La Vuelta 2016 **SPOILERS**

[ColinJ]

Teejay has decided not to go for the GC!!!!!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-garderen-plans-radically-different-approach-to-vuelta-a-espana/

He'll probably go and win it now!

I have let my Eurosport subscription lapse until next year's Spring Classics, on the basis that ITV4 and the BBC cover most of the cycling that I want to watch until then. I went to ITV4 in the listings just now to set up 'series recording' for the Vuelta and found that the 7 pm slot is taken up by 'World Series of Darts' ... I thought for a horrible moment that they were not going to cover the race this year. Fear not - coverage is at 10 pm tomorrow but subsequently reverts to the usual 7 pm time.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Teejay has decided not to go for the GC!!!!!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-garderen-plans-radically-different-approach-to-vuelta-a-espana/

You can just about hear the huge sigh of relief from the GC contenders

 

[coffeejo]

Do you think Ladbrokes will give me my money back?

 

[mjr]

Fear not - coverage is at 10 pm tomorrow but subsequently reverts to the usual 7 pm time.

TMN to me. https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/tells-us-what-cycling-is-coming-up-on-tv.119943/post-4416896

I may watch a few key Vuelta stages live on Eurosport, simply by turning the antenna from 28°E to 19° and watching in German. Once installed, it's a lot less faff than trying to get online streams and works out cheaper than paying £5/month - I think I paid about £200 fifteen or more years ago, although I did buy a £70 HD recorder upgrade this year. The Vuelta used to be the difficult grand tour, only broadcast on TVE Internacional and very low-quality (digital encoding of heatwave atmospheric effects made for really bad viewing), but it's been on Eurosport for the last few years.

 

[fimm]

I don't think it can be a TMN if has been posted in a different thread....

 

[rich p]

simply by turning the antenna from 28°E to 19° and watching in German.

Really? I don't think you've mentioned that before

 

[mjr]

I don't think it can be a TMN if has been posted in a different thread....

OK, I'll go report it as off-topic, then

 

[philk56]

I wonder if the Katusha team made it back to their hotel!

https://twitter.com/katushacycling/status/766588804933230592

 

[brommers]

TT bikes on a cross country course? Interesting.

 

[brommers]

What a spectacular setting for the team presentation

 

[ColinJ]

I don't think it can be a TMN if has been posted in a different thread....

Ha ha - I nearly posted the same thing before spotting your post, so that would have a TMN for pointing out a false TMN!

 

[rich p]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/author/robert-millars-2016-vuelta-a-espana-predictions/
Does Robert Millar get paid for coming out with the same trite stuff that we spout on here?

 

[coffeejo]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/author/robert-millars-2016-vuelta-a-espana-predictions/
Does Robert Millar get paid for coming out with the same trite stuff that we spout on here?

I think we're better at apostrophe's.

 

[Crackle]

I think we're better at apostrophe's.

It's true. I can pick out Orion on a clear night.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/author/robert-millars-2016-vuelta-a-espana-predictions/
Does Robert Millar get paid for coming out with the same trite stuff that we spout on here?

I doubt he'd even get a "like" on this thread for that load of bollocks.