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2008-08-09

Olympics

Filed under: BBC,Coverage,Criticism,Cyclocross,Eurosport,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 10:16+00:00

Bad BBC! Their olympic schedules are useless, so I’d missed the Men’s road race by the time I found the right page on their website.

The Women’s road race is 0700-1030 BST tomorrow (Sun 10 August), with the time trials on Wednesday 13 August 0430-1010 BST.

BMX fans (any reading this? I’ve yet to find any) can see the finals up to 0418 BST on Thursday 21 August, while mountain bikes run 0800-1030 BST on Friday 22 (Women) and Saturday 23 (Men).

Events are shown on Eurosport (19e), ARD/ZDF (19e), RTBF-Sat (19e), La 2 (5w), SLO-2 (13e), RAI Due and RAI Sport (13e) and maybe others, but most broadcasters don’t make it easy to find which events are on which channels when (see above flame of the BBC), so good luck!

Update: highlights of Men’s Road Race at 2300 CET tonight (Saturday) on Eurosport (19e).

2008-08-02

Donostia/Donostia klasikoa

Filed under: Coverage,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 06:46+00:00

The Clásica San Sebastián is on RAI Sport Più at 13e, advertised as 1545-1730 CET today (Sat 2 Aug), but experience suggests those times may vary.

I’m surprised that this race seems fairly hard to find. Thanks to Bernie S for the tip. I hope the summer storms here don’t disrupt my viewing.

Bernie S also mentioned that ETB Sat (19e) are covering Subida Urkiola on Sunday 3 Aug from 1550 to 1700 cet

2008-07-04

Tour de France

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

And so it starts!

France 2 and 3 are the home of the Tour, really. They have most coverage at 5w. Current show times from EuroTV.

Belgium‘s French-language RTBFsat is also showing live coverage and their “A bicyclette” show is back. See teletext for today’s show times.

Eurosport has coverage at 19e with audio in German (digital and analogue) and English (analogue only). Live coverage of stages and several repeats of highlights – a good pick if you miss your daily dose of tour. Current show times from Klack. It looks like ARD and ZDF (19e and some 13e) are also showing it – I wonder if they’ll show the whole race this year? ARD Listings.

In the UK, we’ve more coverage than ever before, with itv4 advertising itself as the home of cycling at 28e. There’s live coverage on weekends and highlights around 7pm BST every day. Current show listings from TVGuide. Update: On weekdays, live coverage is on one of the ITVi Video Stream channels at 28e on 10832kHz Horizontal SID 10005 VPID 2367 APID 2366. This is on Astra 2D, so coverage is UK-focused.

Dutch language channel BVN (Best from Flanders and Netherlands) on 19e and 13e is showing NOS’s Sportzomer highlights and interview show on most days around 2230 CET. See VRT teletext for today’s show time. Thanks to Bernie S for the tip.

Italy‘s RAI Tre (13e) is showing stages live and highlights in Tg Sport Speciale around 2000 CET each evening. I’d expect more coverage and repeats on RAI Sport Piu on weekdays, but I only have listings for one day ahead.

I’ll probably post again in a few days once I’ve tried a few channels and noted any differences or eccentricities in their coverage. Let me know if you’re watching it free-to-air another way, or if something above does or doesn’t work for you, please.

2008-06-29

National Championships

Filed under: Coverage,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 10:38+00:00

As mentioned in a comment by connolly, the Belgian national championships are on RTBFsat at 19e today from 1515-1800 CET.

Bernie S emailed to let me know that the Italian national championships are on RAI at 13e. RAI Sport Piu has the championships 1430-1700 CET and then the Dolomite Marathon 1700-2230 CET. RAI Tre shows the championships 1600-1710 CET.

France 3 at 5w has the Championnats de France de cyclisme sur route from 1500 CET.

Connolly asked after the Netherlands (which I’ve never seen on free TV) and Bernie S also asked after the German national championships, but I can’t find them on free TV anywhere this year… have you found them? Or any other national championships? Please let us know in a comment.

2008-06-06

Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Filed under: Coverage,Eurosport,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 08:15+00:00

Boo to the Dauphiné for producing a useless Flash website, but at least Eurosport (free-to-air at 19e) have some coverage. Times:-

Sun 8th 18:45 -19:45 CET Prolog (Individual Time Trial 6 km), Le Pontet-Avignon

Mon 9th 15:15 -16:45: 1 (194 km), Avignon-Privas

Tue 10th 15:15 -16:45: 2 (184 km), Bourg St. Andeol-Vienne

Wed 11th 15:15 -16:45: 3 (Team Time Trial 31km), St Paul-en-Jarez – St Paul-en-Jarez

Thu 12th 15:15 -16:45: 4 (193 km), Vienne-Annemasse

Fri 13th 15:15-16:45: 5 (125 km), Ville la Grand-Morzine

Sat 14th 15:45 -17:00: 6 (233 km), Morzine-La Toussuire

Sun 15th 16:15-17:15: 7 (127 km), St. Jean de Maurienne-Grenoble

Let me know if you find this on other channels, please!

2008-06-04

Euskal Bizikleta

Filed under: Coverage,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 08:44+00:00

This race is on ETBsat (19e, sometimes identified as EUSKAL TV) at the following times. The official website gives stage details and EITB24 may have commentary online.

Fri 6th 15:55 – 17:35 CET “1: BAKIO-BAKIO (154,5 KM)”

Sat 7th 15:50 – 17:40 “2: AGURAIN – AGURAIN (162,7 KM)”

Sun 8th 15:50 – 17:40 “3: EIBAR – ARRATE (150,7 KM)”

As ever, please let me know if you spot coverage elsewhere.

2008-05-27

Rond van België / Tour de Belgique

Filed under: Coverage,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 09:59+00:00

If you’d like to watch Quick Step’s Boonen and Devolder or Lotto’s Hoste racing on home turf, the Rond van België / Tour de Belgique is on RTBF Sat at 19 east on Wed 28 May 14:00-15:45 CET, Thu 14:00-16:00 CET, Fri 14:00-15:45 CET, Sat 14:00-16:20 CET, Sun 14:00-16:05 CET. Ideally timed for watching just before the Giro stage finishes…

2008-05-26

Giro d’Italia week 3

Filed under: Coverage,Eurosport,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 03:46+00:00

Just noticed that the coverage info on the main site has fallen off the bottom of the page and there seems to be some hiccough with the archives. Here’s what I’m watching:-

RAI has the best coverage on 13 east: RAI Tre 15:15-17:00 CET daily live coverage. Extra features and weekend extra live coverage on RAI Tre and RAI Sport Sat.

Eurosport Germany is on 19 east 16:00-17:15 CET daily live coverage, but often delayed and cut short by tennis live coverage from the French Open. Saturday’s stage is advertised as 15:00-17:30 CET and Sunday as 16:30-17:30 CET. On weekdays, the previous stage is usually summarised earlier in the day.

Tuesday is a rest day, though.

2008-04-27

Liege-Bastogne-Liege

Filed under: Coverage,Eurosport,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 08:45+00:00

The race to the bulge and back is live on RTBF-Sat (19 east) 1345-1710 CET today (Sunday), with Eurosport (19e) joining at 1400, France 3 (5w) joining at 1505 and ARD (13e and 19e) joining coverage at 1605 CET.

Highlights are on Eurosport 1400 CET Monday and RAI Sport Sat (13e) 2000 CET.

2008-04-21

La Fleche Wallone

Filed under: Coverage,Eurosport,Road racing — MJ Ray @ 11:40+00:00

Eurosport (19 east) shows this mid-week one-day race 1400-1630 CET on Wednesday 23 April. RTBFsat (19e) will be there 1335-1640 CET. France 3 (5w) lists it 1455-1640 CET.

Bernie S wrote in: “RTL Luxembourg are covering Fleche Wallone and LBL and I see they are on
Astra but I have never watched the channel so I assume it would be the same
prog as their live stream over the net. Fleche 1400 cet, LBL 1500 cet” – I’ve only seen the RTL.lu channel on 19e used for news in Luxemburgish, but I’ve not really been checking it much.

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