Comments on: Tour de France

By: Dr. Quack

Dr. Quack — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:55:53 +0000

I just thank god that baseball gets all the drugs guff here in the states. It seems like, and this may also be a result of Armstrong making a return, cycling is making a big impression here. Versus plays the tour twice daily, once live, plus we get snail coverage. In stark contrast, it seems the European cycling fans are getting pretty tired of the pervasive culture of cheating.

By: MJ Ray

MJ Ray — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:48:02 +0000

Oh and a relative told me that Duffy Duck was still making silly comments on Eurosport International in English today, so now I’m confused.

By: MJ Ray

MJ Ray — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:46:49 +0000

The 5w by the French channels in my listings means that they are at 5 degrees west. Last time I tried, they were quite OK in the UK, but I need to adjust my dish to get them again now (it’s still fine for 13 to 28 degrees east, though).

By: jo

jo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:14:33 +0000

Duffy Duck left two years ago thank goodness and Eurosport in English is quite palatable. It can be found on Astra a little bit to the right of the German version. 12.***

There used to be a Eurosport channel without comments so you could still hear the people shouting and the riders cussing, but I can’t find that anymore. Anybody know?

Yesterday I listened to Graham Jones/Johnson? and Simon * on Radio bbc5liveXtra. whilst watching Eurosport. That was a unique experience. I think they are the best. Sadly that was a one-off.

Wish I knew which satellite the French channels are on.

By: MJ Ray

MJ Ray — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:31:51 +0000

I’ve found the itv red button coverage on the video stream named “ITVi Quad” (28.2E 12402.00 V 27500 2/3 PPID 12150 VPID 3352 APID 3353). Great stuff!

By: John Lewis

John Lewis — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:54:06 +0000

I have been watching the German Eurosport channel on Astra 19e for all the cycling this year as it seems to be the only un-encrypted channel I can get with my FreeSat box.

It has German language commentary but I don’t mind that too much as most of the time last year when I could get the English Eurosport on Hotbird I had the sound turned off so as not to hear Duffield waffling on about anything other than what was on the screen.

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MJ Ray (mjray) 's status on Saturday, 04-Jul-09 09:22:20 UTC - Identi.ca — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:22:27 +0000

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