Cycling on TV besides OLN

After OLN refused to cover the Vuelta last year and seeing that they
are already hyping "Lance" in this years coverage I was wondering about
alternatives.

My cable company has several foreign channels that I can subscribe to.
I also own a TVRO dish and receiver (that is, the older, large
satellite dish). I can subscribe to many more channels there.

Is there any European sports network that has cycling coverage as good
or better than OLN? It doesn't have to be English. If anyone can give
me suggestions I can take it from there.

Thanks,
Tom

OLN is over-kill anyway, so why do u need more ?

wrote:
After OLN refused to cover the Vuelta last year and seeing that they
are already hyping "Lance" in this years coverage I was wondering about
alternatives.

My cable company has several foreign channels that I can subscribe to.
I also own a TVRO dish and receiver (that is, the older, large
satellite dish). I can subscribe to many more channels there.

Is there any European sports network that has cycling coverage as good
or better than OLN? It doesn't have to be English. If anyone can give
me suggestions I can take it from there.

Thanks,
Tom

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After OLN refused to cover the Vuelta last year and seeing that they
are already hyping "Lance" in this years coverage I was wondering about
alternatives.

My cable company has several foreign channels that I can subscribe to.
I also own a TVRO dish and receiver (that is, the older, large
satellite dish). I can subscribe to many more channels there.

Is there any European sports network that has cycling coverage as good
or better than OLN? It doesn't have to be English. If anyone can give
me suggestions I can take it from there.

Thanks,
Tom


Euro sport has the best tv coverage. All the majors, and lots of the
smaller stuff. Only problem is that it is not available in America.

TJ

A coupla years ago ( pantani era ) the local Italian station broadcast the
giro from Italy RAI- the coverage was fantastic; I didn't understand the
commentary, but oln abc and all the other numbskulls out there could've
learned how to cover a stage race.
don't know if rai covers the giro anymore if it is as good as I saw, or if
it shows any other races but it might be worth investigating

good luck hunting

Laz

" wrote in message
oups.com...
After OLN refused to cover the Vuelta last year and seeing that they
are already hyping "Lance" in this years coverage I was wondering about
alternatives.

My cable company has several foreign channels that I can subscribe to.
I also own a TVRO dish and receiver (that is, the older, large
satellite dish). I can subscribe to many more channels there.

Is there any European sports network that has cycling coverage as good
or better than OLN? It doesn't have to be English. If anyone can give
me suggestions I can take it from there.

Thanks,
Tom

Laz wrote:
A coupla years ago ( pantani era ) the local Italian station broadcast
the giro from Italy RAI- the coverage was fantastic; I didn't understand
the commentary, but oln abc and all the other numbskulls out there
could've learned how to cover a stage race.
don't know if rai covers the giro anymore if it is as good as I saw, or
if it shows any other races but it might be worth investigating

RAI International does cover the giro on satelite (I remember watching it
while sitting on a trainer recovering from a broken collar bone 2 years
ago). However they give preference to football (aka US soccer) on weekends
so you can end up missing large chunks of weekend mountain stages.

" wrote in message
oups.com...
After OLN refused to cover the Vuelta last year and seeing that they
are already hyping "Lance" in this years coverage I was wondering about
alternatives.

Err, can you think of a bigger story in last year's or this year's TdF? Like
it or not, Lance is a huge story---going for 7 TdF victories? If Tiger Woods
was going for his seventh Masters' I'm sure the hype would be bigger.

the point is though that this is their big chance to really leaver their way
into the NA market. If they fail now, they will never see a better chance.

Laz

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" wrote in message
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After OLN refused to cover the Vuelta last year and seeing that they
are already hyping "Lance" in this years coverage I was wondering about
alternatives.

Err, can you think of a bigger story in last year's or this year's TdF?
Like
it or not, Lance is a huge story---going for 7 TdF victories? If Tiger
Woods
was going for his seventh Masters' I'm sure the hype would be bigger.

If it's possible to get Belgian national TV, you'll be seeing more
cycling than ever before.

Kenny

We care about bicycle racing. Most of the rest of the North American
people do not care about it. Face it, bicycle racing in North America
is a very small, very niche market. I think we're lucky to get what
we do. Remember, TV is still a business, and in business people like
to make money. Cycling probably does not make that money for the TV
stations. Simple as that. Take for instance, last weekend, 18
million people watched the Daytona 500. That's some bang for the buck
right there. In America, if it doesn't involve a ball or a motor,
generally people don't care about it.

Tom

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After OLN refused to cover the Vuelta last year and seeing that they
are already hyping "Lance" in this years coverage I was wondering about
alternatives.

I turned OLN off right after the TDF. Nothing else worth watching on that
channel, so I have missed all the hype.

My cable company has several foreign channels that I can subscribe to.
I also own a TVRO dish and receiver (that is, the older, large
satellite dish). I can subscribe to many more channels there.
Is there any European sports network that has cycling coverage as good
or better than OLN? It doesn't have to be English. If anyone can give
me suggestions I can take it from there.

Eurosport comes to mind. I don't think you can get it here. Also, your big
dish won't pick them up since they don't beam a signal to the US.
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Alex