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Escarabajo

Escarabajo

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I come here just to state that Peacock this year has been HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE. Almost nothing has been good. I getting to the point where I have to go to Tiz-Cycling. That's how bad it is.

They have so many commercials and sometimes they are in the crunch time. They think this is American Football or ESPN. Then they have special reports about other riders and interrupt the broadcasting constantly.

Yesterday was the worst I have seen in my life. There was a split in the peloton and they decided to repeat a Cavendish piece for the 1000th time. When they came back from the piece they kept talking about it and had a very small screen for the race. You could see the face of Brent Bookwalter openning the mouth and almost wanting to scream about the race. But noooo, he let them keep talking about Cavendish instead of interrupting them. When they came back to the race there was half of the action gone if not more.

This means that their replays are worthless. You have to watch it again in Tiz-Cycling. In previous years they had the Eurosport option, but I guess they noticed that nobody watches them. Lol. Seriously, this is not ESPN or a documentary series about cycling. Just stop it and start narrating the race. There are no occasional watchers. Not anymore, because this is streaming. Only fans are watching and we are not interested on silly side stories during the race.
 
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Lots of great performances at the top levels of pro cycling by American male cyclists these last two years, most notably Kuss and Jorgenson, but many others as well.

But what has happened to US women’s road cycling aside from Dygart? Of the roughly 150 women in the field of the women’s Giro this week I see 1 American rider. I know the Olympics will be a big focus for American riders, so perhaps that has diluted that field a bit, but there are hardly any American women competing in last year’s stage races. Interested in your thoughts.
 
ManicJack

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Lots of great performances at the top levels of pro cycling by American male cyclists these last two years, most notably Kuss and Jorgenson, but many others as well.

But what has happened to US women’s road cycling aside from Dygart? Of the roughly 150 women in the field of the women’s Giro this week I see 1 American rider. I know the Olympics will be a big focus for American riders, so perhaps that has diluted that field a bit, but there are hardly any American women competing in last year’s stage races. Interested in your thoughts.
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All bike racing that is USAC sanctioned is on a steep decline here. There are not as many opportunities for the young ladies to leave the states and head to Europe to learn the trade as there are for the young guys. Don't see it getting better anytime soon.
 
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ManicJack said:
All bike racing that is USAC sanctioned is on a steep decline here. There are not as many opportunities for the young ladies to leave the states and head to Europe to learn the trade as there are for the young guys. Don't see it getting better anytime soon.
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That’s too bad. Thanks for the info.
 
SHAD0W93

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When Philipsen launched the sprint the feed changed to showing roofs and came back right before Philipsen crossed the line…
 
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Escarabajo said:
I come here just to state that Peacock this year has been HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE. Almost nothing has been good. I getting to the point where I have to go to Tiz-Cycling. That's how bad it is.

They have so many commercials and sometimes they are in the crunch time. They think this is American Football or ESPN. Then they have special reports about other riders and interrupt the broadcasting constantly.

Yesterday was the worst I have seen in my life. There was a split in the peloton and they decided to repeat a Cavendish piece for the 1000th time. When they came back from the piece they kept talking about it and had a very small screen for the race. You could see the face of Brent Bookwalter openning the mouth and almost wanting to scream about the race. But noooo, he let them keep talking about Cavendish instead of interrupting them. When they came back to the race there was half of the action gone if not more.

This means that their replays are worthless. You have to watch it again in Tiz-Cycling. In previous years they had the Eurosport option, but I guess they noticed that nobody watches them. Lol. Seriously, this is not ESPN or a documentary series about cycling. Just stop it and start narrating the race. There are no occasional watchers. Not anymore, because this is streaming. Only fans are watching and we are not interested on silly side stories during the race.
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Ugh, that would drive me crazy as would listening to those guys. There are solutions, you just have to be willing to jump through a few hoops during initial setup and be ok with an "unauthorized" source. You probably already know that.
 
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Same happened on my end.
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Peacock *** up the finish to the sprints almost every day. the producer is addicted to showing the helicopter view of the finish line (the world feed does not) and it's always like 2-3 seconds behind, it's always so disorienting to watch. today he got owned by the helicopter not being in the right spot to film the finish.
 
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zlev11 said:
you know the ads on Peacock are targeted right? they arent the same for everyone.
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I get the window company one about it adding tint so it’s isn’t hot in your house. Which is appropriate since it’s 115-125 and a Vegas team sponsors them but gets annoying seeing it all the time.
 
Potomac

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The feed is the most invested.
I did see a truck ad the other day.
This morning there was one for a home pregnancy test... WTF! (the best part about the add was them saying it was useful no matter what result you were hoping for...I'm glad they clarified).

OK...the only stuff we watch on Peacock is sports, Columbo, and my wife watches the *** Van *** show.

It isn't enough to explain the adverts I'm getting.
 
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Potomac said:
The feed is the most invested.
I did see a truck ad the other day.
This morning there was one for a home pregnancy test... WTF! (the best part about the add was them saying it was useful no matter what result you were hoping for...I'm glad they clarified).

OK...the only stuff we watch on Peacock is sports, Columbo, and my wife watches the *** Van *** show.

It isn't enough to explain the adverts I'm getting.
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What’s funny is when I watch Psych, tennis, my fiance Vander Pump Rules, or us Kung Fu Panda/any other movie we get completely different ads.
 
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Potomac

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houtdffan said:
there are two feeds on peacock, a TV feed and a second feed

maybe the dumb intern who was running things at the tdf was fired?
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I'm watching a feed dedicated to the race and still have lots of adverts.
Do you have an ad-free one?
 
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