2011 Tour of Utah 2.1 August 9-14

[jobiwan]

Tough stage! Tomorrow's going to be brutal! Henao's got this in the bag.

 

[Kazistuta]

Actually this turns out to be a very interesting course (I mean the whole race). Don't know if it's due to the relative weaker field, the lesser amount of riders in the race or the course itself, but I think it has been very intreaging to follow the four stages so far - I would love to see a pro tour field compete here!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I don't know what I've watched but i'm sure not repeating this tomorrow. They can go screw themselves if the coverage is this bad

 

[jsem94]

I wonder who's handling the production of this race... argh

 

[Mellow Velo]

Ok, that was really hard in the end........................to follow.

 

[goggalor]

Should be a good one tomorrow.

 

[RedheadDane]

To the guys saying this is crap coverage.
Hey! At least they're mostly showing the riders rather than random shots of the ground... and there's proper commentating on now...

 

[Midnite]

Very good stage! Tomorrow is gonna be very interesting with these gaps! I'm very happy for the Colombians.

 

[kareeem]

Also, how many times is the text on the side bar allowed to describe a rider as crushing it before I can kill them?

Hahahah, exactly

 

[hatcher]

Yeah it's not great coverage, but it's free, and it's better than the non-existent coverage we get for the majority of races.

 

[mewmewmew13]

Levi looks like he's about 10 years old.

ha! on a kid's bike...

 

[Escarabajo]

I don't know what I've watched but i'm sure not repeating this tomorrow. They can go screw themselves if the coverage is this bad

Are you kidding??? Tomorrow is Alpe d'Huez itself in Utah! you can watch Henao climbing for the first time.

 

[hfer07]

To the guys saying this is crap coverage.
Hey! At least they're mostly showing the riders rather than random shots of the ground... and there's proper commentating on now...

honestly -today's broadcasting & specially the commentator have been the best out of the entire race- the prologue was a disaster!!!

 

[Anonymous]

the coverage was almost worse than nothing.

 

[Izzy eviel]

What happened to Van de Velde? He was in the main breakaway wasn't he?

 

[mewmewmew13]

To the guys saying this is crap coverage.
Hey! At least they're mostly showing the riders rather than random shots of the ground... and there's proper commentating on now...

this is true. a couple of days ago it was wind and no other sounds...

 

[Mellow Velo]

Will Colorado have a regular tv coverage?

Yep. Versus is live everyday.

Supposedly no from what I hear....

I sure hope so.
It's already showing up in Eurosport's live schedules.
2 hours a day.

 

[mewmewmew13]

What happened to Van de Velde? He was in the main breakaway wasn't he?

He faded on the last climb...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Are you kidding??? Tomorrow is Alpe d'Huez itself in Utah! you can watch Henao climbing for the hirst time.

You mean I can watch shots of some breakaway rider in front who they follow and follow and follow until he gets caught with 1km to go when suddenly the first favorite shows up. And they have no idea what's happening

 

[roundabout]

What's up with showing the last lap mostly from a helicopter?

Iz it cuz the ticker is free?

 

[mewmewmew13]

I sure hope so.
It's already showing up in Eurosport's live schedules.
2 hours a day.

I actually heard that you can get better coverage out of country or online than in the state of CO, so that is where I was commenting from.
How good the live stuff will be for us in state is a guess...

 

[Moviefan1203]

Forgive me for asking, but what is the updated GC rankings? Any changes? The "live" coverage is downright terrible. If they want this to become a major World Tour race, they need to up the funding.

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

Found myself in SLC today. Ate at The Pie, which was right on the course. 97 degrees. It felt like the humidity was near zero. The race looked brutal. The pack did not shred as much as I expected. Maybe everyone was in survival mode.

 

[avanti]

Forgive me for asking, but what is the updated GC rankings? Any changes? The "live" coverage is downright terrible. If they want this to become a major World Tour race, they need to up the funding.

I agree; 1-1/2 hours after the finish and no results posted yet on the official ToU website (or anywhere else as far as I can see).

 

[mewmewmew13]

I agree; 1-1/2 hours after the finish and no results posted yet on the official ToU website (or anywhere else as far as I can see).

Welcome to racing in the USA. We are used to getting results sometimes the next day!