2014 Tour of California May 11-18

[the sceptic]

I dont know who this Cannondale guy is but wow Wiggins is flying

 

[roundabout]

wasted no time passing Sabatini

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I dont know who this Cannondale guy is but wow Wiggins is flying

The infamous TT monster Fabio Sabatini

 

[webvan]

Wow, Canondale lead-out sprint guy Sabatini got smoked by Wiggo, scary!

 

[Highlander]

I know that Wiggins is heavily favored to win both the stage and the overall, but do they need to keep the camera on Wiggins for his entire time trial? I do like to at least cut to the finish line on occasion to see some of the other finishers.

 

[SKSemtex]

This "free" streaming is so good. I wonder if this is not the way for other race organizers to actually make some money out of it.
They can sell the time for commercials the same way as TV companies do.

I am quite surrprised there is no interuption by commercials so far. But I would not mind if the quality is like this and I can watch all races I want free anytime and anywhere in my phone or tab.

 

[Highlander]

This coverage is also making me cheer for Phinney just because I'm tired of hearing about Sir Bradley Wiggins already.

 

[webvan]

Get over it, dude's a star and a Sir, hehe...very fit too, shave the beard and we're back in 2012!

 

[scholar]

I know that Wiggins is heavily favored to win both the stage and the overall, but do they need to keep the camera on Wiggins for his entire time trial? I do like to at least cut to the finish line on occasion to see some of the other finishers.

If even the Eurosport commentary is mentioning it then it's a fairly good indication that the coverage is excessive. I just hate to think what Phil and Paul are saying about how Sir Bradley Wiggins (that is a name they can pronounce correctly, isn't it) is digging into his suitcase of courage and turning himself inside out.

 

[webvan]

This "free" streaming is so good. I wonder if this is not the way for other race organizers to actually make some money out of it.
They can sell the time for commercials the same way as TV companies do.

I am quite surrprised there is no interuption by commercials so far. But I would not mind if the quality is like this and I can watch all races I want free anytime and anywhere in my phone or tab.

Yep, excellent, there is a small delay though, about 2 minutes compared to Eurosport.

 

[the sceptic]

Wiggins 19 up on intermediate.. yikes

 

[webvan]

Wow, 19 seconds better, go WIGGO !!!

 

[roundabout]

Like a boss. Should be 30 seconds or so to Dennis by the end

 

[pastronef]

-19 sec on Dennis

 

[Publicus]

Welp Wiggins just destroyed Rohan's intermediate time by 19"

 

[pastronef]

Like a boss. Should be 30 seconds or so to Dennis by the end

I jump for a moment on the other side to see what the Clinic says

 

[Vino's Mum]

VDV: "He is one of the best, maybe the best ever."

Oh rly.

 

[roundabout]

I have always thought that Craddock is a good TT rider, but he just looks, well, a bit odd on the TT bike

 

[scholar]

This "free" streaming is so good. I wonder if this is not the way for other race organizers to actually make some money out of it.
They can sell the time for commercials the same way as TV companies do.

I am quite surrprised there is no interuption by commercials so far. But I would not mind if the quality is like this and I can watch all races I want free anytime and anywhere in my phone or tab.

The Eurosport subscription is worth it* just for not having to listen to Phil and Paul.

* well, I'm sure it would be worth it if I paid it rather than relying on dodgy streams

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Any sign of Yates? 2 mins would be an amazing effort to hold on to for him.

 

[Jspear]

This "free" streaming is so good. I wonder if this is not the way for other race organizers to actually make some money out of it.
They can sell the time for commercials the same way as TV companies do.

I am quite surrprised there is no interuption by commercials so far. But I would not mind if the quality is like this and I can watch all races I want free anytime and anywhere in my phone or tab.

Ya I liked the tracker/video a ton yesterday....it was awesome. Would like it right now if I could just get the thing to connect.... I'm having to go off the CN tracker which isn't so great.

 

[roundabout]

Any sign of Yates? 2 mins would be an amazing effort to hold on to for him.

1 minute 10 at the intermediate

And passed now

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Any sign of Yates? 2 mins would be an amazing effort to hold on to for him.

And there he goes. Using the pacing help quite well, hopefully still stay within 230

 

[BigMac]

Go Wiggo!

He goes past Yates.

 

[scholar]

What's happened? Has Wiggins decided to pull out of California in order to make an attempt at the (third of an) hour record or something, and Eurosport are covering that rather than the race? It's as if they've not noticed that there's a 2.HC stage race going on.