Road Bike Racing - 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?

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.

I know NBC will screw up the coverage of the Olympic road race...I just hate the way NBC will cut in and out of a long event like this.

And here they are, starting!!!!! ... let's see how the lawn dart competition is going...


...AND LOOK! SOMEONE IS FINISHING FIRST!!!!!!

I can't wait for the lengthy indepth background pieces on the wives of the riders :rolleyes:

and all those stories about widows and orphans with sappy music in the background....

I'll be riding.

I bet they find a way to work figure skating into the coverage. The ladies love figure skating.

I can't wait for the lengthy indepth background pieces on the wives of the riders :rolleyes:

Like Randi Zabriskie? :love:

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.

Cyclingfans.com has a bunch of alternate video and audio streams listed for soccer matches today. I assume they'll have even more for the cycling coverage. Hopefully we can avoid all those pesty commercals, and hour long rider profiles that way. (g)

http://cyclingfans.com/


And who's going to win? Seems like Spain's year, so maybe Valverde?

Valverde seems like a good pick to me, though I'd love to see an American win of course.

Sally

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 http://www.nbcolympics.com/cycling/index.html

Just d/l the Euro coverage.

So if I turn on NBC at 10am tomorrow morning, I'll get the whole Road Race coverage?

So if I turn on NBC at 10am tomorrow morning, I'll get the whole Road Race coverage?

Maybe NBC online, not on TV.

http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/livevideo/#n=cbc_television&p=olympic_prime_day_1&e=opening_ceremonies_encore_beach_volleyball_preliminaries_cycling_road_race_final&dt=2008/08/08_06:00%20PM&s=http://authmfile.akamai.com.edgesuite.net/akamai.stream.auth/35018/wm/cbcwm.gen/v001/reflector:17327.js

men's road race just started on CBC, live...hopefully i'll be able to catch the end live.

grr....says unavailable in my area....perhaps the one time in my life i wished I lived in Canada

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.

here's another link

http://www.steephill.tv/olympics-road-race/

95 degrees (F) and 63% humidity - ugh!

Fog or smog - take your pick.

men's road race just started on CBC, live...hopefully i'll be able to catch the end live.

+1 ... I'm watching it now.

Good coverage on the Canadian and Australian cyclists. That's nice. So often cycling coverage is about every other country but ...

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 :P

Is there any audio commentary anywhere? It's just road noise on NBC!

CBC channel 3 is covering swimming right now instead. :notamused: (nothing against swimming, just not when the race is live right now)

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.

CBC channel 3 is covering swimming right now instead. :notamused: (nothing against swimming, just not when the race is live right now)

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.

Is there any audio commentary anywhere? It's just road noise on NBC!
FWIW the non-enhanced version has a written commentary _ not that much is being offered other than an explanation for the early nature break.

OK WTF??? Apparently RCN is not a partner of NBColympics.com so no live streaming. Bull crap!

Anyone having trouble with the CBC Live feed? Mine's not working.

I haven't watched the olympics since 1996 so maybe I just don't know what it's been like but the fact that they only show this online and have no commentary is ridiculous. How much would it have cost to get even a US local-race announcer over there to talk during the feed?

mrbubbles: you on a Mac?

OK WTF??? Apparently RCN is not a partner of NBColympics.com so no live streaming. Bull crap!

Delete your cookie and then put in comcast instead and it should work. It really is STUPID!

For the next two weeks, I will be a subscriber of Time Warner Digital Cable in Zip Code 14559.

At least that's what NBC will think.

FWIW the non-enhanced version has a written commentary _ not that much is being offered other than an explanation for the early nature break.

Early nature break?


There's been an early breakaway by someone from Chili and someone from Bolivia. They are 38 minutes into the race and are still ahead.

And they're all just riding along chatting at the moment.

mrbubbles: you on a Mac?

Windows. They show a brief few second intro then it goes blank. Moot now, CBC is back covering the road race.

Delete your cookie and then put in comcast instead and it should work. It really is STUPID!
:roflmao: I thought NBC had some way of blocking feeds at the provider level because it autodetected my settings the first time but this is funny!

For the next two weeks, I will be a subscriber of Time Warner Digital Cable in Zip Code 14559.

At least that's what NBC will think.

Comcastic for me.

An easy sat morning stroll for Z peleton.

There is a break off the front with a growing gap and the peloton appears to be indifferent of all things.

It's either the riders in the break don't have them worried, or the fact that it's the Men's Olympic Road Race.

Windows. They show a brief few second intro then it goes blank. Moot now, CBC is back covering the road race.
I was having the same problem earlier today, but on a Mac. It looked like it wasn't transitioning from the stock intro clip to the live stream. It started working for me tonight, though.

There is a break off the front with a growing gap and the peloton appears to be indifferent of all things.

It's either the riders in the break don't have them worried, or the fact that it's the Men's Olympic Road Race.


Well of course they're indifferent. The ride is 245 kms long ... they're about 40 minutes into the thing ... there's a long, long way to go. If they are keeping a pace of 35 km/h, you're looking at a 7 hour ride. What happens 40 minutes into the ride is immaterial.

Plus, they are doing a flat section out to where they start the climbing loops. Who knows if the two guys out front have what it takes to climb well. You'll see the race change once they hit the climbing loops.

Well of course they're indifferent. The ride is 245 kms long ... they're about 40 minutes into the thing ... there's a long, long way to go. If they are keeping a pace of 35 km/h, you're looking at a 7 hour ride. What happens 40 minutes into the ride is immaterial.

Plus, they are doing a flat section out to where they start the climbing loops. Who knows if the two guys out front have what it takes to climb well.

You would never see such apathy towards the race situation in a Tour or Giro stage.

There would be teams on the front controlling things and trying to pull whoever back for their sprinters.

But not here.

Just a MUP-ride-to-work-commute pace for the first 5 and a half hours hours, then they turn it on with 50KM to go.

Bettini (Italy) is having a very long conversation with his team director, all the while grabbing the door frame of his team car. Normally he would get a reprimand for that. But this is a 245 kilometer race folks. The pace is super slow back in the peloton and Bettini feigns a few pedal strokes to make sure it appears that he is actually self-propelling.

LoLz

You would never see such apathy towards the race situation in a Tour or Giro stage.

There would be teams on the front controlling things and trying to pull whoever back for their sprinters.

But not here.

Just a MUP-ride-to-work-commute pace for the first 5 and a half hours hours, then they turn it on with 50KM to go.


I don't think I've ever seen a race where the peloton got excited about pulling breakaway riders back this early in the race. These guys broke away minutes into the race and are already showing signs of fatigue. And they aren't that far ahead.

I am surprised (pleasantly) at how many people are there cheering them on. You can hear them yell, "Jia You!" (Pronounced "Ja Yo") which means "add oil." They use it to cheer people on in sporting events like we say, "yeah, go!" or "Kick some butt!" or the French "Allez!" -- same thing. Pretty cool. While I would prefer some commentary, it's neat to be able to hear stuff like that.

I think Bettini's spent about 5-10 minutes hanging on to the team car! LOL.

I think Bettini's spent about 5-10 minutes hanging on to the team car! LOL.
Yeah, I've been watching the opening ceremonies, and it seems like every time I checked in on the race, there he was hanging on to the team car. :D

Crowd is great, though!

Bettini's back hanging on to the team car for the THIRD time!! You'll notice when Contador went back to the team car, he rode next to it but never hung on. ;)

Cadel had to stop to get his stem fixed. It's the second time he had to go back to the team car.

Bettini's back hanging on to the team car for the THIRD time!! You'll notice when Contador went back to the team car, he rode next to it but never hung on. ;)

I don't know names, but I think it's him with headset problems ... an Australia cyclist.

The race is finally starting to heat up! A bunch of guys have broken off the front. Here come the attacks!

I don't know names, but I think it's him with headset problems ... an Australia cyclist.

That's Cadel Evans. Yeah, it's the second time he had to stop. I hope he got back to the peloton before the attacks started or he's screwed.