Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2023, one day monument, April 8 (women's)

[awavey]

without irony it seems the Paris Roubaix femmes/TdF and even Eurosport twitter accounts are leading with the hashtag #WatchtheFemmes

the race has officially started though

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Facebook live feed figures during the presentation varied, as far as I saw, from 5 up to a maximum of 14, and grew to 39 by the depart fictiv. Obviously that is not the racing, not something that even I would normally watch, but it suggests that viewer demand is low.

However, I would be fairly sure that the vast bulk of the cost is in having the infrastructure there to broadcast it at all: the marginal cost of having an extra hour or so of coverage is probably fairly minimal. It will be interesting to see, if there are any notable events in the pre-cobbles phase of the race, whether theer were camaras following at this time.

 

[awavey]

Facebook live feed figures during the presentation varied, as far as I saw, from 5 up to a maximum of 14, and grew to 39 by the depart fictiv. Obviously that is not the racing, not something that even I would normally watch, but it suggests that viewer demand is low.

However, I would be fairly sure that the vast bulk of the cost is in having the infrastructure there to broadcast it at all: the marginal cost of having an extra hour or so of coverage is probably fairly minimal. It will be interesting to see, if there are any notable events in the pre-cobbles phase of the race, whether theer were camaras following at this time.

how well publicised was it though they had that coverage? Id only have known it was there from it getting posted on here.

and absolutely the infra to broadcast is there, the camera bikes are all there, the plane to send the images back is going to be there, the broadcasting team selecting the images are all there, even the commentary teams are there, because youll see the images theyre capturing now later in the highlights. the only thing they arent doing is pressing the big go live now button.


so we're left scraping social media feeds to find out whats going on.

130km left, no breakaways succeeded yet.

 

[awavey]

120km to go, a group of 20 riders have gained 25secs over the peloton

 

[awavey]

save me typing these all the time

you can follow the race via text updates here https://racecenter.paris-roubaix-femmes.fr/en/

 

[awavey]

live pictures time....well Eurosport are just talking about it as expected

 

[dobrien]

live pictures time....well Eurosport are just talking about it as expected

No live pictures here yet; in the US watching via Peacock (NBC).

 

[awavey]

No live pictures here yet; in the US watching via Peacock (NBC).

not far from the first cobbled sector, will they have stopped talking before we get there

 

[awavey]

theyre nearer than 15mins Orla

 

[Leinster]

No live pictures here yet; in the US watching via Peacock (NBC).

ok, not just me, thank you.

 

[dobrien]

not far from the first cobbled sector, will they have stopped talking before we get there

I'm not even getting anyone talking, just the splash screen of death! I was really hoping we'd be getting pictures by first cobbles; I enjoy seeing the race build from a long way out.

 

[awavey]

race radio reporting 1st cobble sector, so lets go for a break

even GCN are still on winner picks

 

[Leinster]

Ant McCrossan previewi the course now.
get on with showing the racing, ffs

 

[dobrien]

ok, not just me, thank you.

I'm up. Racing live finally!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's a pretty big breakway compared to usual standards.

 

[RedheadDane]

Peloton on the first pave.
Trek pulling.

There was a crash. Random old lady was one of the victims.

 

[Netserk]

Next to no wind. Pleasant weather.

 

[Netserk]

Also the Jumbo ladies with brains.

 

[Netserk]

It's a pretty big breakway compared to usual standards.

Who would you say have the best riders in the break?

 

[awavey]

theyll work out theyre watching the peloton in a minute right ?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

If I am one of the strongest rider in the breakaway I would be very excited at this over 5 minutes gap with 70km left

 

[Netserk]

Puncture for Vos.

 

[Valv.Piti]

This is so much better for women's cycling than finishing after the men. That way people who usually are not watching will watch, especially a race such as Roubaix where you wanna get hyped, look at the route etc.

 

[awavey]

Vos chances over? no team mates around, 6 down on the peloton,after that puncture slow bike change

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Hengeveld getting hilarious motor draft, almost had to break a couple of times.