The Eurosport cycling schedule

iainf72

Here

http://2013tvguide.eurosport.com/m/index.html#/page/24

Roll on 2 weeks time

squired

A few interesting races not on the list, like the Tour of Switzerland. I was personally hoping they might show a few of the Belgian semi-classics this spring, but it is hard to complain when there are so many days of coverage over the course of the year.

dave milne

good to see E3 on there but when are they going to wake up and show omloop? the proper start to the classics, always an entertaining race. so much better than loads of the smaller stage races they always show

deejay

iainf72 wrote:

Here

http://2013tvguide.eurosport.com/m/index.html#/page/24

Roll on 2 weeks time

Question :- Is this International Eurosport or British Eurosport.
There is a hell of a difference between the two.

Now that "Analogue" TV has gone I no longer get the International service where the schedule was different.

NicFrance

dave milne wrote:

good to see E3 on there but when are they going to wake up and show omloop? the proper start to the classics, always an entertaining race. so much better than loads of the smaller stage races they always show

You can watch them here:
http://www.rtbf.be/sport/cyclisme/calendrier

(klick on the blue link: "Voir tous les directs" on the right)

Scotty-Gee

Thanks for the link.

All going to plan my first child should be born on the first day of Giro and I get two weeks paternity leave.

Should have loads of time to watch it.

ms_tree

Thanks for posting that link Iain.

durhamwasp

deejay wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

Here

http://2013tvguide.eurosport.com/m/index.html#/page/24

Roll on 2 weeks time

Question :- Is this International Eurosport or British Eurosport.
There is a hell of a difference between the two.

Now that "Analogue" TV has gone I no longer get the International service where the schedule was different.

The German eurosport still available on 19.2e is pretty similar to the International service, but obv with German language (shame, cos obv the International one on Analogue had English comm)

andyp

Scotty-Gee wrote:

Thanks for the link.

All going to plan my first child should be born on the first day of Giro and I get two weeks paternity leave.

Should have loads of time to watch it.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Richmond Racer

Scotty-Gee wrote:

Thanks for the link.

All going to plan my first child should be born on the first day of Giro and I get two weeks paternity leave.

Should have loads of time to watch it.

First of all, congratulations on your phenomenal planning and attention to detail

Secondly, re your last line...ARE YOU MAD, MAN??

blazing_saddles

That guide is a load of old poo. February turns out to be completely different.
Now, UK Eurosport 2 have one hours highlights of the Tour du Haut Var, scheduled for this Friday,
same as froggie ES.

thomthom

The good old 1500 hours of tennis...

Many will - undoubtly - think the same about cycling but I have no idea what the fuss about that sport is. It's god awful. It really is. And when they delay the cycing coverage because of a third or fifth set I'm usually losing it completely. So frustrating.

I'd say we should get rid.

mooro

i thought they had the world championships or is that itv4 too?

Beatmaker

They have been delaying the cycling all week for the snooker, which has been broadcast on both Eurosport 1&2 simultaneously at times. It's really annoying but I guess they have to pander the the larger audience share. An 'On Demand' service for Eurosport would be great, or a couple of additional channels.

takethehighroad

The cold hard fact is that cycling is delayable though.

If there's an attack early on, it can be shown at the start before carrying on with the main coverage. The main gripe each season is when the French Open delays a Giro stage, but often it's a sprinters stage that isn't interesting until the last 10k.

I'm no fan of tennis but a lot of people are, and Eurosport have to work out the best compromise to cater for all their viewers. They do good things during broadcasts like front loading all the ads when there's a big climb coming up.

rick_chasey

Once I get internet at home I'll update the tv guide sticky.

trek_dan

Highlights of Oman / Algarve both cancelled or delayed several times because of the f*cking Snooker. I can understand football, tennis and maybe even Golf delaying cycling, but who actaully watches hours of live snooker? Its a glorified board game for flips sake.

iainf72

trek_dan wrote:

Highlights of Oman / Algarve both cancelled or delayed several times because of the f*cking Snooker. I can understand football, tennis and maybe even Golf delaying cycling, but who actaully watches hours of live snooker? Its a glorified board game for flips sake.

I think last year, or year before snooker had the biggest audience of anything on Eurosport.

RideOnTime

trek_dan wrote:

Highlights of Oman / Algarve both cancelled or delayed several times because of the f*cking Snooker. I can understand football, tennis and maybe even Golf delaying cycling, but who actaully watches hours of live snooker? Its a glorified board game for flips sake.

snooker :evil: :evil:

jane90

I'm completely new to watching pro cycling, but after a grand total of four races I'm absolutely hooked. I'd never imagined it was by turns, hypnotic, engrossing and just plain exciting. Each race I've seen has been broadcast on a different channel; last years Tour de France on ITV, the Olympics on BBC, the Tour Down Under on Sky and now the Tour of Oman highlights on British Eurosport.

I was very impressed by the Eurosport commentator, he manged to convey the excitement and passion of a thrilling sprint finish superbly but I'm guessing he didn't have a co-commentator to work alongside because it was just a highlights package and for a live broadcast he would do? It's much more tiring (for us and for the commentator) to be "talked at" for a whole race rather than eavesdropping on a dialogue between two experts. BBC were hopeless but Sky were very slick and professional, as one would expect.

Also, one thing that struck me across all broadcasters, why do they show the final sprint to the line from a head-on camera angle? If you were deliberately trying to choose the worst possible position to put your camera, you couldn't find a worse place!

Richmond Racer

Its a fantastic sport...you'll love it as the season unfolds

jane90

Thanks, I'm sure I shall. Although, I did watch highlights of the TT stage in the Tour of the Algarve yesterday and was much less impressed. Of course I understand that the TT is the essence of pure cycling, greatest test of a rider etc etc but as a pure TV spectator sport it's as exciting as watching paint dry...or watching cricket. The (different) Eurosport commentator was also rubbish and there were no intermediate split times to make it slightly more interesting.

Richmond Racer

TTs split fans. Either love or hate them, it seems. I love me a good TT, personally. The Algarve TT was dull partly because it would have needed a massive mechanical for Tony Martin to have lost, given his opposition and where he was on GC.

If you look back at a TT like the final day of Paris-Nice last year, Wiggins 6 secs up on Westra going into the final TT, Westra 2 secs up on Wiggins at the intermediate timecheck, then Wiggins putting the power down in the second half to beat him by 2 secs. That was pretty exciting.

jane90

Yes, I take your point entirely. I can see the attraction of it but I was really talking in terms of being an attractive TV spectator sport, ie its appeal to a general non-committed audience. I enjoyed Wiggins winning the Olympic TT but in comparison, say, to Marianne Vos winning the women's Road Race, I suspect once you put aside the partisanship and the sheer spectacle of Wiggo winning in front of his home crowd, Lizzie Armistead's ride would have had more newcomers like myself on the edge of their seats.

Richmond Racer

Heck, forget TT vs RR, the womens' RR was a much better race than the mens' RR!

thomthom

jane90 wrote:

I'm completely new to watching pro cycling, but after a grand total of four races I'm absolutely hooked. I'd never imagined it was by turns, hypnotic, engrossing and just plain exciting. Each race I've seen has been broadcast on a different channel; last years Tour de France on ITV, the Olympics on BBC, the Tour Down Under on Sky and now the Tour of Oman highlights on British Eurosport.

I was very impressed by the Eurosport commentator, he manged to convey the excitement and passion of a thrilling sprint finish superbly but I'm guessing he didn't have a co-commentator to work alongside because it was just a highlights package and for a live broadcast he would do? It's much more tiring (for us and for the commentator) to be "talked at" for a whole race rather than eavesdropping on a dialogue between two experts. BBC were hopeless but Sky were very slick and professional, as one would expect.

Also, one thing that struck me across all broadcasters, why do they show the final sprint to the line from a head-on camera angle? If you were deliberately trying to choose the worst possible position to put your camera, you couldn't find a worse place!

Welcome to the game.

And you know what? You got the best waiting for you still. Make sure you have your sundays free in Marts and April. The classics d'icks completely on anything you have seen so far. And that would include Tour De France as well.

jane90

Absolutely. Watching that race was the inspiration to buy my bike in the first place, so thank you Lizzie!

But back on topic of the Eurosport schedule, I don't think it helps the sport to attract new viewers if it's spread across a range of channels. It's hard enough to work out what the schedule of races is, never mind have to hunt for them in three or four different places on your Sky+ planner. Most mainstream sports are very clear on when they happen and on which channel.

jane90

Thank you Thomthom, I'm really looking forward to it.

On_What

link not working for me

Can someone post the list on here?

Cheers

Richmond Racer

jane90 wrote:

Absolutely. Watching that race was the inspiration to buy my bike in the first place, so thank you Lizzie!

But back on topic of the Eurosport schedule, I don't think it helps the sport to attract new viewers if it's spread across a range of channels. It's hard enough to work out what the schedule of races is, never mind have to hunt for them in three or four different places on your Sky+ planner. Most mainstream sports are very clear on when they happen and on which channel.

To be honest, Sky Sports only has broadcast rights for TDU. And the Beeb only cover the Worlds and the major track champs (plus Olys). ITV4 carries the Tour, Vuelta and the ToB, plus the Revolution track series, and the Tour Series in the summer. Otherwise ES is your friend - alternatively links to livestreams from Sporza etc that you can find via hubs like cyclingfans.com or steephill.tv

Turfle

Welcome aboard, jane. You're gonna love it. You'll be speaking Flemish this time next year.