Good question!

There were also some quite long tunnels on the Olympic road race route where the live motorcycle pictures continued. Perhaps the Chinese had installed some receivers in the tunnels?

John

Nick Mullins

Of course, the Chinese had years to prep the route. Can't do that in many other races where the route changes every day and the roads have to be opened to traffic soon after the race goes through.

Someone e-mailed Eurosport during the Olympics with the same question.

David Harmon said it was something to do with the fact that on a shorter criterium loop they can put the same number of recievers that they would use on a race like the Tour closer together. That then provides a stronger signal which allows them to get pictures from inside a tunnel.

I know what you mean, but on the Tour de France they use helicopters and planes - difficult inside a tunnel

John

Looks like Stuart will be back this weekend covering the World Athletics Final from Stuttgart for the BBC while Steve Cram is in Beijing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/listings...4223_27106_210

ITV Rugby:
Sale v Saracens - Simon Ward
Bath v Gloucester - Bob Symonds (off tube)
Leicester v L Irish - Simon Ward

Magners League on Setanta -
Munster v Dragons - Connor Morris and Liam Toland

.....with Lewis Moody alongside Craig Doyle at Welford Road

and Magners League on Setanta over the last 3 days:-

Cardiff Blues V Ulster (Friday) - Tulsen Tollett (Host) Killian Keane and Emmett Byrne as Studio Guests. Fred Cogley and Peter McKenna as Commentary Team

Leinster V Edinburgh (Friday) - Connor Morris and Reggie Corrigan as Commentary Team. Didn't catch guests, but reporter Ray McMenamin came out with the 'no shit sherlock!' line that most of the people in the new stand behind him would be behind the Home Team.

(Neath - Swansea) Ospreys V Ulster (Magners League RU)

S4C - Huw Llewellyn Davis and Gwyn Jones
S4C yn Saesneg (S4C in English) - Can't remember and Scott Gibbs
Setanta Sports 2 - A whispering John Forrest and John Kelly

Did Hugh Porter do commentary on the World Cycling Championships that's on in Italy this week?

Yes. I heard him on the online stream when I was browsing the BBC site during the week.

He's had a busy time of it recently: from the Olympics to the Tour of Britain to the World Championships with hardly any break.

It was Connor Morris and John Kelly on Setanta's Magners League duty for Munster (in their newly refurbished Limerick home) against Glasgow Warriors.

I saw a bit of the Super League Grand Final on Sky Sports 1 earlier, and by god did the Graphics team go into CGI overdrive!

Ian, they always do for the SL Grand Final. They had their biggest team of the season on board and to be fair they were excellent. As they always are.

RC Toulonnais V Northampton Saints (European Challenge Cup RU)

Johnny Hammond and Tyrone Howe on Sky Sports Xtra

Expecting James Allen and Martin Brundle to join the BBC coverage next year

pardon? source please

Will Chignell and Dick Best for Bristol's European Challenge Cup RU match at Montpellier on Sky Sports 2.

DB has just nearly avoided saying the misheard Colemanball of a player 'opening his legs and showing his class' phrase.
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Mark Robson and Stuart Barnes on Heineken Cup RU duty for Sky Sports 2. Alex Payne hosting from a different studio set-up to the one Setanta used last week (it's more central).

Don't get your expectations up too high with regards to the first one.

Apparently, it's Legard and Brundle on commentary duty, analysis from the two Eddies, Irvine and Jordan... with Jake Humphrey presenting - we shall see....

Who's doing the Klitschko fight on Setanta tonight?

Dave Farrar.

Thought it sounded like him, but reckoned it couldn't have been...

Yeah, suprised me too when I put it on.

Miles Harrison and Ieuan Evans doing Leicester/Ospreys on Sky Sports 1.

I've been suprised by the lack of Harrison and Barnes during the first weekend. Not sure if they've been paired together all weekend as Harrison commentated with Will Greenwood yesterday.