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2008-04-07

Tour of the Basque Country

Filed under: Coverage,Eurosport,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 01:14+00:00

Eurosport don’t seem to be showing this race this year (I think they used to) but I think ETBsat (19 east) is showing it. I see they’re listing

Lunes 7 15:50 “LEGAZPI – LEGAZPI (137 KMS.)” 17:30

Martes 8 15:50 “2.ETAPA: LEGAZPI – ERANDIO (153 KMS.)” 17:35

Miércoles 9 15:55 “3. ETAPA : ERANDIO – VIANA (195 KMS.)” 17:40

Jueves 10 15:50 “ETAPA 4: VIANA – VITORIA – GASTEIZ (171” 17:35

Viernes 11 15:55 “ETAPA 5: VITORIA – GASTEIZ – ORIO (162 K” 17:35

Sábado 12 16:15 “6. ETAPA: ORIO – AIA – ORIO (20 KM.)”

which matches up with the official site stage list.

2008-04-04

Tour of Britain launch notes

Filed under: BBC,Coverage,Criticism,ITV,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 07:31+00:00

ToB Taunton Banner The Tour of Britain organisers emailed me to announce their launch. The race this year will be 7th – 14th September (starting stage 2 in my old stomping grounds of MK and finishing stage 3 in Burnham on Sea, the next town south from my home) and they announce daily coverage on itv4
on their front page.

Well done ToB and itv! That should be a vast improvement on the 2 hours on the last day that BBC were giving it, although I expect it’s highlights rather than live.

GP Indurain?

Filed under: Coverage,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 07:26+00:00

Bernie S again tipped me off that ETBsat is showing the GP Indurain on Saturday. I see they’re listing at 15:50 CET TXIRRINDULARITZA:INDURAIN SARIA “SANTUARIO DE PUY. LIZARRA” which I think might be it. Nice spot again Bernie!

2008-04-02

Tour of Flanders

Filed under: Coverage,Criticism,Eurosport,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 11:54+00:00

Bernie S wrote in: “Bit concerned RTBF not showing Flanders on Sunday (4 hrs last year). Only Eurosport (19 east) and RAI Tre (13 east) I can find so far. I just checked ARD/ZDF no deal there. Also France 3 said on Sunday at CI that Flanders is not live there. So, coverage is a bit sparse, although NOS will probably show but are encrypted.”

Thanks Bernie. Eurosport is schedules show it as 13:00-17:00 CET and RAI Tre has it 15:10-18:00 CET (which probably means Eurosport will overrun and not show the presentations, as sadly usual). Unusually, it’s also on SFinfo (13 east) at 13:00 CET. Highlights 15:15 CET Monday and 13:30 CET Wednesday on Eurosport.

2008-03-29

Big Weekend of Cycling

Filed under: Coverage,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 10:30+00:00

Enough of that cycling on wood in Manchester (which continues on Eurosport, 19 east, and BBC2 and BBCi 28 east if you want to see lots of British winners) – there’s a lot of road cycling to watch this weekend.

RTBF Sat shows GP de l’E3, 15:00-17:05 CET Saturday and la flèche brabançonne 15:20-17:25 CET Sunday, 19 east.

France 3 shows Criterium international 16:00-17:00 CET Sunday, 5 west.

RAI Sport Sat shows Coppi E Bartali 17:30 CET Saturday, 13 east (also 23:00 CET Tuesday, 18:30 Wednesday to Saturday).

Who would you tip for these races? Visit the main cyclingfans home page for ideas…

2008-03-27

Paris-Nice for the UK-only viewers

Filed under: Coverage,ITV,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 03:26+00:00

Over in the timewarp, itv4 (28e) will be showing Paris-Nice highlights on Sat 29.03. at 11:55 BST. Better late than never, I guess.

2008-03-21

Milan-San Remo

Filed under: Coverage,Eurosport,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 03:26+00:00

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.

2008-03-12

Tirreno-Adriatico

Filed under: Coverage,Eurosport,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 02:06+00:00

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.

2008-03-08

Paris-Nice

Filed under: Coverage,Eurosport,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 07:47+00:00

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

2008-02-09

GP Costa degli Etruschi

Filed under: Coverage,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 01:53+00:00

RAI Sport Sat (free-to-air 13e) have highlights of GP Costa degli Etruschi at 18:00-18:30 CET today (Saturday 9th).

The CyclingNews start list (beware, results will appear higher up on that page) suggests it’s the first time for most of us to see some of the big names on TV this season, including a fairly strong Milram squad supporting Alessandro Petacchi, who’s looking for his fourth win in a row at this event.

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