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[zlev11]

The next Glaring omission is Strade Bianche on 3/2.

Strade is listed on here along with all the other RCS races:

https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/max-welcome-live-cycling-us-feb-8

it worked beautifully this morning for Clasica Jaen, cant complain at all. it's just as good as GCN so far for the live stuff.

 

[Carols]

Strade is listed on here along with all the other RCS races:

https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/max-welcome-live-cycling-us-feb-8

it worked beautifully this morning for Clasica Jaen, cant complain at all. it's just as good as GCN so far for the live stuff.

I watched Clasica Jaenn also and was happy. It's as good as GCN+ except for the cost

 

[Nick2413]

I haven’t checked in for a while. Is Max the new equivalent to GCN in the US, does it have replays, and does it have commercials?

I would be willing to pay hundreds of $$$ to have someone with a European credit card sign me up for whatever service is being used in Europe now if it doesn’t have ads which I’m assuming the US one does.

 

[Sciatic]

I haven’t checked in for a while. Is Max the new equivalent to GCN in the US, does it have replays, and does it have commercials?

I would be willing to pay hundreds of $$$ to have someone with a European credit card sign me up for whatever service is being used in Europe now if it doesn’t have ads which I’m assuming the US one does.

Peacock has Le Tour and Vuelta, so I was assuming that Max BR does not have everything GCN carried?

 

[zlev11]

I haven’t checked in for a while. Is Max the new equivalent to GCN in the US, does it have replays, and does it have commercials?

I would be willing to pay hundreds of $$$ to have someone with a European credit card sign me up for whatever service is being used in Europe now if it doesn’t have ads which I’m assuming the US one does.

you could use those hundreds of $$$ and just sign up for Max ($15.99/month or possibly free if you have HBO on your cable plan), Peacock ($5.99/month) and Flobikes ($12.50/month) and get every single race without also having to pay for a VPN

if you were really dead set on doing a VPN with one subscription, it looks like Flobikes is picking up everything from GCN for Canadian viewers and they already had all of the Peacock races, so theoretically you could get everything with Flo + Canada VPN.

 

[Sciatic]

you could use those hundreds of $$$ and just sign up for Max ($15.99/month or possibly free if you have HBO on your cable plan), Peacock ($5.99/month) and Flobikes ($12.50/month) and get every single race without also having to pay for a VPN

if you were really dead set on doing a VPN with one subscription, it looks like Flobikes is picking up everything from GCN for Canadian viewers and they already had all of the Peacock races, so theoretically you could get everything with Flo + Canada VPN.

MAX BR which will carry cycling is free right now for regular MAX accounts, but that particular add-on will be an extra charge pretty soon.

 

[ManicJack]

if you were really dead set on doing a VPN with one subscription, it looks like Flobikes is picking up everything from GCN for Canadian viewers and they already had all of the Peacock races, so theoretically you could get everything with Flo + Canada VPN.

This is what I've been doing. Works fine so far.

 

[scribers]

If they pick up rcs races it might be a no brainer

 

[Nick2413]

you could use those hundreds of $$$ and just sign up for Max ($15.99/month or possibly free if you have HBO on your cable plan), Peacock ($5.99/month) and Flobikes ($12.50/month) and get every single race without also having to pay for a VPN

if you were really dead set on doing a VPN with one subscription, it looks like Flobikes is picking up everything from GCN for Canadian viewers and they already had all of the Peacock races, so theoretically you could get everything with Flo + Canada VPN.

This is what I've been doing. Works fine so far.

Does Flo have commercials?

 

[ManicJack]

Does Flo have commercials?

No commercials

 

[Nick2413]

No commercials

Looks like I’m signing up today

 

[ManicJack]

Looks like I’m signing up today

It's more expensive, but I did the $28 for one month just to make sure it was the way I wanted to go, before paying the $150 for a year. Happy with my choice as long as you have a VPN.

 

[jono]

No commercials

Depending on which device I'm viewing Flo on, I sometimes get a single short commercial when first loading the stream. No further interruptions, however.

 

[Nick2413]

It's more expensive, but I did the $28 for one month just to make sure it was the way I wanted to go, before paying the $150 for a year. Happy with my choice as long as you have a VPN.

Have you been able to get the Canadian only content? Even with a VPN I’m wondering if they still require a Canadian credit card on Flo.

 

[ManicJack]

Have you been able to get the Canadian only content? Even with a VPN I’m wondering if they still require a Canadian credit card on Flo.

Yes, it has been fine using a VPN set to Canada. The only downside is that I have to project to my tv from my laptop because I can not figure out how to use a VPN on a smart TV. May not be possible at all.

 

[USAChrisKY]

I’m fairly new to watching cycling, did a lot of catching up on the Christmas vacation and seen pretty much full races, so I’m curious what’s the deal on these RCS races that they only show 40km of it ? Are they just trying to make it fit tv time schedule and make it reasonable to watch to the average person ? I personally prefer to watch the whole 190km etc but maybe I’m a minority and they don’t think that’s good. Guess the question is, has it always been like this ? Will the Giro di Italia not be shown in its entirety ?

 

[scribers]

What’s the feedback on options so far? I’m leaning flo because I won’t need vpn in Canada and it seems to look like everything Eurosport (I think) as max is not in Canada.

 

[Potomac]

March looks good on Max

MARCH 2024
Discipline(s)	Date(s)	Race Event
Road cycling men & women	Mar. 2	Strade Bianche
Road cycling men	Mar. 4-10	Tirreno–Adriatico
Road cycling men	Mar. 5	GP Monseré (Coupe de Belgique)
Road cycling men	Mar. 12	Ronde van Drenthe
Road cycling men	Mar. 14	Milano–Torino
Road cycling men	Mar. 15	Danilith Nokere Koerse
Road cycling men	Mar. 16	GP de Denain – Porte du Hainaut (Coupe de France)
Road cycling men	Mar. 16	Milano–Sanremo
Road cycling women	Mar. 17	Trofeo Binda
Road cycling men	Mar. 17	Koksijde Classic
Road cycling men	Mar. 19	Cholet Pays de Loire (Coupe de France)
Road cycling men	Mar. 22	Minerva Classic Brugge-De Panne Men
Road cycling women	Mar. 23	Exterioo Classic Brugge-De Panne Women
Road cycling men	Mar. 24	E3 Saxo Classic

 

[Potomac]

Paris Nice schedule on Peackock

Paris-Nice 2024 Schedule​

EVENT	DATE	TIME	WHERE TO WATCH
Stage 1	Mar 3	9:10am	Peacock
Stage 2	Mar 4	8:50am	Peacock
Stage 3	Mar 5	8:50am	Peacock
Stage 4	Mar 6	8:50am	Peacock
Stage 5	Mar 7	8:50am	Peacock
Stage 6	Mar 8	8:50am	Peacock
Stage 7	Mar 9	7:25am	Peacock
Stage 8	Mar 10	8:05am	Peacock | CNBC

 

[Sciatic]

I’m fairly new to watching cycling, did a lot of catching up on the Christmas vacation and seen pretty much full races, so I’m curious what’s the deal on these RCS races that they only show 40km of it ? Are they just trying to make it fit tv time schedule and make it reasonable to watch to the average person ? I personally prefer to watch the whole 190km etc but maybe I’m a minority and they don’t think that’s good. Guess the question is, has it always been like this ? Will the Giro di Italia not be shown in its entirety ?

Depends where you live and what you mean by “always been like that.” It’s only recently they started coverage TdF stages ( and in some ot the other stage races) from KM 0.0 to the finish. For one day races it has usually depended on the primary broadcaster and the status of the race. Until the last few years they only broadcast the last 1.5 hrs of Strade Bianchi.
If you followed cycling I the U.S. in the 80s and 90s you never got live cycling—only heavily edited replays of positions of the Tour and perhaps a few other races.

 

[Potomac]

I was really angry at Bob Roll and CVV yesterday, they spoiled the T-A time trial results. I know TA finished first, but I was planning on watching it later

F-YOU bob Roll

F YOU CVV

 

[ManicJack]

I was really angry at Bob Roll and CVV yesterday, they spoiled the T-A time trial results. I know TA finished first, but I was planning on watching it later

F-YOU bob Roll

F YOU CVV

They probably don't care since it's another network.

 

[Potomac]

It felt good to say it though.

 

[Unchained]

I was really angry at Bob Roll and CVV yesterday, they spoiled the T-A time trial results. I know TA finished first, but I was planning on watching it later

F-YOU bob Roll

F YOU CVV

I watch mostly in Spanish.. ESPN3, Eurosport, or Spanish or Colombian channel, I watch some things w Jacky Durand, don't understand everything he says!! But one thing that is different, listening to Sean Kelly or someone else, the American coverage is done on the premise that majority of the audience either knows absolutely nothing or very very little about what they are seeing. Patronizing 101..
Amazon is sending warning signals that streaming services that use their Firesticks are going to get either cut off or speeds throttled

 

[Sciatic]

I watch mostly in Spanish.. ESPN3, Eurosport, or Spanish or Colombian channel, I watch some things w Jacky Durand, don't understand everything he says!! But one thing that is different, listening to Sean Kelly or someone else, the American coverage is done on the premise that majority of the audience either knows absolutely nothing or very very little about what they are seeing. Patronizing 101..
Amazon is sending warning signals that streaming services that use their Firesticks are going to get either cut off or speeds throttled

Completely agree. In addition, when I’ve listened to many of the US and British announcers, they seem to feel the need to make every moment exciting. They should learn from baseball announcers (particularly radio announcers) how to do play-by-play and commentary that reflects the pace of the game action, which like in cycling, has chunks of slow, not-very-exciting pacing.