Streaming Cycling in UK - Discovery+ prices!

[Cathryn]

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

This is VERY helpful! Thank you!

 

[Big T]

So I’ve cancelled my D+ subscription. I got an email telling me that it was reverting to the Basic subscription, but I didn’t get the half price offer.

 

[OldShep]

Got the half price offer immediately. Chose reason for leaving as being 'cost' whether that’s what triggers the offer I don’t know.

 

[BrumJim]

My son found a YouTube channel where someone recreates World Cup cyclo-cross races using Lego and stop-motion animation.

Maybe we could persuade him to do the same for the Classics and major stage races?

 

[bobzmyunkle]

My son found a YouTube channel where someone recreates World Cup cyclo-cross races using Lego and stop-motion animation.

Maybe we could persuade him to do the same for the Classics and major stage races?

Might be better coverage than some of the Quest highlight programs.

 

[Dogtrousers]

This is VERY helpful! Thank you!

It also had an error in it, which I have now corrected. The 3-month approach also nets you the Vuelta España Femenina by Carrefour.es on 4-10 May

 

[Big T]

Got the half price offer immediately. Chose reason for leaving as being 'cost' whether that’s what triggers the offer I don’t know.

I think I didn’t get the offer because I subscribed to D+ via Apple. When I went to cancel, it just offered me the £30.99 TNT subscription.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

The annoying thing about these things is the adverts that tell you how wonderful it is that you can get 17 different sports for ONLY £xxxxx

Same applies to everything else
I have access to loads of football and cricket through Sky Sports - and other stuff - but in reality I would rather pay half the amount and just get Formula 1
which is the only thing on there that I watch anyway

same would apply to cycling on whateverthechannelendupbeingcalled

people who follow 3-4 different sports end up subscribing to 3-4 different "services" to get access
If they are lucky then 2 of then will be on one
but otherwise it costs a fortune and you get very little for it

 

[nellietheelephant]

Trying 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.

For the last few years I've taken out a Disc+ sub at £6.99 for 3 months at £20.97. As a matter of principle, I'm not going to pay £92.97 for 3 months access, especially not for the sub standard presentaion on offer.
We were happy with the high quality highlights programme offered by ITV4, the TdF, Criterium de Dauphine, and once upon a time, La Vuelta & Giro. I would be happy to pay a lot of money to see highlights of the major tours, but not the poorly edited, random clips and lousy commentary that Disc+ offer.

 

[mjr]

We were happy with the high quality highlights programme offered by ITV4, the TdF, Criterium de Dauphine, and once upon a time, La Vuelta & Giro.

Itv never had the giro. RCS always wanted too much money, probably because they've always got financial trouble, as far as I can tell. Reportedly, they asked for more for the giro highlights than ASO got for live coverage of the tour.

ITV had the Vuelta for a few years while Froome was chasing it, unaware he already won one.

Agree entirely on Eurosport highlights editing being awful. They promise improvement this year. Yet again.

 

[tfc03]

Riffing from Dogtrousers helpful post you could cancel during the Mens Tdef as its on ITV4 and do:
23.04 La Flèche Wallonne 1.UWT
27.04 Liège-Bastogne-Liège 1.UWT
29.04 - 04.05 Tour de Romandie 2.UWT
01.05 Eschborn-Frankfurt 1.UWT
09.05 - 01.06 Giro d'Italia 2.UWT
08.06 - 15.06 Critérium du Dauphiné 2.UWT
15.06 - 22.06 Tour de Suisse 2.UWT
22.06 Copenhagen Sprint
WWT:

23.04	La Flèche Wallonne Féminine	1.WWT
27.04	Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes	1.WWT
04.05 - 10.05	Vuelta España Femenina by Carrefour.es	2.WWT
16.05 - 18.05	Itzulia Women	2.WWT
22.05 - 25.05	Vuelta a Burgos Feminas	2.WWT
05.06 - 08.06	Tour of Britain Women	2.WWT
12.06 - 15.06	Tour de Suisse Women	2.WWT
21.06	Copenhagen Sprint	1.WWT

Unsubscribe, then resubscribe for the mens Vuelta:
17.08 ADAC Cyclassics 1.UWT
20.08 - 24.08 Renewi Tour 2.UWT
23.08 - 14.09 La Vuelta Ciclista a España 2.UWT
31.08 Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 1.UWT
12.09 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 1.UWT
14.09 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 1.UWT
WWT:

15.08 - 17.08	Tour de Romandie Féminin	2.WWT
19.08 - 24.08	Tour of Scandinavia	2.WWT
30.08	Classic Lorient Agglomération - CERATIZIT	1.WWT

But you would miss the womens Giro! I presume tdef women is on itv?

Does that work for some? Or is it about getting the cut price 3 months?

 

[Paulus]

I have cancelled my subscription today. It does feel a bit sad that for the first time in many years I won't be able to follow the grand tours and classics but I feel the greedy b**t**ds at Warner are taking the urine. Hopefully Cycling Weekly will have the reports albeit a week late.

 

[kingrollo]

There should be a state owned cycling Chanel ..which is free to air.

It could easily be funded by a small rise in vehicle excise duty.

 

[Tenkaykev]

There should be a state owned cycling Chanel ..which is free to air.

It could easily be funded by a small rise in vehicle excise duty.

Great idea, if the levy were proportional to engine size, with fully electrical vehicles being exempt, then I could see it being a hugely popular move...

 

[Jameshow]

This seems misjudged, I can't see a lot of cycling fans actually paying.

There aren't usually that many are there? But use record it if only to fast forward through.

Tour of Britain except where you live!👍🤣