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I was watching some coverage yesterday of ITV (UK) on my phone yesterday whilst out. Even on a small screen I could see Remco getting pushed off the road and he didn't make the split.

So how the f#@k can professional commentators miss it?

Same when Ackerman opened his sprint way too early. Boulting almost shot his load. It was clear he was opening it way too early.

I see 'Gee' wasn't criticised either for missing the split too.
 
Looks from the app as though the Women's Giro will have ad-free coverage on Discovery+. So this is purely taking advantage of the Tour.

but does the Womens giro have the quad view thing ?

I genuinely think whilst yes theyre trying to maximise revenue from their biggest cycling race they have, and why wouldnt they. And that their streaming platform can support more streams per broadcast. But theyve set it to 2 max for the TdF at the moment because we're right in the middle of peak summer sports where youve got a whole bunch of stuff theyve got to fit on this streaming service

like literally their 4 linear channels will be showing live broadcasts all at the same time today. including the Giro which I dont remember it being shown live before whilst TdF was happening, theres rallying, mountain biking, some motorbiking and so on and so on, all of that takes up room on a streaming service and there is a finite limit on resources and bandwidth they can use.

and the fans claimed to have liked the quad view thing, so thats the TdF stream number 2 theyve gone , for now, we'll see what happens during the week,as in theory there should be more room come available.
 
I was watching some coverage yesterday of ITV (UK) on my phone yesterday whilst out. Even on a small screen I could see Remco getting pushed off the road and he didn't make the split.

So how the f#@k can professional commentators miss it?

Same when Ackerman opened his sprint way too early. Boulting almost shot his load. It was clear he was opening it way too early.

I see 'Gee' wasn't criticised either for missing the split too.
It wasn't that they missed the Ackermann attack: it was misidentified as Stewart, and, being thought to be a British rider, it was acclaimed as heroic, plucky, race-defining, and destined to be successful until it wasn't.
 
I was watching some coverage yesterday of ITV (UK) on my phone yesterday whilst out. Even on a small screen I could see Remco getting pushed off the road and he didn't make the split.

So how the f#@k can professional commentators miss it?

Same when Ackerman opened his sprint way too early. Boulting almost shot his load. It was clear he was opening it way too early.

I see 'Gee' wasn't criticised either for missing the split too.

Neds never been that great at commentating these races imo, he's always been a better reporter/writer/presenter and sort of ended up in the booth because ITV didnt know where else to go without Liggett & Duffers.
 
Neds never been that great at commentating these races imo, he's always been a better reporter/writer/presenter and sort of ended up in the booth because ITV didnt know where else to go without Liggett & Duffers.
Totally agree. I enjoy his podcasts because it's got history in it and that's something I enjoy. But he does miss a lot during races.

Yesterday they even had a replay of Remco going off the road. I mean FFS he's got a gold helmet on how can they miss it?
 
but does the Womens giro have the quad view thing ?
No. I would guess whether that is available depends on the host broad broadcaster, not TNT.

I genuinely think whilst yes theyre trying to maximise revenue from their biggest cycling race they have, and why wouldnt they.
Because that is at the cost of what they have consistently promoted as their offer

and the fans claimed to have liked the quad view thing,
Not the impression I have had from the small bit of feedback I had seen.

so thats the TdF stream number 2 theyve gone , for now, we'll see what happens during the week,as in theory there should be more room come available.
I would suggest that if they had dropped the quad-screen instead, no-one would have objected.
 
Did Orla just refer to the 'Giro de France'???

What she definitely said was that there would be commentary throughout. So not dropping out on the quad-screen option during ad-breaks?


And she claimed the quad-screen as something that they "have put together", so my assumption above about that being down to the picture providers may be wrong.
 
„Couldn‘t be more bitter for Pascal Ackermann“ Robert Bengsch on German ES

Well, I doubt Ackermann hates his teammate as much. Didn‘t even comment on Stewart winning, just about how he might usurp Ackermann. What horrible attitude and behaviour. Doubled down on it being horrible for Ackermann like a billion times as well
Bengsch is crazily and unhealthy obsessed with all things german its really disturbing actually... cant listen to german feed when hes on; should rly be working for ARD w that attitude of his
 
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I've been subscribing via Discoveryplus since Spring 2024. I cast it from my iPad onto the television (being 9 years old, it doesn't have a functioning Discovery plus app!)

Not only do we have adverts, but now everytime there is an advertising break, the connection with the television breaks down at the end of each advert segment. So I have to log back in again. Utterly frustrating.

The multi-screen works well but you only see four cameras, not even the main feed.

The women's Giro has an ad-free version, but not Le Tour. Livid with them and hope some sort of pressure is brought to bear, as they have breached advertising standards regulations.
 
Honestly was like a funeral after Jesper Philipsen crashed for the following 20km, it's like they don't understand that crashes are part of bike races. It's ashame they don't have the same concern for the paying customers of TNT who they are absolutely shafting.
Glad I missed the Hatch-led mourn-in. Crashes do unfortunately happen, but the racing goes on.
Now that they have adverts I have switched to ITV which I avoided in the past because of ads. I do miss listening to Carlton rambling about French farms and such on a dull stage like today.
 
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