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Old 10-08-2014, 14:52
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is the coverage live?

and when do we see the womens and the ordinary people? at the moment its the mens race
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Old 10-08-2014, 15:04
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The men's race is live. Women's was live yesterday evening on Eurosport and rebroadcast before the today's coverage of the men's race. Not sure if BBC will show highlights.
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Old 10-08-2014, 15:04
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is the coverage live?

and when do we see the womens and the ordinary people? at the moment its the mens race
The men's elite race is live now on BBC and Eurosport.......though these insert interviews are recorded

the elite women's race was yesterday..........but many of those elite women have also taken part in the amateurs race which was this morning.......so it's finished now
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Old 10-08-2014, 15:29
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The men's elite race is live now on BBC and Eurosport.......though these insert interviews are recorded

the elite women's race was yesterday..........but many of those elite women have also taken part in the amateurs race which was this morning.......so it's finished now
oh right, feel a bit of an idiot haha
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Old 10-08-2014, 18:01
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Yorkshire 1-2 . Well done Blythey!!

Loved Simon Brotherton morphing into Hugh Porter on the BBC commentary right at the end....
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Old 10-08-2014, 18:52
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Yorkshire 1-2 . Well done Blythey!!

Loved Simon Brotherton morphing into Hugh Porter on the BBC commentary right at the end....
yeah........what on earth happened there !.......

the picture went down and went it came back it was Hugh Porter and Dan Lloyd (?)......instead of Simon and Smithy

were they doing the radio 5 coverage ?

I thought maybe the link had gone down so they just plugged in the radio 5 link......

And anyway I thought there was quite a big deal about Hugh Porter retiring a year or two ago !
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Old 10-08-2014, 19:17
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anyone watching the bbc today...who was that tasty looking woman next to chris boardman at ridelondon
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Old 10-08-2014, 19:24
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anyone watching the bbc today...who was that tasty looking woman next to chris boardman at ridelondon
that's Rochelle Gilmore

She's an Aussie cyclist who won the Commonwealth games road race 4 years ago

She's still listed as a rider but she's also the owner and manager of Team Wiggle-Honda which many of the top British girls ride for, incl Laura Trott. Jo Rowsell, Elinor Barker, Dani king etc
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Old 11-08-2014, 10:18
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All 8 stages of the Tour of Britain will be shown live on both Eurosport and ITV

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/roa...nd-Eurosport-0
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Old 11-08-2014, 10:53
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All 8 stages of the Tour of Britain will be shown live on both Eurosport and ITV

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/roa...nd-Eurosport-0
oh........it's going to clash with the last week of the Vuelta ......not sure how ES are going to manage that, also means that a lot of big names are not going to be there

maybe use the 2 channels
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Old 11-08-2014, 10:53
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BTW..........Tour of Benelux starts this afternoon on Eurosport
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Old 14-08-2014, 11:03
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Contador confirmed for the Vuelta which is shaping up to be the best grand tour field this season.
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Old 15-08-2014, 09:27
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The Tour of Benelux has been a bit dull so far but the next 3 stages should be good as they're recreating a mini Spring Classics series.......
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Old 15-08-2014, 09:55
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The Tour of Benelux has been a bit dull
Yeah, it as always a tour of out-of-the-way light industrial estates and low-traffic suburban enterprise parks.
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Old 17-08-2014, 13:57
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Looks like the live cycling has been abandoned in favour of speedway......
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Old 17-08-2014, 16:33
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ES are just showing the end of the race in Norway before highlights of todays Benelux stage..........the commentators are saying that Thor Hushovd is expecting to announce his retirement after today's race
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Old 17-08-2014, 18:19
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This Eneco stage is entertaining for all the wrong reasons.
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Old 18-08-2014, 09:45
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Once they cancelled the live coverage I gave up on it.........but I've just noticed there's an hour highlights this morning so I might watch that as the cricket has finished.

I haven't seen the results........England F.........

Reminder......there's red hot live cycling action tonight with the start of the US Pro Challenge race, which I think used to be called the Tour of Colorado. It's a good race in the mountains.......todays stage is around Aspen. Start at 10pm on ES.

Some of the names taking part.........Van Garderen, Voight, Schleck F, Rafal Majka, Basso, Koenig,

Actually it's not a very good turn out of teams as there's only 5 world tour teams taking part. No Sky but there is a lower division UK team, Rapha Condor, who have 7 British riders in their line up
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Old 18-08-2014, 16:54
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Sky team for the Vuelta named

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...uelta-a-espana
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Old 18-08-2014, 19:27
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Reminder......there's red hot live cycling action tonight with the start of the US Pro Challenge race, which I think used to be called the Tour of Colorado. It's a good race in the mountains.......todays stage is around Aspen. Start at 10pm on ES.

Some of the names taking part.........Van Garderen, Voight, Schleck F, Rafal Majka, Basso, Koenig,
It's Jens Voigt (43) last professional race. First seen in top rank racing alongside Chris Boardman at Gan in 1998!

Cavendish will not ride the Vuelta despite his earlier listing. That opens up the possibility riding of the Tour of Britain.

OPQS will be lead by Uran who is hoping to duplicate his earlier success at the Giro.

After being dropped late from Garmin Sharp Tour team, will David Millar be confirmed as included in the Vuelta team to ride his last Grand Tour?

Gesink and Kelderman will lead Belkin for the Vuelta GC.
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Old 18-08-2014, 20:52
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Teirnan-Locke ban confirmed today with his binge drinking excuse trashed: http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/08/tw...not-to-appeal/

Headlines were none-too subtle from the outset: http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/...oad-to-the-top

Revealing 2-part interview with Matt Stephens, where he explains he was an unremarkable domestic rider until his late twenties. http://youtu.be/eYpiy3ZTG6g
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Old 18-08-2014, 22:30
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Rob Hatch and Magnus on duty for the Colorado race
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Old 19-08-2014, 00:09
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It's Jens Voigt (43) last professional race. First seen in top rank racing alongside Chris Boardman at Gan in 1998!.....
What a pro, tremendous respect for him and as I type who is trying to break away from the lead group in the closing kilometers!!!
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Old 20-08-2014, 21:09
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Garmin and Canondale are going to merge......

Presumably a lot of riders looking for new teams.........and of course a world tour spot up for grabs

The guys are discussing it now on the coverage of the US race

Magnus isn't sure that any of the 2nd Div teams will want to step up.......
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Old 21-08-2014, 09:45
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Magnus isn't sure that any of the 2nd Div teams will want to step up.......
Aren't NetApp Endura still a Div 2 team? I'm sure they would, under their new sponsor.

World Cup and World Champs track cycling schedule announced. World Cups are in Guadalajara, Mexico, on 8-9 November, London on 5-7 December and Cali, Colombia, on 17-18 January.

World Champs will be on the new track in Paris 18-22 February.
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