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Shane Sutton has resigned his position at British cycling
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#5327 |
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Tour de Yorkshire starts tomorrow. Live on ITV4 each day, with the previous day's highlights repeated before the live show.
Anyone know if it's likely to be available on catch-up via the ITV player? Not got round to replacing a dodgy freeview recorder so no way of recording it myself at moment, and don't want to wait for the highlights the day after in case I see spoilers on the news sites. |
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Tour de Yorkshire starts tomorrow. Live on ITV4 each day, with the previous day's highlights repeated before the live show.
Anyone know if it's likely to be available on catch-up via the ITV player? Not got round to replacing a dodgy freeview recorder so no way of recording it myself at moment, and don't want to wait for the highlights the day after in case I see spoilers on the news sites. Have they said who will be doing the coms? hope it's not Hugh Porter, he seemed a little past it last time.I heard him. |
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#5329 |
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I wouldnt think the live broadcast would be made available on ITV Player but the 7pm highlights should be.
Shame if only the highlights are available on catch-up, but better than nothing. With the amount ITV4 pay for live sport coverage (BTCC etc) they should have a dedicated sport app on NowTV and other sources. Even the BBC have one. Quote:
Have they said who will be doing the coms? hope it's not Hugh Porter, he seemed a little past it last time.I heard him.
According to the RadioTimes website, it's Ned Boulting and David Millar doing the commentating, with Gary Imlach and Chris Boardman presenting. I personally prefer Boardman commentating as he brings a lot of insight from the technical side as well as his racing past. |
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He reminds me of the legendary F1 commentator, Murray Walker, in his enthusiasm. He does mess up a few times in the excitement (getting names wrong) but I prefer him to some of the alternatives that just drone on.
According to the RadioTimes website, it's Ned Boulting and David Millar doing the commentating, with Gary Imlach and Chris Boardman presenting. I personally prefer Boardman commentating as he brings a lot of insight from the technical side as well as his racing past. |
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Another twitterite putting their foot in it (although some might say its only his opinion) before trying to delete the message.
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/...-pooley-222929 |
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#5332 |
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Shane Sutton has resigned his position at British cycling
Looks like they.re going to investigate this further The sport appears to be plunged in crisis with allegations against Sutton of sexism, Emma Pooley raising apparent sexism in the Road squads, allegations of a disparaging attitude to the paralympic athletes, allegations that the official kit supplied by UK Sport was sold on for profit and now these latest allegations about Sky |
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Ned seems to be improving has a commentator, the best co-com for me is Brian Smith, very insightful and instantly recognizes the riders.
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BREAKING: Simon Yates has apparently been notified of an antidoping violation resulting from a sample given during Paris-Nice. Not good.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/oth...ed-crisis.html |
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Even assuming he gets the benefit of the doubt (thanks to Orica's robust defense of him), it's fair to say the last 9 days have been a shower of shit for BC.
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Very unfortunate - feel a bit for him if he has been mis-lead by the people he should be able to trust.
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Ned and David chatting as the race winds along.......apparently the rumour is that a major sponsor is about to come on board with One Pro Cycling with the ambition of becoming a World Tour Team in pretty quick time
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Ned and David chatting as the race winds along.......apparently the rumour is that a major sponsor is about to come on board with One Pro Cycling with the ambition of becoming a World Tour Team in pretty quick time
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Wiggo abandons......
Pete Williams took the category one climb and get the KoM jersey |
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Seems a bit premature; they have been, I won't say struggling, but finding it tough to find their feet so far this year.
It would be good to have two British world tour teams ! |
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Wiggo abandons......
Pete Williams took the category one climb and get the KoM jersey
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Wiggo abandons......
ITV4 don't know why he pulled out. |
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Possible reasons:
He avoids media encounters that will include questions on Sutton? He just celebrated his birthday yesterday with too much carbo-loaded liquid? Adam Hansen had a mechanical on the final climb in Turkey. The moto-camera bike stopped alongside the team car so the mechanic could not open his door : https://twitter.com/HansenAdam/statu...50571384414209Good time trials by Dumoulin and Pinot in Romandie this afternoon. The three first category climbs should decide the race tomorrow. Annamarie Phelps on the boards of BOA, British Rowing, and British Paralympic Association is to chair the BC inquiry. It will not report until after Rio. No media profiles yet on how good she is at cutting through BS and getting to the heart of the issue. https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/ab...ndent-review-0 |
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Originally Posted by wns_195;82259762}
[B ITV4 don't know why he pulled out[/b].
This 'fairweather *folk' will be a bit disappointed not to see him cross the line in Scarborough but my main reason for being there is to collect for the RNLI so I probably won't get to see much anyway. ![]() *What's the singular of 'folk'? |
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Off we go on Eurosport with the Tour de Yorkshire Feminin....ITV4 still has The Sweeney or something.
And it breaks down immediately, no pictures coming through. |
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still no pictures........
Technical problems seem to be an everyday occurrence now in cycling coverage I blame digital technology........it's just not as reliable as the old fashioned analogue broadcasting. Bring back valves and glowing bits ! (I've noticed this on Radio 5 as well now they've gone digital........seems like every 10 minutes they lose contact with their reporter on the scene,) |
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Has there been any announcement as to why this coverage is missing?
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Has there been any announcement as to why this coverage is missing?
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