Less cycling on Eurosport?

reborn2

It might be my imagination but there seems to be a lot less cycling on than the previous few years. Normally I could switch on in the afternoon/evening and chill out for a few hours but it now seems only the larger races are being covered? Might be cancelling my Eurosport player.

iainf72

Think it's your imagination - I think there has been more than before. Including weird French and Belgium cup races

Vino'sGhost

cancelling Eurosport player????? does anyone pay more than a few quid a month for it anyway?

argyllflyer

Agree with Iain - absolutely heaps on this year. From my contributions on the thread at 'the other place'...

Tour Down Under (highlights): (world feed - Liggett, McEwan etc)
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race (highlights): Stephens (solo)
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana: Hatch & Stephens (st 1-4), Stephens & Backstedt (st 5)
Herald Sun Tour (highlights): (world feed - Liggett & Keenan)
Dubai Tour: Kirby & Smith
Vuelta a Andalucia: Kirby & Stephens
Volta ao Algarve: (ES Player only - no commentrary)
Abu Dhabi Tour: Quigley & Smith (Stages 1-4), Kirby & Smith (Stage 5)
(Kirby due to do whole event but was ill)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: Quigley & Backstedt
Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne: Quigley & Backstedt
Tour of Oman: McCrossan (solo) (30 mins world feed package)
Le Samyn: Kirby & Backstedt
Strade Bianche: Kirby & Stephens
Paris-Nice: Hatch & Smith + Andy (?) (stage 1), Harris-Bass (stages 2-)
(Kelly was due to be co-comms but unavailable)
Tirreno-Adriatico: Kirby & Gibb (stages 1-3) / Stephens (stages 4-5), Smith (stages 6-)
Nokere Koerse: Quigley & Smith
Handzame Classic: Hatch & Smith
Milano-Sanremo: Hatch & Stephens
GP De Denain: (no commentary - ES player only)
Tour de Langkawi (highlights): Kirby (solo)
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya: Kirby & Stephens
Driedaagse Bruges - de Panne: Quigley & Backstedt (now a 1 day race!)
E3 Harelbeke: Quigley & Backstedt
Gent-Wevelgem: Quigley & Smith
Dwars door Vlaanderen: Kirby & Smith
GP Miguel Indurain: Quigley & Smith
Ronde van Vlaanderen: Kirby, Stephens & Kelly
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco: Kirby & Stephens (st. 1-5), Stephens & Backstedt (st 6)
Scheldeprijs: Quigley & Smith
Paris-Roubaix: Hatch, Quigley & Kelly (with Will Fotheringham)
De Brabantse Pijl: Quigley & Backstedt
Amstel Gold Race: Kirby & Smith
Tro Bro Leon: Quigley & Smith
Tour of the Alps: Kirby & Backstedt (st. 1-3), Gibb (st. 4-)
Tour of Croatia: Quigley & Smith
La Fleche Wallonne: Hatch & Stephens
Liege-Bastogne-Liege: Hatch & Kelly
Tour de Romandie: Kirby & Smith
Eschborn-Frankfurt: Kirby & Smith
Tour de Yorkshire: Harris-Bass & Backstedt
Giro d'Italia: Kirby, Hatch, Smith & Kelly with Harris-Bass (plus guests)
4 Days of Dunkirk: ES Player only (no commentary)
Vuelta Aragon: Quigley (solo)
Tour of California: Quigley & Backstedt
GP Marcel Kint: ES Player only (no commentary)
Tour de l'Ain: Quigley & Backstedt
Tour of Belgium: ES Player only (no commentary)
Tour Series (all rounds): MacDonald & Gibb (syndicated - also on ITV4)
Hammer Series Limburg: Quigley & McEwan (ES Player Only)
Heistse Pijl: ES Player only (no commentary)
Criterium du Dauphine: Kirby & Stephens
Tour de Suisse: Quigley & Smith
Tour of Slovenia: Hatch & Backstedt
La Route D'Occitanie: Harris-Bass & Stephens (stage 1), (stage 2 ESP only), Stephens & Gibb (stage 3)
Dwars Door Het Hageland: ES Player only (no commentary)
Halle-Ingooigem: Kirby & Stephens
Spanish Road Championships: Quigley & Smith

Confirmed upcoming:
Tour de France: Hatch & ?? (will be part of the big comms team)
Tour de Pologne: Hatch & ??

What I would say is that some events they have previously covered have ended up without commentary on the Player BUT they have picked up other things elsewhere. The Napoleon Cup series of races is getting a much wider outing than years past (IMO).

However they have times when they're wall to wall with other sports, tennis mainly. They could do with an extra channel. The ES Player 'no comms' option is also often when they have a few other races on and no one to do the comms.

bobmcstuff

/\ there's definitely more races on the ES Player "no comms" option this year, its great for when you are fed up with Kirby!

Vino'sGhost

the no comms option is good for second screen whilst working

reborn2

Maybe it’s my schedule then that’s changed slightly. Since the Giro I’ve hardly caught anything on there.

argyllflyer

reborn2 wrote:

Maybe it’s my schedule then that’s changed slightly. Since the Giro I’ve hardly caught anything on there.

Just as a comparison, here was everything the showed last season. It's just a quieter time of year when it comes to races that are televised IMO, what with the nothern Classics being done with, GT season just getting underday.

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race: Kirby & Stephens
Dubai Tour: Hatch & Smith
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana: Kirby & Stephens
Herald Sun Tour: Phil Liggett & Mat Keenan (bought in package)
Vuelta a Andalucia: Kirby & Stephens
Volta ao Algarve: Hatch & Smith
Abu Dhabi Tour: Kirby & Smith
Tour of Oman: Marty MacDonald (solo) (bought-in package - also shown on BIKE)
Tour de Langkawi: Quigley (solo)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: Quigley & Backstedt
Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne: Hatch & Backstedt
Le Samyn: Quigley & Stephens
Strade Bianche: Kirby & Smith
Paris-Nice: Hatch & Kelly with Harris-Bass
Tirreno-Adriatico: Kirby & Smith
Danilith - Nokere Koerse: Kirby & Stephens
Handzame Classic: Quigley & Backstedt
Milan-Sanremo: Hatch & Stephens
Volta a Catalunya: Kirby & Backstedt / Stephens
Dwars Door Vlaanderen: Quigley & Smith
E3 Harelbeke: Quigley & Smith
Gent-Wevelgem: Quigley & Smith
3 Days of De Panne: Kirby & Backstedt
Ronde van Vlaanderen: Kirby & Kelly
Vuelta al Pais Vasco: Kirby & Stephens (stages 1-4), Smith (5-)
Scheldeprijs: Quigley & Smith
British Cycling Spring Cup R1: East Cleveland Klondyke GP: McCrossan & Stephens
Paris-Roubaix: Hatch, Quigley & Kelly
De Brabantse Pijl: Harris-Bass & Backstedt
British Cycling Spring Cup R2: Tour of the Wolds: Stephens & James McCallum
GP Denain: Harris-Bass & Backstedt
Amstel Gold Race: Stephens & Lloyd
Tro Bro Leon: Quigley & Backstedt
Tour of Croatia: Kirby & Smith
Fleche Wallonne: Quigley & Backstedt
Liege-Bastogne-Liege: Hatch & Kelly
Tour de Romandie: Kirby & Smith (live from Tuesday)
Tour de Yorkshire: Quigley & Stephens (live this week)
GP Frankfurt: Kirby & Smith
Tour d'Azerbaidjan: Quigley (solo)
Giro d'Italia: Hatch & Kelly (with Smith, Blyth, Quigley and Harris-Bass on occasion) (live from Fri 5th)
British Cycling Spring Cup R3: Chorley GP: McCrossan & Stephens
4 Days of Dunqerque: no commentary (online on Eurosport Player only)
Tour Series (all rounds): MacDonald & Gibb (syndicated, also on ITV4)
Tour of California: Quigley & Backstedt
British Cycling Spring Cup R4: Lincoln GP: McCrossan & Dean Downing
Tour of Belgium: no commentary (online on Eurosport Player only)
Criterium du Dauphine: Kirby & Stephens
Tour de Suisse: Quigley & Smith
London Nocturne: Kirby & Gibb
Tour de Slovenie: Stephens & Backstedt
Route du Sud: Harris-Bass & Gibb
Halle Ingooigem: Kirby & Smith
UK Womens National Champs: Quigley & Sharon Laws (highlights - British Cycling production)
UK Mens National Champs: Quigley, McCrossan & Sharon Laws (highlights - British Cycling production)
French National Road Champs: Kirby & Gibb (highlights)
Tour de France: Kirby / Hatch (lead) with Kelly, Smith and Stephens summarising, and guest summarisers Flecha, Jens Voigt and Joanna Rowsell Shand (with Jon Harris-Bass in London)
Elite Circuit Series (all rounds): Quigley / McCrossan & McCallum
Grand Prix Series (all rounds): Quigley & McCallum
Tour de Wallonie: Quigley & Smith
Clasica San Sebastian: Quigley & Smith
Tour de Pologne: Hatch & Backstedt (stages 1 and 2), Gibb (stages 3-7)
Ride London-Surrey Classic: Kirby & Stephens
Tour of Utah: Quigley & Smith (stages 1-5), Gibb (stage 7)
Euro Road Championships: Quigley & Stephens
BinckBank Tour (formerly Eneco): Kirby & Smith
Artic Race of Norway: Hatch & Stephens
Tour of Colorado: Quigley & Backstedt
Tour de l'Avenir: Quigley & Smith (stage 1) / Backstedt (stage 2); Stephens & Backstedt (st. 8-9)
Vuelta a Espana: Kirby & Kelly
Cyclassics Hamburg: Quigley & Backstedt
Pro Otztaler 5500: Quigley & Backstedt
Brussels Cycling Classic: no commentary (ES Player only)
Tour of Britain: Hatch & Stephens (highlights & live)
GP de Fourmies: Hatch & Stephens (highlights)
GP Quebec: Hatch & Stephens
GP Montreal: Stephens & Gibb
Wallonie GP: Quigley & Backstedt
GP Impanis-Van Petegem: Hatch & Smith
Worlds Womens TTT: Kirby & Joanna Rowsell Shand
Worlds Mens TTT: Kirby & Smith
Worlds U23 Mens ITT: Kirby & Smith
Worlds Junior Womens ITT: Kirby & Rowsell-Shand
Worlds Junior Mens ITT: Kirby & Smith
Worlds Womens ITT: Kirby & Rowsell-Shand
Worlds Mens ITT: Kirby & Smith
Worlds Junior Womens Road Race: Kirby & Rowsell-Shand
Worlds U23 Mens Road Race: Kirby & Smith
Worlds Junior Mens Road Race: Kirby & Smith
Worlds Womens Road Race: Stephens & Rowsell-Shand
Worlds Mens Road Race: Kirby & Stephens / Smith
Giro dell'Emilia: Hatch & Smith
Tour of Almaty: Quigley (solo) (only last 5km shown)
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli: Hatch & Smith
Tour de l'Eurometropole: Kirby & Gibb
Tre Valli Varesine: Kirby & Smith
Milan-Turin: Kirby & Smith
Il Lombardia: Kirby & Smith
Binche -Chimay-Binche: no commentary (ES Player only)
Paris-Tours: Kirby & Smith
Tour of Turkey: Kirby & Smith
Tour of Hainan: Stephens (stage 1-2) / Quigley (stages 3-9) & Backstedt
Saitama Criterium: Stephens & Smith

argyllflyer

Just also to add, both French and UK Nationals live on Sunday coming, with delayed coverage of the Dutch.

blazing_saddles

argyllflyer wrote:

Just also to add, both French and UK Nationals live on Sunday coming, with delayed coverage of the Dutch.

With highlights of yesterday's Spanish Nationals in between. Not sure if it was live or has earlier highlights.
I also now notice that the Belgian champs was raced yesterday, so I missed it on Sporza.

As to the OP question, I'd say here in the UK, there has been a move for more cycling on the player, but certainly less on tv.
This week is another complete switch off for non-tennis fans, with Eastborne and the flipping Wimbledon qualifying enjoying all day coverage.
Meanwhile, in Spain for instance, it's cycling on both channels, with classics and a complete Vuelta re-run.

yorkshireraw

it's partly the self-defeating nature of the Cycling calendar - the other week we had Slovenia, Switzerland and Route du Sud (Occitanie) all overlapping, and all on ES on some days.

I didn't know Het Hageland had moved forward from it's previous August date so missed that one on ES - disappointing as it's great watching them (appear to) race through people's back gardens etc..

kingstongraham

Yes, the player has more on. Slovenia was live on the TV last week, with Suisse delayed on TV, but live on the ES player.

I'll try telling Mrs KG that there isn't enough cycling on TV and report back.

blazing_saddles

YorkshireRaw wrote:

I didn't know Het Hageland had moved forward from it's previous August date so missed that one on ES - disappointing as it's great watching them (appear to) race through people's back gardens etc..

Here you go. Full coverage.

http://tiz-cycling.racing/videos/dwars- ... full-race/

argyllflyer

Blazing Saddles wrote:

argyllflyer wrote:

Just also to add, both French and UK Nationals live on Sunday coming, with delayed coverage of the Dutch.

With highlights of yesterday's Spanish Nationals in between. Not sure if it was live or has earlier highlights.
I also now notice that the Belgian champs was raced yesterday, so I missed it on Sporza.

As to the OP question, I'd say here in the UK, there has been a move for more cycling on the player, but certainly less on tv.
This week is another complete switch off for non-tennis fans, with Eastborne and the flipping Wimbledon qualifying enjoying all day coverage.
Meanwhile, in Spain for instance, it's cycling on both channels, with classics and a complete Vuelta re-run.

Spain champs was live.

yorkshireraw

Blazing Saddles wrote:

YorkshireRaw wrote:

I didn't know Het Hageland had moved forward from it's previous August date so missed that one on ES - disappointing as it's great watching them (appear to) race through people's back gardens etc..

Here you go. Full coverage.

http://tiz-cycling.racing/videos/dwars- ... full-race/

nice one, thanks!

yorkshireraw

KingstonGraham wrote:

I'll try telling Mrs KG that there isn't enough cycling on TV and report back.

Ha, concur with that. Mrs YR refers to some of the midweek stuff as 'these aren't proper races, they're just making them up now'....

mididoctors

theres too much imo

6wheels

mididoctors wrote:

theres too much imo

Totally agree, takes up too much of my life.