Olympic Road Race (men’s) 2024 (August 3rd)

[tobydawq]

BTW, has any of my fellow Danes been able to find the proper - uninterrupted - coverage on DRTV?

I could only find one that started at 11:00 (they said 10:50, but that was a lie), until 12:00, and then another from 12:00 until 18:00.
Not the one from 11:00 until 18:00...

Why watch it there with inexperienced commentators instead of Max?

 

[Rob5091]

And I was hoping for riders from Micronesia and South Sudan, but it turns out you can‘t just show up with a bike and get to ride.

No!? So much for the "Olympic spirit" then - change the rules! The first 150 guys to the signing in get to race - sounds like a new Olympics sport- "The signing On Sprint"!

 

[Netserk]

BTW, has any of my fellow Danes been able to find the proper - uninterrupted - coverage on DRTV?

I could only find one that started at 11:00 (they said 10:50, but that was a lie), until 12:00, and then another from 12:00 until 18:00.
Not the one from 11:00 until 18:00...

You have to change channel because of the news break.

Here first: https://www.dr.dk/drtv/kanal/192100

Then DR1 when coverage ends (12:15) for the extra channel.

 

[tobydawq]

The one I could find - that I'm watching now - is set to stop at 12:15.

Then you can switch channel...

 

[Netserk]

Why watch it there with inexperienced commentators instead of Max?

With D+, coverage hasn't started yet and will be with commercial breaks.

 

[Didinho]

Denmark riding like the WC thinking they have 8 riders. They want a hard pace all day for Mads, and redemption. Hope Skjelmose's tyres are at the right pressure.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Is Max the 119 DKK/month subscribtion? And what do you actually get outside of uninterrupted coverage by the Eurosport crew thats worth it?

 

[tobydawq]

With D+, coverage hasn't started yet and will be with commercial breaks.

It started on Max at 10:45.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Denmark riding like the WC thinking they have 8 riders. They want a hard pace all day for Mads, and redemption. Hope Skjelmose's tyres are at the right pressure.

Megalomania, as seen so many times before.

 

[Tim Cahill]

BBC cutting to some obscure 100 metres sprint event instead of the cycling, is that even a sport, grow up.

 

[tobydawq]

Is Max the 119 DKK/month subscribtion? And what do you actually get outside of uninterrupted coverage by the Eurosport crew thats worth it?

Well, you get all the cycling you want. Plus all the HBO shows (which is quality TV unlike the reality shows you got with D+).

It's a much better bargain than the Discovery+ one, yet people complained almost per definition because something changed.

 

[Valv.Piti]

For a guy who likes calling other riders stupid, Pedersens strategies seem consistently completely stupid

You could see DK at the front ot the race in the very beginning also shutting down the attacks that werent from meme nations. Inexplicable that you dont leave that stuff for Belgium and NL in a race where every man matter

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

There are classified climbs? With a climbers' competition? An Olympic event giving out prizes other than the Olympic medals seems odd, to say the least.

Or are they simply acknowledged on the map?

 

[tobydawq]

Blythe: "Are you missing being on the start line?"

Sagan: "I was there!"

Pretty on point analysis by him in the rest of the interview.

 

[RedheadDane]

It's a much better bargain than the Discovery+ one, yet people complained almost per definition because something changed.

Of course, if they're going to start having ad-breaks on D+, then Max is obviously gonna be better.
However, they didn't use to have ad-breaks.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Lovely replica world championships jersey from the Mauritius representative

 

[tobydawq]

Of course, if they're going to start having ad-breaks on D+, then Max is obviously gonna be better.
However, they didn't use to have ad-breaks.

I didn't know they began having ad breaks and that wasn't my point.

I switched as soon as Max was launched (of course it helped that I was already an HBO subscriber, so for me it became a lot cheaper).

 

[RedheadDane]

I didn't know they began having that.

Apparently it's just for the Olympics.
I mean... if they don't want us to watch the Olympics on their service... cool with me...

Let's face it; it all went down-hill when GCN+ folded.

 

[Danskebjerge]

For a guy who likes calling other riders stupid, Pedersens strategies seem consistently completely stupid

But there is almost no criticism from the Danish media when it goes wrong, so he and the national team manager (who has been there for years, for some obscure reason) just continue with their weird strategies.

 

[Lauritsen]

Where does an Olympic win rank? Below all the monuments?

 

[awavey]

BBC cutting to some obscure 100 metres sprint event instead of the cycling, is that even a sport, grow up.

hmm, whilst waiting for Eurosport to start, I saw Boardman bigging up the beeb coverage (he's been there since 6:30am you know) and when I switch on its some Brit runner athlete arguing with an official about something the commentators dont know the reason for, oh well Im sure theyll claim as usual its on the inferior "online" iplayer

at least we didnt have 30mins of more cube bantz,for a change on Eurosport. actual race coverage from the off, what a novelty

 

[tobydawq]

For a guy who likes calling other riders stupid, Pedersens strategies seem consistently completely stupid

Unfortunately, regarding Mads it seems more important for him to show that he's a big and strong guy than to actually win bike races.

 

[tobydawq]

Apparently it's just for the Olympics.
I mean... if they don't want us to watch the Olympics on their service... cool with me...

Let's face it; it all went down-hill when GCN+ folded.

Hmm, maybe that's a strategy to get people to migrate over to Max. There you get every Olympic event in all sports uninterrupted.

But maybe we've talked about this enough for now in this thread.

 

[meat puppet]

Less than Scheldeprijs if you believe the discussions here.

But yes, on balance I would rank it below monuments

 

[tobydawq]

Less than Scheldeprijs if you believe the discussions here.

But yes, on balance I would rank it below monuments

It's definitely worth more than some monuments.