pross

Ball locks, forgot it was on - wife was out and I was looking for something to watch but never think to check ITV4!

Turfle

durhamwasp wrote:

Im really glad its on - far better than no cycling, and hopefully good viewing figures will lead to even more cycling on UK tv..

However, i think the presentation is pretty poor, like the split screen for one race, where it was as good as impossible to tell who was winning, and the fact that in the timed events, they dont leave the best time on the screen. Also, why not show more womens events? I dare say they are more entertaining than some of the mens stuff.

I know, i know, i shouldnt complain, but just feel it could be done far better.

They normally do show the women's races, or at least the ones with Trott, Vos, Armitstead, or other big names in, but looking at the results it seems there were no senior women's races at round 3.

The presentation could definitely use some more on screen information, like who is actually racing in the race they're showing!

Richmond Racer

Pross wrote:

Ball locks, forgot it was on - wife was out and I was looking for something to watch but never think to check ITV4!

ITV Player can be your friend - its up there

durhamwasp

Turfle wrote:

durhamwasp wrote:

Im really glad its on - far better than no cycling, and hopefully good viewing figures will lead to even more cycling on UK tv..

However, i think the presentation is pretty poor, like the split screen for one race, where it was as good as impossible to tell who was winning, and the fact that in the timed events, they dont leave the best time on the screen. Also, why not show more womens events? I dare say they are more entertaining than some of the mens stuff.

I know, i know, i shouldnt complain, but just feel it could be done far better.

They normally do show the women's races, or at least the ones with Trott, Vos, Armitstead, or other big names in, but looking at the results it seems there were no senior women's races at round 3.

The presentation could definitely use some more on screen information, like who is actually racing in the race they're showing!

Ive watched the last 3 Revolution's on ITV4 (1st Armistead presented, 2nd Armistead competed and this one) and the only female bit i can remember was them showing the ladies Elimination race where Vos outsprinted Armistead.

Richmond Racer

They made a bit of a thing about the last Revolution (early Dec?) because Armitsted and Vos were riding - even then despite them riding 3 events they only showed one - the Elimination?

They focus on the guys' races to the exclusion of showing most of the womens racing when there is any - even when its Vos awesomeness

arran77

Just started on ITV4 again 8)

Yellow Peril

Always a good night out but they need a bit more "boom boom" to give the venues a bit of atmosphere. Perhaps they could pump up the volume a bit for some races and illuminate the track but dim the lights over the seats. erhaps a trip to Gent for the orghanisers is in order