Viewing the Olympic Road Race on TV?
08-06-08, 06:27 PM
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Viewing the Olympic Road Race on TV?
I know NBC will screw up the coverage of the Olympic road race (and the other cycling events, too). So is there a way to get this online like cycling.tv or another source? I just hate the way NBC will cut in and out of a long event like this.
And who's going to win? Seems like Spain's year, so maybe Valverde?
And who's going to win? Seems like Spain's year, so maybe Valverde?
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i think it's on late friday night here...live on CBC. If you live close enough you can get CBC or its french network, Radio Canada. Their coverage is going to be live and then repeated in teh afternoon on tape.
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and all those stories about widows and orphans with sappy music in the background....
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Valverde seems like a good pick to me, though I'd love to see an American win of course.
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NBC is webcasting it live EARLY Saturday morning, like 2 am. They show 3 segments of the road race on Saturday's 10 am - 6 pm telecast (Eastern time). Check https://www.nbcolympics.com/cycling/index.html
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Just d/l the Euro coverage.
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men's road race just started on CBC, live...hopefully i'll be able to catch the end live.
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grr....says unavailable in my area....perhaps the one time in my life i wished I lived in Canada
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Not only is it live online, but it's live on CBC television in high definition! Let's hope they stay with the race the whole way, otherwise we have the online feed as a backup.
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95 degrees (F) and 63% humidity - ugh!
Fog or smog - take your pick.
Fog or smog - take your pick.
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Good coverage on the Canadian and Australian cyclists. That's nice. So often cycling coverage is about every other country but ...
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I have live coverage going on through the NBColympics.com but there is no commentary... which some of you guys might like you gotta d/l a easy plug in to view the video but the picture is nice.
they say there is commentary on Bicycling.com or something but i couldnt find it
they say there is commentary on Bicycling.com or something but i couldnt find it
(nothing against swimming, just not when the race is live right now)
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Looks like CBC TV will be covering the race periodically, but cut away for brief features on other sports. cbcsports.ca has a live stream (without commentary) all the time online.
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Yes, they've switched to swimming. But keep in mind that it is a 245 km race ... it'll take them a while. I'll likely be sound asleep by the time they finally finish.
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