Cycling Fans on Satellite

anthony wrote in “Spotted the Italian Champs on Rai Tre [13e] Sunday 16.00 CET. Also spotted French Champs on France 3 [5w] at 15.15 CET.”

Good spots, thanks.

BrianL writes in: “Coming up soon will be the Tour de Suisse which will be shown on German Sports Channel D:SF (FTA on 19e). Timings listed on their website as below.

Samstag, 13. Juni, 18.30 Uhr
1. Etappe: Mauren/LIE - Ruggell/LIE (7,8 km) Höhepunkte

Sonntag, 14. Juni, 19.30 Uhr
2. Etappe: Davos - Davos (150 km) Höhepunkte

Dienstag, 16. Juni, 17.00 Uhr
4. Etappe: Biasca - Stäfa (197 km) LIVE

Mittwoch, 17. Juni, 18.00 Uhr
5. Etappe: Stäfa - Serfaus/AUT (202 km) LIVE

Donnerst., 18. Juni, 18.00 Uhr
6. Etappe: Oberriet - Bad Zurzach (178 km) LIVE

Samstag, 20. Juni, 17.30 Uhr
8. Etappe: Le Sentier - Crans-Montana (182 km) LIVE

Sonntag, 21. Juni, 17.00 Uhr
9. Etappe: Einzelzeitfahren in Bern (39 km) LIVE

All the timings seem a little bit late for live transmission.”

The Dauphiné Libéré is traditionally a warm-up race for some of the Tour de France contenders. Watch it free-to-air on Eurosport Germany (19e): Sunday has stage one highlights 18:00-19:00, then live coverage on Monday from 15:15, Tuesday-Thursday from 16:00, Friday from 15:00, Saturday from 15:30 and the final Sunday from 15:15. Generally highlights shows are around midnight or 10:00 the following morning. All times CET.

If you spot the race on other free satellite TV, please leave me a comment. Of course, get your online coverage at cyclingfans.com.