TOC stage 2: Davis - Santa Rosa, 176.2 km

[Anonymous]

good to see that last years coverage problems wasnt a one off..

maybe its a blessing in disguise..

 

[maltiv]

This is a joke. There better be some fucking badass weather for the TV production to just completely stop.

 

[Jamsque]

It's loading super slowly for some reason, just leave it for ten minutes and the video will start up. If you want to watch yesterday's stage again, that is.

Any word on whether there will be any live pictures at any point?

 

[Moondance]

Ohhh, Amgen Tour of California... We hardly knew ye.


I have to say, this is some delicious schadenfreude. All that hype, and then this... Egg all over their faces. I wanted to be nice and actually watch their product before I completely slammed them.... And now I can.

 

[Anonymous]

text coverage.. kinda

second greatest race in the world...? One straight, flat, dull stage, and one stage with no pictures because of rain.. ffs.. lol...

 

[goggalor]

Any word on whether there will be any live pictures at any point?

Apparently there will be no broadcast between the two KOMs because of bad weather, according to some admin guy on the tracker chatroom thing.

 

[santacruz]

Damn you Jens, 200 watts at 120 BPM, that's like my resting heart rate, when I'm putting out 200 watts I'm at like 175BPM lol... I guess that's why I'm not on Saxo Bank

 

[Anonymous]

gotta say though, todays stage is just as interesting as yesterdays..

 

[simmspin]

Via the VN tracker......looks torrential...or not....

 

[Jamsque]

/\ /\ /\ /\

Ow, my tables!

gotta say though, todays stage is just as interesting as yesterdays..

Well, if the riders felt like actually racing it had the potential to be interesting, but with the weather being what it is I don't think they do.

 

[Anonymous]

im just replying to try and start a new page without that huge picture.






































please dont post pictures that big, it messes up screens, especially mobiles

 

[The Sheep]

No broadcast?

 

[hfer07]

can anybody kindly tell us WTF is going on with the live broadcasting at all? I though we're dealing with "a Grand tour" organization(according to Stapleton, Phil & Paul)

 

[simmspin]

im just replying to try and start a new page without that huge picture.

yeah, did NOT know that would happen...sorry all

 

[Anonymous]

can anybody kindly tell us WTF is going on with the live broadcasting at all? I though we're dealing with "a Grand tour" organization(according to Stapleton, Phil & Paul)

its raining, and when it rains in california they ground all flights or something so none of the tv relay planes can get in the air, so no pictures..

this happened a lot last year..

 

[krebs303]

Live Video for the last 30 mi: Tour of California now online and tv (after a rain delay): http://bit.ly/7P7ccL #atoc
from steephill.tv but still repeat here

 

[Faserr]

What? The evil rain kills planes

 

[Publicus]

its raining, and when it rains in california they ground all flights or something so none of the tv relay planes can get in the air, so no pictures..

this happened a lot last year..

They definitely don't ground all planes. I don't know what their story is, but it's not affecting ANYTHING here in the North Bay. This barely qualifies as rain.

 

[Anonymous]

Live Video for the last 30 mi: Tour of California now online and tv (after a rain delay): http://bit.ly/7P7ccL #atoc
from steephill.tv but still repeat here

@PaulSherwen Ouch- looks like the plane isn't up yet- cant beat live
TV!!
2 minutes ago via web

 

[Publicus]

Live Video for the last 30 mi: Tour of California now online and tv (after a rain delay): http://bit.ly/7P7ccL #atoc
from steephill.tv but still repeat here

Same here. Don't know what feed Steephill is referencing.... Wait, no feed now. Not even a repeat, maybe that means live video will start soon.

 

[Anonymous]

Same here. Don't know what feed Steephill is referencing.... Wait, no feed now. Not even a repeat, maybe that means live video will start soon.

i think steve may have pre-emtped and assumed the reports of the tv only being missing between the two hills was accurate..

there is an irony that while the toc have no pictures eurosport are replacing todays stage in the giro featuring an absolute deluge

 

[auscyclefan94]

Sherwen has told aussie tv that live feeds are imminent

 

[turtlesoup]

ive lurked on this forum for over a year and this is my first post, never felt compelled to but the broadcast excuse is embarassing.

 

[Anonymous]

Sherwen has told aussie tv that live feeds are imminent

well he said pictures in 10-20 minutes and then ten minutes later admitted the plane hadnt actually left the ground..

 

[Publicus]

i think steve may have pre-emtped and assumed the reports of the tv only being missing between the two hills was accurate..

there is an irony that while the toc have no pictures eurosport are replacing todays stage in the giro featuring an absolute deluge

Karma can be a beautiful thing.