Louise and I watch TV about 21 times a year - which coincidentally corresponds to the 21 stages of TdF.
[Actually, we're watching a little more "haw-kee" now, tho I can't understand why there are only 3 quarters in a game and no ball. But I digress.]
Anyone know what channel plays TdF (or Giro or dare I dream, spring classics)? Even if I have to accept 17 un-watchable fishing and golf channels along with the package deal, I guess that's what we'll have to do.
Thanks!
Greg
TV channel to watch bike racing
Moderator: mfarnham
Re: TV channel to watch bike racing
Hi Greg
Sports Net (SN1) channel has loads of cycling on.
They run the Tour, Giro, and Vuelta plus cyclocross, track and mountain biking.
It is usually shown at odd times, so PVR is required.
Sports Net (SN1) channel has loads of cycling on.
They run the Tour, Giro, and Vuelta plus cyclocross, track and mountain biking.
It is usually shown at odd times, so PVR is required.
Re: TV channel to watch bike racing
I know a computer isn't a TV, but it's still a screen. This site always provides good (free) links to cycling broadcasts streamed over the 'net.
http://www.cyclingfans.com/
http://www.cyclingfans.com/
Re: TV channel to watch bike racing
And the site that has no equal for cycling fans is http://www.steephill.tv/
Pick your race down the right-hand side and you get a dedicated page that gets updated day-by-day throughout the event with everything you could want: starting lists, maps, profiles, previews, links to video/audio/"print" media and real-time streaming options, and of course results—thoughtfully provided behind a spoiler-avoiding link so you can learn results by watching clips of the last 5K.
While conventional TV and cycling torrents can offer HD viewing (which is lovely and great), the moments of impact that determine the outcome of a cycling event—and that create the tension and dynamic that draw us as fans—can often be absorbed in just five to ten minutes of coverage. Steephill.tv lets you efficiently manage how much time you wish to invest in following a race.
And it lets you avoid listening to commentators like Phil Liggett and Carlton Kirby mangle riders' names and generally annoy the snot out of you as they try to fill long, inactive race periods with useless speculation and prognostications.
Pick your race down the right-hand side and you get a dedicated page that gets updated day-by-day throughout the event with everything you could want: starting lists, maps, profiles, previews, links to video/audio/"print" media and real-time streaming options, and of course results—thoughtfully provided behind a spoiler-avoiding link so you can learn results by watching clips of the last 5K.
While conventional TV and cycling torrents can offer HD viewing (which is lovely and great), the moments of impact that determine the outcome of a cycling event—and that create the tension and dynamic that draw us as fans—can often be absorbed in just five to ten minutes of coverage. Steephill.tv lets you efficiently manage how much time you wish to invest in following a race.
And it lets you avoid listening to commentators like Phil Liggett and Carlton Kirby mangle riders' names and generally annoy the snot out of you as they try to fill long, inactive race periods with useless speculation and prognostications.