Tour de France

The Tour starts this Saturday. I assume that it will be on NBC Saturday and Sunday and then on NBC Sports for the rest of the Tour.

On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 3:24:06 PM UTC-5, wrote:
The Tour starts this Saturday. I assume that it will be on NBC Saturday and Sunday and then on NBC Sports for the rest of the Tour.
I would like to watch this and even would consider paying but my question is the timing. Can you watch it later in the day. I am not going to be able to watch it live and I wonder if there are other options. I do not have television so can only do it by some streaming or internet. Anyone know options

Deacon mark

On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 2:56:05 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 3:24:06 PM UTC-5, wrote:
The Tour starts this Saturday. I assume that it will be on NBC Saturday and Sunday and then on NBC Sports for the rest of the Tour.
I would like to watch this and even would consider paying but my question is the timing. Can you watch it later in the day. I am not going to be able to watch it live and I wonder if there are other options. I do not have television so can only do it by some streaming or internet. Anyone know options

Deacon mark
NBC as usual doesn't look like they know what they're doing. They haven't published the schedule of the TdF as of this morning when I looked. All they said was starting time Saturday of 5 am PST. They would normally have another showing later in the afternoon with all of the boring parts clipped out..

And then in their listing it appeared that Americans can't get into Europe because of covid-19 and that the Tour was going to be handled by a Dutch network. I don't know about you but a Tour without Bob Roll and Phil Liggett would make for a pretty boring show. Phil really is the heart of the game. And although I really liked Paul Sherwin, the bay area voice of Bob Roll makes it seem like Old Home Week.

On 8/25/2020 2:56 PM, wrote:
On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 3:24:06 PM UTC-5, wrote:
The Tour starts this Saturday. I assume that it will be on NBC Saturday and Sunday and then on NBC Sports for the rest of the Tour.
I would like to watch this and even would consider paying but my question is the timing. Can you watch it later in the day. I am not going to be able to watch it live and I wonder if there are other options. I do not have television so can only do it by some streaming or internet. Anyone know options

Deacon mark

Not having a TV may eliminate your "free" options. I've always watched
on cable TV, or online over a VPN on, say, French TV, so I'm not fully
aware of free online options. [VPN = Virtual Private Network, e.g.
NordVPN] This summer, even with the VPN, French and Italian TV seem to
be aware that I'm outside their broadcast area, and don't allow me to
stream. I did VPN plus Eurosport for a while, that gets a bit
expensive, and I don't know if Eurosport will stream over a VPN anymore.

You can get an NBC Sports Gold "cycling pass" for about $55 for a year.
I *believe* this allows you to stream online, but I'd check that. It
allows you to watch stages later in the day.

Small detail: I think to watch "reruns" on Sports Gold, you have to
delay enough that the stage has ended; At least their TV app didn't seem
to have Dauphine recorded stages available until after the "live"
broadcast had ended. Compare to a DVR where you can show up from 1
minute late to many days late and start watching.

I think there's also something called FUBO in the US, never worked out
if it was worth the price.

One warning: To my mind, figuring out how Sports Gold and FUBO work was
fairly mysterious; their online documentation was less than stellar.

Mark J.

On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 3:21:30 PM UTC-7, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 2:56:05 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 3:24:06 PM UTC-5, wrote:
The Tour starts this Saturday. I assume that it will be on NBC Saturday and Sunday and then on NBC Sports for the rest of the Tour.
I would like to watch this and even would consider paying but my question is the timing. Can you watch it later in the day. I am not going to be able to watch it live and I wonder if there are other options. I do not have television so can only do it by some streaming or internet. Anyone know options

Deacon mark

NBC as usual doesn't look like they know what they're doing.

So, Tom, does anyone but you know what they're doing?

BTW, note: https://www.nbcsports.com/gold/cycli...gs=goldcyc1161 It's live and on demand, so its as boring as you want it to be. Watch it live or wait and watch the last five minutes.

"Live" means "as it is occurring," so it would be shown on the scheduled race date and time. Here is the NBC TdF schedule: https://scores.nbcsports.com/cycling...e.asp?tour=TDF

Your cousin,

-- Dunning Kruger.

On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 3:44:54 PM UTC-7, Mark J. wrote:
On 8/25/2020 2:56 PM, wrote:
On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 3:24:06 PM UTC-5, wrote:
The Tour starts this Saturday. I assume that it will be on NBC Saturday and Sunday and then on NBC Sports for the rest of the Tour.
I would like to watch this and even would consider paying but my question is the timing. Can you watch it later in the day. I am not going to be able to watch it live and I wonder if there are other options. I do not have television so can only do it by some streaming or internet. Anyone know options

Deacon mark
Not having a TV may eliminate your "free" options. I've always watched
on cable TV, or online over a VPN on, say, French TV, so I'm not fully
aware of free online options. [VPN = Virtual Private Network, e.g.
NordVPN] This summer, even with the VPN, French and Italian TV seem to
be aware that I'm outside their broadcast area, and don't allow me to
stream. I did VPN plus Eurosport for a while, that gets a bit
expensive, and I don't know if Eurosport will stream over a VPN anymore.

You can get an NBC Sports Gold "cycling pass" for about $55 for a year.
I *believe* this allows you to stream online, but I'd check that. It
allows you to watch stages later in the day.

Small detail: I think to watch "reruns" on Sports Gold, you have to
delay enough that the stage has ended; At least their TV app didn't seem
to have Dauphine recorded stages available until after the "live"
broadcast had ended. Compare to a DVR where you can show up from 1
minute late to many days late and start watching.

I think there's also something called FUBO in the US, never worked out
if it was worth the price.

One warning: To my mind, figuring out how Sports Gold and FUBO work was
fairly mysterious; their online documentation was less than stellar.

Mark J.
I have Xfinity on a light line but NBC has the contract. I'm sure you can get some sort of streaming but are they speaking a language you can understand? I don't speak Croatian, can you?

On 25/08/2020 23:59, Tom Kunich wrote:

I have Xfinity on a light line but NBC has the contract. I'm sure you can get some sort of streaming but are they speaking a language you can understand? I don't speak Croatian, can you?


ITV hub are doing it in the UK.

https://www.itv.com/hub/itv

But it is geoblocked, and is blocked for my normal VPN.

Pancho wrote:
On 25/08/2020 23:59, Tom Kunich wrote:

I have Xfinity on a light line but NBC has the contract. I'm sure you
can get some sort of streaming but are they speaking a language you can
understand? I don't speak Croatian, can you?


ITV hub are doing it in the UK.

https://www.itv.com/hub/itv

But it is geoblocked, and is blocked for my normal VPN.


To the OP, according to google, DAZN has it. I can’t tell for sure since
my subscription is paused until NFL season starts. But if it has it, you
can stream it live or when you want. It’s not free but you you can turn it
off or cancel.

On 8/25/2020 3:44 PM, Mark J. wrote:
On 8/25/2020 2:56 PM, wrote:
On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 3:24:06 PM UTC-5, wrote:
The Tour starts this Saturday. I assume that it will be on NBC
Saturday and Sunday and then on NBC Sports for the rest of the Tour.
I would like to watch this and even would consider paying but my
question is the timing. Can you watch it later in the day. I am not
going to be able to watch it live and I wonder if there are other
options. I do not have television so can only do it by some streaming
or internet. Anyone know options

Deacon mark

Not having a TV may eliminate your "free" options.Â* I've always watched
on cable TV, or online over a VPN on, say, French TV, so I'm not fully
aware of free online options.Â* [VPN = Virtual Private Network, e.g.
NordVPN]Â* This summer, even with the VPN, French and Italian TV seem to
be aware that I'm outside their broadcast area, and don't allow me to
stream.Â* I did VPN plus Eurosport for a while, that gets a bit
expensive, and I don't know if Eurosport will stream over a VPN anymore.

You can get an NBC Sports Gold "cycling pass" for about $55 for a year.
I *believe* this allows you to stream online, but I'd check that.Â* It
allows you to watch stages later in the day.

Small detail: I think to watch "reruns" on Sports Gold, you have to
delay enough that the stage has ended; At least their TV app didn't seem
to have Dauphine recorded stages available until after the "live"
broadcast had ended.Â* Compare to a DVR where you can show up from 1
minute late to many days late and start watching.

I think there's also something called FUBO in the US, never worked out
if it was worth the price.

One warning: To my mind, figuring out how Sports Gold and FUBO work was
fairly mysterious; their online documentation was less than stellar.

Mark J.

Update/correction:

1) FUBO appears to NOT have the tour. Licensing, I suppose.
2) Here's a summary by Velonews about NBC sports gold:
https://www.velonews.com/events/tour...north-america/
-Note it includes options ?only? available in Canada.

Mark J.

On 8/25/2020 7:23 PM, Mark J. wrote:
On 8/25/2020 3:44 PM, Mark J. wrote:
On 8/25/2020 2:56 PM, wrote:
On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 3:24:06 PM UTC-5,
wrote:
The Tour starts this Saturday. I assume that it will be
on NBC Saturday and Sunday and then on NBC Sports for
the rest of the Tour.
I would like to watch this and even would consider paying
but my question is the timing. Can you watch it later in
the day. I am not going to be able to watch it live and I
wonder if there are other options. I do not have
television so can only do it by some streaming or
internet. Anyone know options

Deacon mark

Not having a TV may eliminate your "free" options. I've
always watched on cable TV, or online over a VPN on, say,
French TV, so I'm not fully aware of free online
options. [VPN = Virtual Private Network, e.g. NordVPN]Â
This summer, even with the VPN, French and Italian TV seem
to be aware that I'm outside their broadcast area, and
don't allow me to stream. I did VPN plus Eurosport for a
while, that gets a bit expensive, and I don't know if
Eurosport will stream over a VPN anymore.

You can get an NBC Sports Gold "cycling pass" for about
$55 for a year. I *believe* this allows you to stream
online, but I'd check that. It allows you to watch
stages later in the day.

Small detail: I think to watch "reruns" on Sports Gold,
you have to delay enough that the stage has ended; At
least their TV app didn't seem to have Dauphine recorded
stages available until after the "live" broadcast had
ended. Compare to a DVR where you can show up from 1
minute late to many days late and start watching.

I think there's also something called FUBO in the US,
never worked out if it was worth the price.

One warning: To my mind, figuring out how Sports Gold and
FUBO work was fairly mysterious; their online
documentation was less than stellar.

Mark J.

Update/correction:

1) FUBO appears to NOT have the tour. Licensing, I suppose.
2) Here's a summary by Velonews about NBC sports gold:
https://www.velonews.com/events/tour...north-america/

-Note it includes options ?only? available in Canada.

Mark J.

I don't know, I don't own a television and I'm no expert in
this area.

I did do a double take when I read yesterday's Wall Street
Journal early this morning. Their 'Personal Technology'
writer, Ms Nicole Nguyen, wrote that she had signed up for
various streaming services, canceled the next day for full
refund, and noted that with all of them she enjoyed 30 days
of use.

There was a time when newspaper management would show
someone the door for lesser ethical adventures, but there
it is right on page B4. O tempora, O mores.

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Andrew Muzi
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