With races being cancelled, what are you watching,?

[geisterhome]

I thought about posting in the Corona thread but screw it, the matter is too important.

This time of the year (and most part of the rest of the year as well lol) I usually put on some cycling on TV as soon as I get home from work or training and won't switch it off before I go to bed, often it serves as a kind of background noise and I'm not following every second. Also, the hours on the home trainer are way more enjoyable with some good racing running on the screen in front of me. This is possible cos we get a lot of pro racing and won't run out of material too soon, now with races being cancelled, instead of Tirreno Adriatico providing hours of entertainment, we are stuck with only Paris-Nice.

One way to deal with it for me is watching old races on Youtube, recent years don't appeal much to me as the memory is still too fresh, so right now I'm at the Giro 2005, routing for Simoni and Rujano lol... Matters might get worse soon with corona spreading and more races likely being canceled. Anyone here in the same situation here and what are your strategies to cope with this misery?

 

[Alexandre B.]

I'm watching the current edition of Paris-Nice.

 

[RedheadDane]

Paris-Nice.
Sure, today hasn't been the most interesting, but the two first stages...

 

[Kaptain Kool]

I have the Fassbinder miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz all ready to go. I'm not joking.

 

[bajbar]

Watch ski jumping haha. Daily competitions this week until Sunday

 

[repre]

NBA, NHL, biathlon and MLB will start soon

 

[BlueRoads]

I have the Fassbinder miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz all ready to go. I'm not joking.

Slightly off-topic, but I very recently watched "Casting", a film loosely based on Fassbinder's "Die bitteren Tränen der Petra Kant". Can only recommend it!

Maybe this thread can be moved into the Café? (If not only cycling is recommended?)

I'm going to watch football as long as matches are not cancelled but played behind closed doors. If all sports get cancelled I will take that as a sign and work more. But I guess that's not a good idea for those who are coming home from work and want to relax.

 

[Rollthedice]

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go.

 

[Koronin]

NHL, XFL, college basketball. The conference tournaments are under way for the college basket (with a few ended and the big ones start today or tomorrow) and the NCAA Tournament started next week.

 

[dubexcalibur]

The Candidates Tournament to determine the challenger in the next Chess World Championship match starts the 17th this month.

 

[Nirvana]

Tirreno gone, Serie A gone, Indian Wells gone, only Coronavirus news are left.

 

[Pricey_sky]

The Cheltenham Festival, some football and biathlon.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Grass growing

 

[Joelsim]

With most sports likely to be stopped, it’ll probably have to be documentaries about the Wehrmacht, Car SOS and How it’s Made.

 

[Bolder]

I'm...working. And on weekends this spring will have to do stuff around the house as I'm pretty sure the classics season will be wipted out.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I'll be watching my nursing books.

 

[RedheadDane]

I'll be watching my nursing books.

Just watching them, or will you also be reading them?

* Imagines you staring intensely at a pile of (closet) books. *

 

[SHAD0W93]

Just watching them, or will you also be reading them?

Imagines you staring intensely at a pile of (closet) books.

Honestly it depends. Sometimes you just get so lost during the lecture you just stare at the book. It doesn't help one of my teachers is a real life Mr. Mackey. Than sometimes it gets read.

 

[RedheadDane]

Honestly it depends. Sometimes you just get so lost during the lecture you just stare at the book. It doesn't help one of my teachers is a real life Mr. Mackey. Than sometimes it gets read.

But you do plan on opening them?

 

[SHAD0W93]

But you do plan on opening them?

Lol yes I have opened them and read through them. It needs an audio book for when I'm driving.

 

[RedheadDane]

Lol yes I have opened them and read through them. It needs an audio book for when I'm driving.

Good advice! Otherwise you - or someone else - might end up really needing the information.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Good advice! Otherwise you - or someone else - might end up really needing the information.

It allows the nursing students passengers to feel the students pain and they can learn some new things and students can study more so we can sleep. XD

 

[CyclistAbi]

Pretty much only cycling news these days.

 

[BlueRoads]

Unfortunately I'm not at all into watching old cycling videos (except for this is how the race was won). What I love about bike races is that you just don't know what's going to happen, and if it already happened... well.
But maybe you can turn me around by listing your... Top 5 or Top 10 favourite videos of all time?

 

[gregrowlerson]

The three stages in the Alps during the 2006 Tour De France never get boring.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw7VsrwKWNA&t=3508s

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuyM1zhUwD8

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KprgGpONdik

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-TFTdtg6K4


The fourth video cuts out some of the action, but returns to show the majority of the ju-plaix.