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The Pro Cycling Thread (Part 2)
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wns_195
27-07-2016
I think Froome will win 3 more TDF's and some other tours.

I think it's strange the Vuelta starting during the Olympics. While the cycling will presumably all be over by then, people will still be watching for the other sports. I think it started around the same time in 2012, but the Olympics started and consequently finished a week earlier. It was a Saturday evening. There was a time trial. It began about 18:00 and I had just arrived home from a football match. I had just signed up to Eurosport. I don't remember much about the race, but I had only been into cycling a few months then.
grassmarket
27-07-2016
Originally Posted by Dixon:
“In Olympic years, why don't they move the tour to a week or two earlier? I want to see the top riders compete at their best for both.”

It's too complicated, they'd have to rejig the entire calendar, because the week before the Tour is always for the National Champs, the week before that something else, and then there has to be a gap of a certain number of weeks after the Giro and...and... We saw during this year's Tour that the weather in the Alps can still be very unreliable even in July.
Dixon
27-07-2016
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“It's too complicated, they'd have to rejig the entire calendar, because the week before the Tour is always for the National Champs, the week before that something else, and then there has to be a gap of a certain number of weeks after the Giro and...and... We saw during this year's Tour that the weather in the Alps can still be very unreliable even in July.”

With a couple of events dropped for one out of every four years, I am sure they could plan it out.
cmq2
27-07-2016
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“It's too complicated, they'd have to rejig the entire calendar, because the week before the Tour is always for the National Champs, the week before that something else, and then there has to be a gap of a certain number of weeks after the Giro and...and... We saw during this year's Tour that the weather in the Alps can still be very unreliable even in July.”

Also the French school holidays and Bastille day improve the afternoon viewing figures.

It is confirmed Lampre Merida are passing their WT licence to Bahrain Cycling:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/...iB1A9zUSkGQ.99
https://twitter.com/Bahrain_Cycling
http://www.bahraincyclingteam.com/
swingaleg
27-07-2016
3,773 tests were conducted on the Tour for Mechanical Doping and all were negative

phew !
comtal
28-07-2016
Hi all,As per thread title can anyone tell me if it will be on itv4 or is Eurosport the only option. Thanks
swingaleg
28-07-2016
Originally Posted by comtal:
“Hi all,As per thread title can anyone tell me if it will be on itv4 or is Eurosport the only option. Thanks”

Pretty sure it will be evening highlights on ITV4 as it has been for the last few years

(I think they only showed live coverage once)

details of the broadcast agreement........

http://sport-onthebox.com/2015/01/28...elta-tv-deals/
John259
28-07-2016
It will be on ITV4 (probably only highlights in the evening though):
https://twitter.com/itvcycling/statu...16852615970817
Marti S
28-07-2016
Tour of Great Britain will be on ITV 4 and the Bike channel this year, so no coverage on Eurosport I'm afraid.
swingaleg
28-07-2016
Originally Posted by Marti S:
“Tour of Great Britain will be on ITV 4 and the Bike channel this year, so no coverage on Eurosport I'm afraid.”

oh good........I've enjoyed the odd live race that they've shown on the Bike Channel

The Bike Channel showed some one day races early in the season and I'm pretty sure the schedule had one in August as well........so something else to watch out for
grassmarket
28-07-2016
Originally Posted by Marti S:
“Tour of Great Britain will be on ITV 4 and the Bike channel this year, so no coverage on Eurosport I'm afraid.”

http://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/news/...p#.V5nVjvkrKUk
doffer
28-07-2016
Anybody know who'll be commentating on the Vuelta for Eurosport? Have an awful feeling it'll be the idiot.
wns_195
28-07-2016
Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“oh good........I've enjoyed the odd live race that they've shown on the Bike Channel”

I don't mind because it is on ITV4. I wouldn't want the Bike Channel to take more rights from Eurosport for races that aren't on ITV4 because it isn't as widely available for those who don't have satellite or cable.

It may be good for people who want to choose between rraces because Eurosport may have more Vuelta coverage in the afternoons.
comtal
28-07-2016
Thanks for all the replies. Cheers.
Edward_Sloley
28-07-2016
Here's the (partially confirmed) startlist for San Sebastian. Some of the big names competing in the men's Olympic RR (e.g. Valverde) will be racing there.
grassmarket
28-07-2016
Originally Posted by Edward_Sloley:
“Here's the (partially confirmed) startlist for San Sebastian. Some of the big names competing in the men's Olympic RR (e.g. Valverde) will be racing there.”

Ooh, quite a selection of the young British climbers, should be interesting.
Edward_Sloley
28-07-2016
Jon Dibben is the latest Brit to join this year's group of stagiaires - he's with Cannondale-Drapac for the rest of the season. Same goes for Owain Doull and James Shaw w.r.t Sky and Lotto-Soudal respectively.
swingaleg
28-07-2016
National circuit race championship underway on ES........circuit in Birmingham city centre

Women up first........50 minutes plus 5 laps
grassmarket
28-07-2016
Originally Posted by Edward_Sloley:
“Jon Dibben is the latest Brit to join this year's group of stagiaires - he's with Cannondale-Drapac for the rest of the season. Same goes for Owain Doull and James Shaw w.r.t Sky and Lotto-Soudal respectively.”

Not surprised about Dibben, he has been dominant in the British domestic scene for a couple of years now.
swingaleg
28-07-2016
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Not surprised about Dibben, he has been dominant in the British domestic scene for a couple of years now.”

he's also a World Champ on the track having won the Points Race..........unless that's a different Dibben !
grassmarket
28-07-2016
Rain on just at the sharp end.

Well done, Eileen. Doesn't ride so much in Britain these days as she is on a Belgian team, and will get her first chance to show off her jersey on Saturday night on BBC2.
Edward_Sloley
28-07-2016
She won't - the RideLondon Classique (formerly one of the Grand Prix crits) is now a UCI-classified road race*, which means Roe will wear her trade team jersey and Hannah Barnes (as British RR champion) will wear the national champion's jersey that evening.

[* 1.WWT, like La Course]
wns_195
28-07-2016
The womens race was competitive. I thought Claire Rose would have finished in the top 3. She wwas very consistent.
grassmarket
28-07-2016
Men's race looks like it is going to be super-complicated already - there will be riders lapped all over the shop.
wns_195
28-07-2016
Lawless will win.
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