Cycling Fans on Satellite Pro-cycling satellite race coverage

Everyone’s favourite Saturday one-day classic so far this year(!) will be live on RAI Tre (13e) from 14:50 CET.

Highlights are on Eurosport (19e) at 17:00 CET. (It’s live on Eurosport 2, but that’s not free-to-air.)

Anyone found other free TV coverage? This seems surprisingly sparse, but I guess it competes with skating and swimming championships.

If you’re wondering where are the big names not at Paris-Nice, they’re probably in this race: Bettini, Boonen, Freire, Petacchi, Cancellara and Cavendish are all on the start list. Check the Cycling Fans live coverage home page for links and more, then watch it here:

Wed 12.03 RAI Tre 15:15 – 16:10; Eurosport 16:15 – 17:00; 1st stage: Civitavecchia-Civitavecchia (160 km)

Thu 13.03 RAI Tre 15:15 – 16:10; Eurosport 16:45 -17:15; 2th stage: Civitavecchia-Gubbio (203 km)

Fri 14.03 RAI Tre 15:15 – 16:00; Eurosport 18:30 – 19:00; 3th stage: Gubbio-Montelupone (195 km)

Sat 15.03 RAI Tre 15:50 – 16:30; Eurosport 18:15 -19:00; 4th stage: Porto Recanati-Civitanova Marche (167 km)

Sun 16.03 RAI Tre 15:00 – 16:00; Eurosport 21:00 – 21:30; 5th stage: Individual Time Trial Macerata-Recanati (26 km)

Mon 17.03 RAI Tre 15:15 – 16:10; Eurosport 14:15 -15:15; 6th stage: Civitanova Marche-Castelfidardo (196 km)

Tue 18.03 RAI Tre 15:15 – 16:10; Eurosport 17:00 – 17:30; 7th stage: San Benedetto-San Benedetto (176 km)

Eurosport is at 19 east (digital German, analogue English and German). RAI Tre is at 13 east (Italian). All times CET.

Here’s the free-to-air satellite details for the first big French cycle race of the year. Please add any updates in the comments, particularly any ITV coverage. Update: RAI Sport Sat (13e) seems to have coverage at similar times to the (encrypted now) France 4.

Sun 09.03 Prologue: Individual Time Trial Amily (5 km) France 4 13:40 – 15:00 (live?); France 3 15:00 – 15:35 (live?); ZDF 16:15 approx -17:00, in ZDF SPORTextra (highlights?); Eurosport 23:30 – 0:15 (highlights);

Mon 10.03 1st stage: Amily-Nevers (185 km) Eurosport 15:00 – 16:45; France 4 15:25 – 16:35;

Tue 11.03 1st stage highlights: Amily-Nevers (185 km) Eurosport 14:30 – 15:00; 2nd stage: Nevers-Belleville (201 km) Eurosport 15:00 – 16:45; France 4 15:25 – 16:35;

Wed 12.03 3rd stage: Fleurie-Saint Étienne (165,5 km) Eurosport 14:30 – 16:15; France 4 15:25 – 16:35;

Thu 13.034th stage: Montélimar-Mont Ventoux (176 km) Eurosport 15:30 – 16:45; France 4 15:25 – 16:35;

Fri 14.03 5th stage: Althen des Paluds-Sisteron (172,5 km) France 4 15:25 – 16:35 (live); Eurosport 17:15 -18:00 (highlights);

Sat 15.03 6th stage: Sisteron-Cannes (206 km) France 4 15:25 – 16:35 (live); Eurosport 17:15 -18:15 (highlights);

Sun 16.03 7th stage: Nice-Nice (119 km) France 3 15:05 – 16:55 (live); Eurosport 20:00 – 21:00 (highlights);

Mon 17.03 7th stage highlights: Nice-Nice (119 km) Eurosport 13:15 -14:15

All times CET. France 3 and 4 are at 5 west (in French), Eurosport is at 19 east (German digital, German and English analogue) and ZDF is at 13 and 19 east (in German). Sources: France 4 Sport, Eurosport.DE, ZDF