OldShep
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Carlton is now safe in my household. Dislike has firmly moved to Jez Cox. What a stupid boy he is and capable of spouting absolute pish.
Look on the bright side - at least highlights of the Tour of Britain will still be on ITV 😳
the cyclists who come up will not have any heroes to watch on TV and some interest will slow down
I cycled as a child but I had my bike stolen from school when I was 13 and didn't ride again until I was 33. What got me interested in cycling again was watching the Tour de France on TV in 1989. I'm sure that TV coverage has got many other people interested in the sport. You have to be interested in the sport to start with to be buying Cycling Weekly!I may have an outdated view of all this, when I was a lad there was no cycling on TV, was it the 80s we first saw TDF on TV ? We read about the races in cycling weekly, I have been an avid watcher of free to air cycling coverage but I have never paid to watch it and never will, the beauty of cycling is the taking part in whatever form not the watching.
Interesting. So interesting that it called for a spreadsheet and a visit to ProcyclingstatsTrying to put a positive spin on this, at £6.99 a month for the past year or so it's worked out at £84 for a year.
Now we can get 3 months for £93.
So we can spend more or less the same as before, and get say, two Grand Tours plus a month of Spring Classics.
And a few other races that fill up the months.
Not as good certainly, and requires keeping a close watch on your subscription dates, but its maybe one way to look at it.
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, expect death, taxes and Dogtrousers producing a spreadsheet.Interesting. So interesting that it called for a spreadsheet and a visit to Procyclingstats
Assuming you want to watch the TdF and TdF Femmes, then your 3 months will have to be 4 May to 3rd Aug. That would give you the following:
Mens WT races:
09.05 - 01.06 Giro d'Italia
08.06 - 15.06 Critérium du Dauphiné
15.06 - 22.06 Tour de Suisse
22.06 Copenhagen Sprint
05.07 - 27.07 Tour de France
2.08 Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa
Women's WT:
16.05 - 18.05 Itzulia Women
22.05 - 25.05 Vuelta a Burgos Feminas
05.06 - 08.06 Tour of Britain Women
12.06 - 15.06 Tour de Suisse Women
21.06 Copenhagen Sprint
06.07 - 13.07 Giro d'Italia Women
26.07 - 03.08 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift
But if you decided to push the boat out and get four months leading up to the end of the TdF Femmes you'd also get 4 Apr-3 May
Men
6.04 Ronde van Vlaanderen
07.04 - 12.04 Itzulia Basque Country
13.04 Paris-Roubaix
20.04 Amstel Gold Race
23.04 La Flèche Wallonne
27.04 Liège-Bastogne-Liège
1.05 Eschborn-Frankfurt
Women
6.04 Ronde van Vlaanderen
12.04 Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift
20.04 Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition
23.04 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
27.04 Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes
You can work out the non WT races for yourself
When it first started in 1989, it was free, with two audio channels, English and German. It's basically the digital replacement of that for German which is still free today. The English version only moved behind the Sky paywall when Sky Digital launched in 1998, probably because the UK is seen as "treasure island" by foreign-owned companies like Sky.When Eurosport first became available, you could only get it via satellite, and you had to have at least the basic Sky package.
When Eurosport first became available, you could only get it via satellite, and you had to have at least the basic Sky package.
That's how I used to watch it. I bought a used analogue dish and box for about £30. That worked pretty well for years, except in heavy rain when the picture broke up and disappeared!When it first started in 1989, it was free, with two audio channels, English and German.
That's how I used to watch it. I bought a used analogue dish and box for about £30. That worked pretty well for years, except in heavy rain when the picture broke up and disappeared!
I think I will just have to make do with race analysis by Lanterne Rouge and Chris Horner on YouTube. Their work is very good but it won't be the same as watching the last 2 or 3 of hours of racing each day.
Discovery plus's paywall, doing for UK pro cycling what Team Discovery's hiring of Armstrong did for US pro cycling!With great reluctance we’ve signed up to TNT’s half price offer, lasts until the end of September. Gives us until then to further consider our options. I think this is the death knell for UK professional cycling.