Tells us what cycling is coming up on TV....

[ColinJ]

I had my bicycle stolen from the school bike shed when I was 13 years old. That was me finished with cycling for 20 years...

It was watching the Ch4 TdF highlights shows in 1989 that got me interested in cycling again.

I am sure that the ITV4 highlights shows did the same for many other people. It is a great pity that they are no more!

 

[geocycle]

I had my bicycle stolen from the school bike shed when I was 13 years old. That was me finished with cycling for 20 years...

It was watching the Ch4 TdF highlights shows in 1989 that got me interested in cycling again.

I am sure that the ITV4 highlights shows did the same for many other people. It is a great pity that they are no more!

Yes, the best bits about the ITV4 highlights are not really related to the cycling commentary. It is a bit like how TMS cricket on the radio comes to the fore when it’s raining. Both have great and articulate presentation.

 

[Adam4868]

Les Champs-Elysées Paris 2025....a teary Bon Voyage from Millar and Boulting.

Can't wait....🤣

 

[mjr]

Les Champs-Elysées Paris 2025....a teary Bon Voyage from Millar and Boulting.

Can't wait....🤣

Hopefully only an » au revoir « until WB gets bored, or taken over yet again!

 

[matticus]

We could have had free to air coverage in the uk too from the EBU .
BUT ITV or any of the other uk broadcasters , didn’t bid for them . ☹️

It seems possible that a "guide price" was distributed, and ITV knew straight away it was too rich for them.

 

[matticus]

It seems to me that this thread is really only relevant for those who only watch one race a year, which is a bit like loving football but only watching the FA Cup final.
Anyone who watches the whole lot, or a percentage of it, the cyclo cross, mtb, the Tour of Romandie, Paris-Nice etc etc won't be much affected by no ITV.

Many of those people will only have had access to one race a year.

And shirley you'd get a fair bit of dicsussion if Roubaix was removed from the broadcast schedules. It's just about the Biggest Fish!

 

[mjr]

And shirley you'd get a fair bit of dicsussion if Roubaix was removed from the broadcast schedules It's just about the Biggest Fish!

Ironic given that itv4 will probably broacast "Monster Carp" instead!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I suppose it all depends on the cost of getting the rights
costs of putting it all on

compared to the amount they can raise through the advertising slots

I presume the balance no longer works well enough