Road Bike Racing - OLN comes through, but not for Canada.

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DocRay
02-16-06, 03:42 PM
"Cycling continues to be an important part of OLN programming," said OLN president Gavin Harvey. "With Lance Armstrong's retirement, fans are eagerly waiting to see who will emerge as the sport's next star. Through our coverage of the spring classics, we will be able to chronicle the drama leading up to, and including, the Tour de France."

Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen and Bob Roll will host OLN's Sunday cablecasts, which will include the classics, the Giro d'Italia and the Tour; Discovery Channel Team news; and coverage of the National Championship Series.

OLN also will offer streaming feed of Monday-through-Saturday stages of the Giro on its Web site, www.olntv.com.Access and pricing information will be released later.

The schedule follows (same-day unless indicated and subject to change):

March 5 & 12 - Paris-Nice (France) 5 p.m. ET
March 19 - Milan-San Remo/Tirreno-Adriatico (Italy) 5 p.m. ET
March 26 - Critérium International (France) 5 p.m. ET
April 9 - Paris-Roubaix (France) 5 p.m. ET
April 23 - Liège-Bastogne-Liège/Flèche-Wallonne (Belgium) 5 p.m. ET
May 7 & 14 - Giro d'Italia (Italy) 5 p.m. ET
May 21 & 28 - Giro d'Italia (Italy) 4 p.m. ET
July 1-23 - Tour de France (TBA)

None of these will be shown in Canada.


wabbit
02-16-06, 05:24 PM
oh, what else is new? We got TDF coverage though, in french on Canal evasion- it was the same as OLN but with french language. I don't get OLN on my cable anyways. I guess it's back to live audio feeds this spring. F&&& OLN canada....

Trev Doyle
02-16-06, 07:41 PM
Crap, and I just sent OLNTV .com a nice e mail thanking them for all the upcoming race coverage. Now i have to wait till the fall to buy the races races i want on DVD at 50-60 bux a pop.


Starclimber
02-17-06, 01:06 AM
Grrrrrrr...what a crock. How incredibly irritating. This is probably caused by someone owning the rights, yet never coming through and paying for actual broadcast. Did I growl already? Yes. We should be allowed to swear on the racing forum, I mean, c'mon...I need to. ****! ****! fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!