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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jun 24, 2024 17:37:21 GMT -8
From Bicycling.com: How to Watch the Tour de France in the U.S.
When it comes to watching the Tour de France, you’ve got lots of options. NBC’s Peacock ($5.99/month or $59.99/year) streams all events organized by A.S.O., which means you can watch the Tour de France now and then the Tour de France Femmes in August. (And if you’re looking for ad-free coverage, you’ll need a subscription to Peacock Premium Plus, which runs $11.99 per month or $119.99 for the year.)
The Peacock app is available on Roku, Apple devices, Android and AndroidTV devices, Google platforms, Chromecast, Xbox consoles, PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles, VIZIO SmartCast TVs, and LG Smart TVs. You can also watch online via the Peacock website.
If you have a good cable package and prefer conventional viewing on your television, you’re in luck: NBC will offer the race to cable subscribers via the USA Network and CNBC. Live coverage often starts around 7 a.m. EDT, so 9-to-5ers will likely need to record each stage and watch later. (Check the full schedule for details.)www.bicycling.com/tour-de-france/a61113100/how-to-watch-2024-tour-de-france/#how-to-watch-the-tour-de-france-in-the-usAlso: www.cabletv.com/sports/watch-tour-de-franceI have Spectrum, which includes NBC, USA, and CNBC, but it's not appearing anywhere. Sigh. Maybe I'll try Tiz-Cycling again. ETA: While looking, I found I can watch the Critérium du Dauphiné. So I got that going for me.
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Post by bluefish on Jun 24, 2024 18:35:27 GMT -8
I'm all in on Pogi for number three.
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Post by reuben on Jun 25, 2024 1:22:04 GMT -8
I have Spectrum, which includes NBC, USA, and CNBC, but it's not appearing anywhere. Sigh. The TdF and Dauphine are both owned by ASO, which makes its own deals, including the current one with NBC in the US. So if you can watch the Dauphine you should be able to watch the Tour, although they may broadcast it differently (different channel). In my streaming world I should see it on Peacock. Exactly where they broadcast it on cable, streaming, satellite, etc, is always a bit of a mystery. www.aso.fr/en/our-sports/cycling
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Post by reuben on Jun 25, 2024 1:31:25 GMT -8
I'm all in on Pogi for number three. He's healthy and has the best team, but will he have a Giro hangover? Vingegaard coming back from a very bad crash, and losing some of his best supporting teammates to injuries, reduces his chances. Roglic? Evenepoel probably won't be able to hang with them in the high mountains.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jun 25, 2024 7:23:05 GMT -8
The TdF and Dauphine are both owned by ASO, which makes its own deals, including the current one with NBC in the US. So if you can watch the Dauphine you should be able to watch the Tour, although they may broadcast it differently (different channel). I looked into it and I can only watch the HIGHLIGHTS of the Dauphine. And it is an NBC Sports production. BTW, thanks for turning me onto Tiz-Cycling last year. I have no predictions since I haven't been paying attention to any racing this year. Heck, I've only been on my own bike a handful of times this year.
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Post by reuben on Jun 25, 2024 9:51:16 GMT -8
I've never actually used Tiz, but I hear that it can have issues - buffering, etc. It is, after all, an openly pirated feed, so I'm not surprised at the occasional glitch, but I am surprised that it hasn't been shut down. Streaming from my router to my TV works great for me for a variety of things, almost exclusively sports. You might want to try it. I just have to remember to stop and start various subscriptions (if I sign up monthly), and decide which "deal" I want - 4K/1080, some ads/no ads/lots of ads, etc. I use a Roku (one time expense, about $50). Router -> Roku -> TV. You can do the same using other hardware and configurations (Amazon Fire Stick, Google Chromecast, etc.). Streaming to the Roku works for my rather basic desires. What's annoying and painful is keeping track of the various subscriptions and cancelling them when not needed - monthly/yearly, no ads/some ads/no ads, 4K/1080, etc. And if you choose, say, a 4K subscription, you have to make sure that not only your TV supports it, but also if the broadcast will be available in 4K, and that your device (e.g. Roku, Chromecast) supports 4K. If you have a 1080 Roku or whatever, a 4K subscription is a waste of money, and in my experience 1080 is usually OK. Remember when cable TV was going to open up wonderful things for us, and then it didn't? ![>:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/superangry.png)
Remember when streaming was going to let us "cut the cord" and save money, and then it didn't? ![>:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/superangry.png)
If I didn't watch some sports, I probably wouldn't have a TV at all.
Vingegaard will be without American Sepp Kuss (#1 climbing domestique, winner of La Vuelta 2023), and others. Vingegaard was in the hospital for TWO WEEKS following a terrible crash in the Tour of the Basque Country, which also took out Roglic and Evenepoel. Vingegaard had multiple broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and maybe a broken sternum - or was the broken sternum one of the injuries Van Aert suffered earlier this year, which completely changed his schedule? I can't keep track of all of the bad luck Visma has had this year.
Roglic and Evenepoel don't have the supporting casts that Pogacar and Vingegaard have. Pog is the logical favorite, but who knows?
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Jun 28, 2024 16:46:24 GMT -8
It’s starting early to avoid the Olympics and ending outside Paris with a time trial! No triumphant procession on that last day this time!
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Post by reuben on Jun 29, 2024 1:21:13 GMT -8
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Jun 29, 2024 17:52:35 GMT -8
The Italian heat was brutal. So many dropping off so early. But Astana had some glitch in their heat program I suspect, Cavendish suffered almost from the start and another of his teammates actually had to quit.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Jul 3, 2024 11:26:38 GMT -8
Cavendish got #35. Sprinting may be less high profile in the current tour routes design but it’s still amazing to watch.
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Post by absarokanaut on Jul 8, 2024 8:59:10 GMT -8
WTF are they riding on dirt sucking up dust?
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Post by reuben on Jul 8, 2024 11:01:14 GMT -8
WTF are they riding on dirt sucking up dust? It's a carryover from the current craze of gravel racing, although that stage wasn't really a gravel stage, or "gravel" as it's commonly known these days. While I think it's a bit of pandering to current trends, the fact of the matter is that it hasn't been totally uncommon in the past decade, especially at mountain top finishes where the road runs out. And, of course, back in the day, races like the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia spent many a long day going up and down mountains on true gravel - with single or two speed bikes. Many of the high mountain roads they ride on now weren't always paved. That was also the era when they smoked cigarettes to "open up our lungs". It's not only bad for the lungs in the short term, but conjunctivitis can appear in the next few days as well.
In the 2022 Women's Tour de France one climb was so steep (>20%) and covered with fine gravel (after the road ran out), that the special motorcycles and premier motorcycle riders driving them had trouble. Watch in the background at about 0:30 as the bike spins its tires, falls back, and finally falls over.
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Post by reuben on Jul 13, 2024 10:46:21 GMT -8
Meanwhile, in the women's Giro (Tour of Italy), Elisa Longo Borghini (Italian national road champion) leads Lotte Kopecky (world road champion) by one second with one day to go.
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