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

[Potomac]

The weather here isn't very nice today and the TDU has me excited about racing. So I have spent quite a bit of time on Peacock with replays of last years races running on another device, and I just enjoy the background noise.

 

[Potomac]

Mallorca coming up on Max this week.

Alula is looking like Flobikes for Americans. And I don't do Flobikes.

Edit: it looks the Australian SBS showing Alula. So if you have VPN it's available in English.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Mallorca coming up on Max this week.

Alula is looking like Flobikes for Americans. And I don't do Flobikes.

Edit: it looks the Australian SBS showing Alula. So if you have VPN it's available in English.

Thanks for the Alula heads-up, it actually has a pretty good startlist! (https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/alula-tour/2025/startlist) And the time difference isn't as crazy as the recent TDU one. (Only +11 hours for me rather than 18 or 19, the latter just don't compute.)

 

[Potomac]

Max

Today has La Marseillase
Feb 5 Etoile de Bessege stage 1
Feb 5 Velancia stage 1

Feb 6 UAE women stage 1

Feb 15 Murcia
Feb 16 Almeria
Feb 16 Figueira

Feb 17 UAE men stage
Feb 17 Clasica Jaen Paraiso Interior

Feb 19 Andalusia stage 1
Feb 19 Algarve stage 1

 

[Potomac]

Just when we get a taste of cycling, things look a bit bleak for the next week, with only Oman availabe at zero dark hundred.

I suppose we could watch Daytona 500 qualifying.

 

[Sciatic]

Just when we get a taste of cycling, things look a bit bleak for the next week, with only Oman availabe at zero dark hundred.

I suppose we could watch Daytona 500 qualifying.

FOX with their usual disregard for truth in their Super Bowl ads promoting Daytona 500: calling it the biggest car/motorsports race in the country? Maybe for their heavy viewership in the South it is. But Indy 500 is still tops.

 

[zlev11]

yes, watch NASCAR if you want to see what cycling will look like if OneProCycling or whatever the hell they're called takes over

 

[Carols]

Just when we get a taste of cycling, things look a bit bleak for the next week, with only Oman availabe at zero dark hundred.

I suppose we could watch Daytona 500 qualifying.

I feel like we have a plethora of riches coming our way very soon.

 

[Unchained]

FOX with their usual disregard for truth in their Super Bowl ads promoting Daytona 500: calling it the biggest car/motorsports race in the country? Maybe for their heavy viewership in the South it is. But Indy 500 is still tops.

I think rather than put it this way.. Show sponsorship investment and viewers, race attendance in a bar graph for last 40 years!! NASCAR is in freefall!!! And to be fair likely a bar graph would show everything would spike during Armstrong era with steep decline afterward.
I don't know anything for sure but I feel like pro bike racing has had some increased numbers over last @4-5 years (?) In my household I have watched more bike racing in last 5 years than ever before.. MTB, gravel, cyclocross, Olympics, worlds and regular pro season.. I have been to 2 NASCAR events in my lifetime, I didn't pay for the tickets, have never watched an entire NASCAR race on TV...ever.

 

[Sciatic]

Just when we get a taste of cycling, things look a bit bleak for the next week, with only Oman availabe at zero dark hundred.

I suppose we could watch Daytona 500 qualifying.

Gulf Time Zone is the worst for US West Coast for watching live racing. Races finish smack in the middle of the night.

 

[search]

Apart from the Arab Youtube stream, there's no live coverage for Oman anywhere in the world.

There are highlights available the morning after, though, and for whatever reason they are free and unrestricted on Flobikes this time: https://www.flobikes.com/events/13586574-2025-tour-of-oman/

 

[Potomac]

Provence is flo-bikes, I guess.

 

[zlev11]

I feel like we have a plethora of riches coming our way very soon.

yes, there is so much cycling to watch this weekend and next week that i'm not sure i'll have enough free time to watch it all. this is the best time of the whole year.

 

[Potomac]

I just read Provence is on Australia's SBS if you have a vpn

 

[saunaking]

I subscribe to flobikes in Canada.
This is the 3rd race in a row I have watched the last half hour or hour live and it buffers and crashes in the last kilometer.
Saw Pederson and Mohoric until around 500m, then when it came back the peloton was rolling thru the finish.
WTF!!! Its like old tiz from back in the day.

 

[Sciatic]

I just read Provence is on Australia's SBS if you have a vpn

I tried that this morning and the site that shows streaming events said it won’t work if using a VPN!

 

[Sandisfan]

I subscribe to flobikes in Canada.
This is the 3rd race in a row I have watched the last half hour or hour live and it buffers and crashes in the last kilometer.
Saw Pederson and Mohoric until around 500m, then when it came back the peloton was rolling thru the finish.
WTF!!! Its like old tiz from back in the day.

On the American one I can use the small gear like icon on the video and lower the resolution to lets say 540, though Flow usually runs smoothly but when it doesn't run smoothly set to the lower resolutions if needed.. I watch on replay so that might make the difference. When I don't have time I also like to right click on video and adjust the speed of replay sometimes to 2x sometimes to 1.5 but always reset to 1x near finish but I like to reset to .5x for a few seconds as the audio commentary can seem slow at first when setting to 1x.

 

[Potomac]

Upcoming races on Max

Feb 19 Andalusia stage 1
Feb 19 Algarve stage 1

Feb 26 Gran Camino

Mar 1 Faun Arcdeche

Mar 2 KBK

Mar 5 Samyn

Mar 8 Strade Bianchi

They did Tirenno Adriatico last year, but their onl line schedule goes out two weeks. I expect it to start showing up on the schedule soon.

 

[Potomac]

2025 cycling races on Peacock
Paris-Nice: March 9–16
Dwars Door Vlaanderen, April 2
Tour of Flanders, April 6
Tour of the Basque Country, April 7–12
Scheldeprijs, April 9
Paris Roubaix, April 13
Brabantse Pijl, April 18
Amstel Gold Race, April 20
Tour of the Alps, April 21–25
La Fleche Wallonne, April 23
Liege Bastogne Liege, April 27
Critérium du Dauphiné: June 8–15
Tour de France: July 5–27
Vuelta a España: August 23–September 14

 

[Potomac]

So Wednesday morning with three races is like some kind of breakfast fantasy

pancakes waffles and scrapple

2:50 am Tour UAE (that's east coast, I think @Tricycle Rider can tune before midnight on the left coast)

8 am Andalucia

10 am Algarve

 

[Tricycle Rider]

So Wednesday morning with three races is like some kind of breakfast fantasy

pancakes waffles and scrapple

2:50 am Tour UAE (that's east coast, I think @Tricycle Rider can tune before midnight on the left coast)

8 am Andalucia

10 am Algarve

Isn't it fantastic how thanks to televised cycling we get to tour and travel from country to country on the same day without ever having to leave the house? I love it and no other sport can offer that!

 

[Sciatic]

So Wednesday morning with three races is like some kind of breakfast fantasy

pancakes waffles and scrapple

2:50 am Tour UAE (that's east coast, I think @Tricycle Rider can tune before midnight on the left coast)

8 am Andalucia

10 am Algarve

This weekend there will be four each day to choose from, though I don’t know if they’re all televised.

 

[Potomac]

MAX has unlisted some races on the schedule. I can't tell if it is just a screw up or a disappointing update.

 

[zlev11]

MAX has unlisted some races on the schedule. I can't tell if it is just a screw up or a disappointing update.

they're all back now plus a lot more

 

[Potomac]

Peacock and NBC don't show Paris Nice as upcoming on their schedules.