"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - OLN Race Coverage

I just read this on the OLN site from their moderator.

[I][COLOR=Blue]OK cycling fans, I finally have some news to share with you.

Regular cycling coverage will resume in Mar. Right now, it looks like it will begin Mar. 6 or 13.

There will be regular, same-day coverage on Sundays at 3pm ET. Shows could run up to 2 hours, depending on the race.

Phil, Paul and Bob will be calling the races. We will be covering ALL of the spring classics.

When we have a definite start date (Mar. 6 or 13) and a detailed schedule, it will be posted on our website.

For now, I thought I’d share this good news with you.

That is good news.

Yes! I promise, as bike forums is my witness, not to make any more negative posts about OLN,(unless they piss me off,) I see my Al Tautwig voodoo doll did some good,after all.

I just want to say...

http://12.203.169.252/images/yuri.jpg

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Cool.

Though I doubt we'll see Milan San Remo or Het Volk. :(

But good news it is.

March 6 is the beginning of Paris-Nice...guess who's riding in that one???

Coincidence???

Any port in a storm.

Maybe someone can start "The Bicycle Racing Channel"...nobody thought the Golf Channel would last...

:D

March 6 is the beginning of Paris-Nice...guess who's riding in that one???

Coincidence???

Any port in a storm.

Maybe someone can start "The Bicycle Racing Channel"...nobody thought the Golf Channel would last...

:D

That would be the crowning point of my addiction...

Good news. I was in the process of talking a friend into taping them all and sending them over so I could watch them weeks later. Same day coverage would be even better.

Koffee

When we have a definite start date (Mar. 6 or 13) and a detailed schedule, it will be posted on our website.

I now have the exact date to resubscribe to OLN. I dumped them, and shot them an e-mail stating why, after they totally blew of the Vuelta last year.

Do you know if they are planning on covering the Giro, or the Vuelta this year? ThanX! :)

He did say, "ALL of the spring classics." Gotta think Milan-San Remo is a good possibility. I'm assuming Lance is going to ride Paris-Nice, Ronde, Paris-Roubaix, and Amstel at least. That's a good start.

That would be the crowning point of my addiction...

Maybe they could get Emeril Lagasse to do a cycling food show with Chef Willy...Emeril handing out feedbags at the Tour, yelling "Bam" as he hands them out.. :D

Jazzy, you've got that right, it would be the crowning point of my addiction to cycling as well!! very well put!!!

Benjamin

Great between this, the start of the F1 season and my racing my wifes gonna kill me....late night TiVo sessions for me!

I just want to say...

http://12.203.169.252/images/yuri.jpg

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!


I'm a little afraid to ask about that pic.

Ask and you shall receive (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=75759). :D

I'm a little afraid to ask about that pic.

Constipation is a bad, bad thing.

Constipation is a bad, bad thing.


more like ... "another fabulous win for team Krispy Kreme!!!"

Blasted DirecTV and their newfangled technology. No more stealing satellite signals up here in Canadia.

As a gift to the cycling gods, in thanks for for your good fortune, perhaps you should pay it forward? Hm? Anyone want to tape Flanders for me? Maybe Paris-Roubaix?

Schwing! Way to go OLN!!!

Got to make sure I get the DVR locked and loaded on this...and F1. LOL DVR is CLEARLY a great invention.

Time for me to reestablish my OLN race tape connection, since up here in canada we're race-deprived.

However, with no hockey, TSN has been devoting time to triathlons instead of game reruns. SO at least you get to see people cycling.

since up here in canada we're race-deprived.

Here (http://www.broadcastdialogue.com/directory.asp?IDnumber=980) is where you'll find a contact at OLN Canada. I would suggest a flood of polite email requests could convince them there's an audience for more cycling coverage.

Here is the reply I received in the link to a contact at OLN Canada, posted above:


As of this moment, OLN Canada does not have intentions of airing more
cycling outside of the Tour de France. Typically, cycling does not perform
well (in ratings) in Canada (other than the above mentioned event). Having
said that, I am not discounting bringing cycling to Canada this spring and I
am currently investigating some events. It will depend of rights
availability and scheduling scenarios.

C'mon Canadians, let OLN (http://www.broadcastdialogue.com/directory.asp?IDnumber=980) know there IS an audience in Canada for cycling events other than just the Tour. Certainly the ratings for same-day coverage of a Spring Classic can't be any worse than the umpteenth repeat of Carribean Workout????

It's a waste of time. Everyone I know has been emailing them for three years, and it's done nothing. If they haven't figured it out yet, they're morons. The best solution for canadians is to get dish tv or a connection in the US who can tape stuff for you.

Wow!

That's GREAT news. Only time I'm glued to the TV - except Battle Star Galactica.
Makes trainer riding a little more tolerable too.
sun

Here's the schedule for this year's OLN coverage.

> * March 6th Paris-Nice (France)
> * March 13th Paris-Nice (France)
> * March 20th Milan San Remo (Italy)/Tirreno-Adriatico (Italy)
> * March 27th Criterium International (France)
> * April 3rd Tour of Flanders (Belgium)
> * April 10th Paris-Robaix (France)/Redlands* (USA)
> * April 17th Amstel Gold Race (Netherlands)
> * April 24th Liege-Bastogne-Liege (Belgium)/Sea Otter* (USA)
> * May 1st Tour de Georgia (USA)
> * May 8th Giro d'Italia (Italy)**
> * May 15th Giro d'Italia (Italy)
> * May 22nd Giro d'Italia (Italy)
> * May 29th Giro d'Italia (Italy)
> * June 5th US Pro Cycling - Philadelphia (USA)
> * June 12th Road to the Tour (Tour de France preview)
> * June 19th Road to the Tour/Nature Valley Classic (USA)
> * June 26th Road to the Tour
> * July 3rd - 24th Tour de France (France)***
> * Sept 4th Vuelta a España (Spain)
> * Sept 11th Vuelta a España (Spain)/San Francisco Criterium* (USA)
> * Sept 18th Vuelta a España (Spain)/Tour de Cliffs* (USA)
> * Oct 15th Giro di Lombardia (Italy)
>
> * Tape delay
>
> ** Giro d'Italia coverage may be expanded to include Saturday Coverage
>
> *** Tour de France will include daily coverage

That is SUCH good news! :)

Oh, it looks like all the Sunday broadcasts are from 5:00-6:30PM, but don't quote me on that one.

Pretty sad. Four Giro shows to cover a three week race and only two Vuelta shows. A show before Paris Nice and one after but none during? The Giro and Vuelta coverage really is NOT better than nothing. You still have to find a way to watch it daily.

And incredibly they're still not covering the worlds.

My only hope is that they give the one-day races more than 40 minures of coverage.

Man, you're gonna get FLAMED.... :eek: "Thou shalt NOT, diss OLN, neither in thought, nor deed!"

Didn't we have full daily coverage of Paris-Nice last year?

Didn't we have full daily coverage of Paris-Nice last year?

Yes. And daily Giro coverage also.

It's one thing to have nothing and be given something. It's another thing altogether to have a lot and then have it taken from ya.

<snip>Emeril handing out feedbags at the Tour, yelling "Bam" as he hands them out<snip>

I am never going to lose that mental picture... thanks!

Paris-Roubaix is tape delayed? Huh? :eek:

Here in Canada CBC covers the worlds and sometimes other events, like WC track, and MTB world champs. However, that's about it.

WOuldn't it be great if the networks showed some imagination and put in cycling to fill up the empty hockey slots? Yeah, and monkeys might yet fly out my butt.

Anyone who has RAI and can record the Giro coverage, please PM me. I have OLN and will trade whatever I can.

Here in Canada CBC covers the worlds and sometimes other events, like WC track, and MTB world champs. However, that's about it.

WOuldn't it be great if the networks showed some imagination and put in cycling to fill up the empty hockey slots? Yeah, and monkeys might yet fly out my butt.

OLN Canada is coming through... my friend just got this email:


I'm happy to tell you that OLN Canada secured the rights for a number of
Spring Classis cycling events. The list of events and scheduled dates are
as follows:

Paris Nice Classic - March 6th @ 7:30pm
Paris Nice Classic (Part 2) - March 13th @ 7:30pm
San Remo / Tirreno-Adriatico Classic - March 20th @ 7:30pm
Criterium International Classic - March 27th @ 7:30pm
Tour of Flanders Classic - April 3 @ 7:00pm ... repeating at midnight
Paris Robaix/Redlands Classics - April 10th @ 5pm ....repeating at midnight
Amstel Gold Classic - April 17th @ 7:30pm...repeating at midnight
Bastogne Liege/ Sea Otter Classics - April 24th @ 7:30pm ...repeating at
midnight
Tour of Georgia Classic - May 1st @ 7:30pm ...repeating at midnight
Giro D'Italia (Day 1) - May 8th @ 7pm...repeating at midnight
Giro D'Italia (Day 2) - May 15th @ 7pm...repeating at 1am
Giro D'Italia (Day 3) - May 22 @ 7pm...repeating at midnight
Giro D'Italia (Day 4) - May 29th @ 7pm...repeating at midnight

I just got the same email from OLN Canada. Thanks to everyone who emailed them to convince them there IS an audience for pro cycling coverage in Canada!

OLN Canada is coming through...
You bring good news, my friend. That is sweeet.

Thanks be to the Madonna del Ghisallo. Thanks be to the powers that be at OLN, and in the cycling heavens above.

And God bless Tom Boonen! :)