The penultimate big pro race is today. See the main cyclingfans page for a detailed preview of the long hike south-west, then watch it on:-
Eurosport Germany (19e) from 1515 CET, with highlights 1030 CET tomorrow.
France 3 (5w) also from 1515 CET.
RAI Tre (13e) joins coverage at 1530 CET. (More cycling on RAI Sport Piu today with Giro Dell’emilia 1705-1730 and Gran Premio Beghelli 1915-1950 CET.)
Any more coverage spotted?
The UCI’s top event is on this week in Varese, Italy and is covered all over the shop. Men’s U23 Individual Time Trial is on Tuesday, Women’s ITT on Wednesday, Men’s ITT on Thursday, Men’s U23 Race on Friday, Women’s Race on Saturday and Men’s Race on Sunday.
English-language coverage is on BBCi and BBC-2, free-to-air at 28e and also online, but don’t include the U23 races. Shows are Wednesday 1300-1600, Thursday 1200-1630, Saturday 1200-1545 and Sunday 0930-1630 all BST. BBC Two highlights ahows are on Saturday and Sunday 1800-1900 BST.
German-language coverage on Eurosport (free-to-air at 19e, also in English on analogue) is probably the most comprehensive. Shows are on Wednesday 0045, 0830, 1230, 1400 (live), 1815, Thursday 0030, 1145, 1300 (live), Friday 0030, 1300 (live), 2345, Saturday 1300 (live), Sunday 1030 (live) all CET.
French-language coverage is on France 3, free-to-air at 5W, with shows at Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday at 1500 CET.
Italian-language coverage is on RAI Tre and RAI Sport piu, usually FTA at 13e, at similar times to France 3.
Also on 13e, SLO2 has coverage on Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 1500 CET.
So of the major European languages, Spanish is the only one I’ve not found…
What with all the other racing, I missed that the Tour of Poland is on TVP Polonia (free-to-air at 7e, 13e and 19e) most days from 1515-1700 or thereabouts. See TVP’s website for listings.
I’m still busy watching the Vuelta, but Bernie S wrote in: “RTBF Sat again. GP Wallonie, with another programme in the middle it would appear.”
So that’s on RTBF Sat (free-to-air at 19e) Wed 17 Sep 2008, 1445-1735 CET. (Source)
I’m not sure whether I’ve watched any RTBF coverage for a few months. It’ll be interesting to see how it looks/feels after watching the Tour of Britain.
The Tour of Britain is from Sunday 7 September – 14 September. I should be at Tuesday’s stage finish in Burnham-on-Sea and I’ll try to post some pictures from there. If you’re going to be at other stages, let me or cyclingfans.com know.
This year, itv4 takes up the baton with much-improved coverage every night at 8pm – see times from TVGuide.
Bernie S writes: “This used to be our World Cup race (Rochester Classic et al) which the germans pinched after the Tour success of Ullrich and it’s on Rai Sport Piu [free-to-air at 13e] Sunday 8 September 1430-1530 CET”
The third and final grand tour of the year approaches! As you’d expect, the main coverage is from Spanish national broadcaster TVEI on a wide range of satellites with show times apparently only published a few days ahead now. In previous years, TVEI times had been published a week or two ahead.
Eurosport is the next best, free-to-air n German at 19e, with Vuelta shows starting at 1600 CET most days.
Who else is covering this race free-to-air?
This year’s Tour of Germany is overlapping with the Tour of Ireland and the Vuelta a Espana, which I don’t remember it doing before, so the main place to watch it is ARD Das Erste on 19e and 13e.
ARD show times are listed on the official site but settle down to 1605-1725 CET for next Monday-Friday. Some stages are also shown on TW1/ORF Sport Plus at 19e. (Thanks to Bernie S for the links.)
It looks like all other international satellite broadcasts are pay-TV. Please leave a comment if you know better.
The Tour of Ireland is attracting a growing audience and this year’s entrants include Garmin-Chipotle’s Irish champion Dan Martin who hinted at good form in the just-finished Volta a Portugal. Other entrants include Team Columbia with the Manx Express Mark Cavendish returning to the road hoping to recapture his amazing Tour de France form after a disappointing Beijing Olympics.
Highlights are shown every day on itv4 (at 28 east, on the UK-targetted beam) at 7pm BST from Wednesday 27th to Sunday 31st August, except 7.30pm Friday and 7.10pm Saturday. Non-satellite Irish viewers can see what looks like the same programme on RTE Two about 3am. (itv news release) I’ve not found any other non-subscription broadcasts yet.
The Tour of Portugal is being shown live on RTPi (13e and 19e, also other continents). Times (UTC+1) are:
I don’t think this race is carried on other channels (please leave a comment if you know otherwise) and RTPi’s broadcast quality has been a bit worse than most channels over the last few years (I suspect there’s an analogue part of the broadcast system), but this race is still worth watching to see if you can spot some stars of the future. The umbrella dancing while waiting for the podium presentations also needs to be seen to be believed!
Sadly, the official site is ShockWaveF’d so I can’t see who’s riding, but I expect the main CyclingFans Live Coverage page will keep me informed well enough.
(Thanks to Bernie S for the tip yet again.)
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