"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - Paris-Nice - Ventoux stage, Cycling.TV problems

Did everyone else have thier live feed go tits-up?

mines broken too but some people seem to have gotten it back

Unfortunatly, im not one of those peoples. Guess i have to wait till later to watch the as live rebroadcast.

i cant get it back either. if you go to cyclingfans.com you can watch the sputnik feed

I gave up on Cycling.tv and am on the sputnik feed. which is awesome.

sputnik just pooped out

sputnik is still working for me

Evans has the ****tiest stage win celebration ever....like he's never done one before and couldn't figure out what to do with his hands.

cyclingnews.com also has a live text feed at least in case the video drops out.

is cycling.tv really that bad? Everybody puts it down but they're still sucking people in.

Perfect reception on Eurosport. Can't you guys get that on cable or something?

Perfect reception on Eurosport. Can't you guys get that on cable or something?

If you live directly on the east coast you might have a chance to capture the Astra signal and get all the european channels. Everyone else in the US is hosed.

is cycling.tv really that bad? Everybody puts it down but they're still sucking people in.

i dont think it is. From time to time it will have a problem like this but I can live with it.

Yay for Eurosport!

Perfect reception on Eurosport. Can't you guys get that on cable or something?

I have the embeded feed player bookmarked. At the time the Cycling.TV crapped out, Eurosport was broadcasting Badminton on the feed.

Badminton? People watch that on TV?

We get something called British Eurosport here in the UK. Before the Paris-Nice they were showing a Biathlon. After P-N they showed the Tirreno-Adriatico. Maybe the badminton was on another of the Eurosport channels...

Evans has the ****tiest stage win celebration ever....like he's never done one before and couldn't figure out what to do with his hands.

probably trying to get the taste of Gesinks *** out of his mouth

http://www.velonews.com/files/images/evansgesinkpopo.jpg

"fark, I need a wheel matey"
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p45/daytonian/Gesink-Reb-Evans.jpg

back to normal

We get something called British Eurosport here in the UK. Before the Paris-Nice they were showing a Biathlon. After P-N they showed the Tirreno-Adriatico. Maybe the badminton was on another of the Eurosport channels...

Im sorry it was Biathalon. Not Badminton. D'oh. Now that i think about it I was a little disapointed that i had to leave the office. I like the idea of skiing and shooting guns.

I love the hate on a podium finisher of the TdF and the guy that just won the stage today at Paris-Nice. The feed showed him talking in to race radio a few seconds after Popo "popped." My guess is the question went something like this:

"So.. since Gesink has to race for time, anyone mind if I take the free ride for a stage win?"

If any of us did it, we'd be called smart. Cadel does it, and he sucks? Was there a better tactic for him to play?

I couldn't get the feed from Cycling.TV yesterday, either. What pisses me off is that it only seems to fail on important races. Last year, I signed up for the Giro and everything went fine until the Zoncolan stage and I had the same problems as yesterday.

They charge money and then can't deliver.

I love the hate on a podium finisher of the TdF and the guy that just won the stage today at Paris-Nice. The feed showed him talking in to race radio a few seconds after Popo "popped." My guess is the question went something like this:

"So.. since Gesink has to race for time, anyone mind if I take the free ride for a stage win?"

If any of us did it, we'd be called smart. Cadel does it, and he sucks? Was there a better tactic for him to play?

Nope. Not his fault his team 'leader' cracked. Pro cycling is a team sport. There are no more Hinaults. If Cadel hadnt gone for it, he'd would have gotten a much worst lambasting for not taking the win, seeing as Silence/Lotto has 2 men in a the break at the end.

Remember when they said a few years back that Popovich would be the next greatest thing since Lance. That's not working out too good is it?

I dont get why so many people think there is or should be chivalry in pro cycling (or amature cycling for that matter). It's a brutal chessgame and winning is the only thing that counts. Thats what the sponsors are paying for.

Since I'm kind-of new to cycling, you'll excuse my ignorance... Why don't we like Cadel? As an Australian living in the US, I've supported him because he's Ozzie. Educate me.

Cadel doesn't make for an exciting race.

I like Cadel.

probably trying to get the taste of Gesinks *** out of his mouth

htt p://www.velonews.com/files/images/evansgesinkpopo.jpg

"fark, I need a wheel matey"
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p45/daytonian/Gesink-Reb-Evans.jpg

back to normal

:beer:

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj27/cybersafe/tomcruise.gif

I like Cadel.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/botto/evans.jpg

And here I thought the "he's got ass on his chin" comment referred to his wheel sucking.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/botto/evans.jpg

Did you photoshop his glove on?

And here I thought the "he's got ass on his chin" comment referred to his wheel sucking.

that too.

Fixed. See a moustache makes everything better.

http://2wheelinphotography.com/evans2.jpg

Remember when they said a few years back that Popovich would be the next greatest thing since Lance. That's not working out too good is it?


I disagree. Popovich is one of the strongest climbing domestique's in the business.

He dropped because he likely worked his ass of for Cadel. Pulling for him, going back for water for him, etc.

I disagree. Popovich is one of the strongest climbing domestique's in the business.

He dropped because he likely worked his ass of for Cadel. Pulling for him, going back for water for him, etc.

I cant tell if your being sarcastic or not. :p

Popo wasnt supposed to be a super domestique. He was touted as a future grand tour winner. It may still happen, but the hype from a couple years ago seems to be just that.

I cant tell if your being sarcastic or not. :p

Popo wasnt supposed to be a super domestique. He was touted as a future grand tour winner. It may still happen, but the hype from a couple years ago seems to be just that.

True, but Lotto replaced Horner for Popo, and Horner is a SD.

True, but Lotto replaced Horner for Popo, and Horner is a SD.

Still is, but he's hovering at retirement age. Popo is still a youngster. He may yet come into his own. After Evans, he's their next best GC man.

Bumping this back from '08. I'm considering going in for the Premium cycling.tv subscription. How's it been working recently? Any rants/raves?

ive been a subscriber for 2 years now and I am considering not renewing this year because of all the difficulty getting logged in for the bigger races.

Ugh this was the only way I knew of watching the Paris Roubaix this year...crap. Should I save my time?

it can be viewed online usually if you look around enough

link us up if you find anything. i've never had any luck in the past.

Ok, I'm going for the subscription against my better judgment. I can't miss the ToC. Which level subscription does everyone have?

You don't get VS?

Is VS going to do more than a 10 minute clip of each days race sandwiched between an intro, commercials and the podium presentation?

Yeah, it looks like they will be showing the race live at 6PM on the east coast.

http://www.versus.com/nw/article/view/28927/?UserDef=true&catID=76

http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/tv-schedule.html

You don't get VS?

I don't own a television. It's not a problem for "normal" mainstream sports, but I've had terrible luck streaming cycling for free.

Check out the tour de france forum. There is a website, I can't think of it now, but it should have links to places that stream most races. I followed the Tour from work last year with it.