Trofeo Laigueglia on RAI Sports Più, Sat, 21 Feb 2009, 2000-2045 CET
Giro di Sardegna on RAI Sports Più, Tue, 24 Feb 2009, 1715-1900 CET
See The RAI TV Guide.
Thanks to Bernie S and Dave F for the tip-offs. Please leave a comment if you see these races on free TV elsewhere!
The Tour of California, created in 2006, rivals the Tour of Georgia as the top US cycling race. The increased interest this year is driven by its position on Lance Armstrong’s comeback trail.
Eurosport (FTA at 19e) is covering this race for the first time in 2009. Listing magazines disagree on the exact show times, but coverage usually seems to start after 23:00 CET, with some highlights shows around 14:00 or 15:00 CET the following day.
Have you seen coverage on other channels? Let me know in the comments, please.
Challenge Majorca from Sunday 8 February to Thursday 12 February is on Direct 8 (13e and 19e) and IB Sat (30w).
Thanks to BernieS for the pointers – Direct8 popped up on my usual French cycling coverage monitor but I don’t have a good one for Spain.
Just as a side note, both channels have internet video streams that actually play on my GNU/Linux-based TV viewer. Several others never have. I’ll probably watch over satellite still, but will 2009 be the year that online video channels get their heads in gear and stop messing it up with Internet-Explorer-only Javascript+Flash rubbish?
It’s the start of the 2009 live free TV coverage and while we’re freezing our backsides off here in northern Europe, the pro cyclists are off in the middle east for the ASO-linked Tour of Qatar.
Eurosport has a mixture of live and recorded coverage at 19e (digital in German, analogue with German and English audio), with coverage starting at 12:30 on Monday, 14:30 Tuesday, 12:30 Wednesday, then 13:00 Thursday and Friday. All times CET.
More coverage is over on CyclingFans.com (but if you’re watching highlights on Eurosport, you may want to take care what you read!)
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