Cycling on USA TVs, desktops, laptops, and handheld devices

[Potomac]

I don't hate you, this is my 3rd year doing it. Great coverage on GCN without the hassle and only $50 per year.
Previously I only got Peacock in the months that had road bike races but they had a sale for the year at $30. So I got that. I don't know when my year expires but I've found other original content plus theater movies I've liked so I used it all year

Peacock will only be from P-N through the Vuelta for me.

 

[Carols]

Peacock will only be from P-N through the Vuelta for me.

Yes that is what I did until the special year price they offered. This year I also had TDU.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Must be that time of year again when we all gather in this thread... is GCN the only place I can get Strade Bianche? (Besides pirated channels I mean.)

 

[Escarabajo]

Must be that time of year again when we all gather in this thread... is GCN the only place I can get Strade Bianche? (Besides pirated channels I mean.)

In the US, yes. Now everything is Geo restricted, so you would need VPN.

 

[Escarabajo]

If you are a cycling fan in the US You would not survive without GCN or Peacock. I don't understand what is the deal with some of the classics that are not shown in neither one but are shown in Flobikes. I don't understand why can't they just buy the rights for the US. I understand that Flobikes is part of a bigger Sport organization, so they don't depend on that. But I doubt they are making any profit on cycling outside Canada. But I am just talking without any support, just gut feeling.

 

[Potomac]

VPN is OK, it usually gets you a race in the native language.
A VPN is best, for anglophones, if the race is big enough to be on Australian TV. Then you can listen in English.

 

[Carols]

If you are a cycling fan in the US You would not survive without GCN or Peacock. I don't understand what is the deal with some of the classics that are not shown in neither one but are shown in Flobikes. I don't understand why can't they just buy the rights for the US. I understand that Flobikes is part of a bigger Sport organization, so they don't depend on that. But I doubt they are making any profit on cycling outside Canada. But I am just talking without any support, just gut feeling.

Flobikes content is slowly diminishing. Hopefully they close up shop on cycling in the USA and GCN picks everything they carried up!

 

[Sciatic]

VPN is OK, it usually gets you a race in the native language.
A VPN is best, for anglophones, if the race is big enough to be on Australian TV. Then you can listen in English.

Or VPN is great for those who don’t care what other language it’s in, as long as I can make out the riders names and get to see the race live.

 

[Potomac]

Who is broadcasting Catalunya?

 

[Nick2413]

Or VPN is great for those who don’t care what other language it’s in, as long as I can make out the riders names and get to see the race live.

I use VPN+GCN, is there a way to change language within that or go through something else with the VPN?

 

[Sciatic]

I use VPN+GCN, is there a way to change language within that or go through something else with the VPN?

If you don’t need an English broadcast you can go to the web stream being shown live by the primary cycling broadcaster for most big cycling countries: Eurosport.fr (France), RTBF.be (Belgian French broadcast), Sporza.be (Belgian Dutch-language broadcasts), NOS.nl (Dutch), RAI.it (Italian), etc

 

[Carols]

Who is broadcasting Catalunya?

In the USA in English it is on GCN starting 3/20 at 10:15AM EDT

 

[Potomac]

Just FYI for Milano San Remo.....We Americans have sprung our clocks ahead before Europe.
Yes, The Europe.

So instead of the normal 6 hours, it is 5 hours.

MSR will be finishing around noon American time. Which means East Coast. The hinterlands will use their pioneer spirit and do the math for their remote time zones.

 

[Potomac]

In the USA in English it is on GCN starting 3/20 at 10:15AM EDT

but but but....

https://help.globalcyclingnetwork.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360015571479-United-States-of-America

 

[Sciatic]

Just FYI for Milano San Remo.....We Americans have sprung our clocks ahead before Europe.
Yes, The Europe.

So instead of the normal 6 hours, it is 5 hours.

MSR will be finishing around noon American time. Which means East Coast. The hinterlands will use their pioneer spirit and do the math for their remote time zones.

I always welcome this brief window of opportunity so that (on the west coast) I don’t have to get up quite as early to watch the last few hours of a race.

 

[Carols]

but but but....

https://help.globalcyclingnetwork.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360015571479-United-States-of-America

But, But, But if you look at the home racing page, under oncoming races there it is every day to be clicked on .
I'll believe that over a text table created months ago .

 

[houtdffan]

wouldn't Cataluyna be on peacock since its an ASO race?

 

[Potomac]

wouldn't Cataluyna be on peacock since its an ASO race?

That's my thinking.

 

[zlev11]

Catalunya was on GCN last season and will be on GCN again this season as well.

 

[Potomac]

Looks like Flobikes for Flanders?

I see that Australia's SBS is showing the race. So Australians away from home can VPN to it and watch the race with English commentary.

 

[davidsonduke]

I use VPN+GCN, is there a way to change language within that or go through something else with the VPN?

On GCN+ streaming you can choose a variety of languages: English, Spanish, Dutch, etc. while watching the race. You can even watch races with only the ambient race sounds and no commentary at all.

 

[Escarabajo]

That is the main miss opportunity for GCN this year and last year as well. The Tour de Flanders. Only in Tiz Cycling. But it is not easy, because for that day they send all the Internet troops to block any free stream available in the internet. LOL. So it is VPN in the USA only.

 

[search]

That is the main miss opportunity for GCN this year and last year as well. The Tour de Flanders. Only in Tiz Cycling. But it is not easy, because for that day they send all the Internet troops to block any free stream available in the internet. LOL. So it is VPN in the USA only.

Flobikes owns the exclusive broadcasting rights until the end of 2024, at least:

FloSports® - Official Site - Live Event Sports Streaming‎

PRESTIGIOUS CYCLING SERIES FLANDERS CLASSICS TO BE EXCLUSIVELY STREAMED ON FLOSPORTS IN NORTH AMERICA

www.flosports.tv

 

[Potomac]

I watched DDV today with a VPN and was kind of annoying.
Every 6 to 8 seconds the screen would freeze for a fraction of a second.
I don't know who to blame, my VPN provider or Sporza.

 

[Escarabajo]

I was watching a soccer game with VPN at a friends house and it was the most boring thing with the images freezing up all the time. The funny thing is that they always make fun of me for spending extra money in GCN plus. Additionally I did not like resolution. I am not sure if it was a poor provider or what!!