Tour de Suisse

[Chuck]

This is also going to be shown on One HD. I'm not going to make any "Live" claims this time

Between SBS and One we're getting a pretty decent crack on free to air

[MichaelB]

This is also going to be shown on One HD. I'm not going to make any "Live" claims this time

Between SBS and One we're getting a pretty decent crack on free to air

How long ? Highlights package delayed ?

[Chuck]

Not sure Michael, it has been on their adds for what's coming up in June. I made a feeble attempt to garner more info on One's site, but after about 3" of half ar$#d navigation I clicked off. Will post more info if I hear/see it.

[Aushiker]

Not sure Michael, it has been on their adds for what's coming up in June. I made a feeble attempt to garner more info on One's site, but after about 3" of half ar$#d navigation I clicked off. Will post more info if I hear/see it.

Hi

They have a sports e-newsletter so hopefully that will have more details when it comes out. I see they are also covering the World Championships (that might be on Ten but).

Regards
Andrew

[Richard.L]

Great coverage last year of the WCS but dunno if i like Phil anymore after listening to the euro sport guys

[El Imbatido]

Great coverage last year of the WCS but dunno if i like Phil anymore after listening to the euro sport guys

Thank you, finally someone else who likes Dave Harmon & Sean Kelly over the Phil and Paul Lance love & cliche-a-thon. Really if you want to listen to those guys all you need is a recording with a few sayings on it like 'he's cracked' or 'Big George Hincapie' or 'He's dancing on the pedals' or 'The heads of state are coming to the fore' and then just play that back and interject some random piece of info about Lance every 30sec. I will admit though that they do cater for the casual viewer very well explaining everything so they can understand almost to the point of nauseation for someone who actually follows cycling. But if you want to listen to decent commentary by people in the know that commentate on more than 2 or 3 events a year than someone like Harmon & Kelly are very good even if Sean is quite monotone. If you speak dutch then i highly recommend the Sporza commentators, they really know their stuff.

Regarding OneHD covering the Tour de Suisse, they will probably just get the same feed they got for Romandie. The commentators are Rob Hatch and Johnathon Harris-Bass. I'm not sure if they are free lance commentators or actually commentate for a station and we just get their feed (sort of like how Phil and Paul commentate for multiple stations at once) but they are quite knowledgeable but could do with putting some excitement into their commentary. It is good though that there is finally a bit of competition for showing cycling now

[JV911]

the tour de suisse ad on one hd shows footage of ITU triathlon

at least the got the add for the Le Mans 24 hour race right (Shown live!)

[MichaelB]

It starts this weekend, but the telecast times are all over the place.

11pm one day, 10:10pm the next and 4:45 another Lucky I can set them to record automaticcally

[JV911]

Lucky I can set them to record automaticcally

tivo?

can't use the "series link" function on foxtel for some reason

[MichaelB]

Lucky I can set them to record automaticcally

tivo?

can't use the "series link" function on foxtel for some reason

Yep. Have set it so it records anything "cycling" related. Means it gets the MTB and BMX stuff , but also Track as well.

[JV911]

Yep. Have set it so it records anything "cycling" related.

handy!

[toolonglegs]

Ouch!!!.

[Fletcher]

What a mess. Boonen ended up riding straight over the top of Cav. Haussler's out and afaik no comment from Cav. Which is a shame, as he's usually good for that.

[MichaelB]

More crashes again At least HH got a stage win.

The riding has been interesting, but held my breath in the 1st stage when Brutt almost went into the house on one of the descents !!!!

Looks like some nice riding around there !!!

[JV911]

Haussler's out

oh FFS!!! any word on injuries?

great win for him in stage 2. hope he hasn't done his knee...again.

[MichaelB]

oh FFS!!! any word on injuries?

No mention of knee, but apparently a deep wound to his elbow requiring stitches and a few days rest.

Here's hoping. Was challenging for the stage win when Cavendish and hime went for the same spot of road. Cavendish penalised (30 sec) for irregular sprinting.

[JV911]

i suppose that's, good news about HH, thankfully he was wearing a helmet

Cavendish penalised (30 sec) for irregular sprinting.

and fined (a whole 200 euros) and docked points...a good kick in the arse is what he really needs

[shiv]

Be nice to hear how that AG2R rider pulled up after flipping over Cav, he hit the ground hard enough to smash one of the wheels off the bike!

Its times like this that being a hill climber would seem a great idea

[Fletcher]

Haussler's out

oh FFS!!! any word on injuries?

great win for him in stage 2. hope he hasn't done his knee...again.

Nothing broken, but he needed some stitches in his elbow & some road rash. Boonen banged up his injured knee again, but hasn't pulled out. No word on the AG2R La Mondial riders, and the Caisse D'Epargne rider, Arnaut something or other, suspected broken hip.

[hannos]

There's some pictures here of the crash. Looks nasty.

[JV911]

more pics

[bomberdon]

Check this out. Happened in last nights Stage 4 sprint finish at the Tour of Switzerland...

Unbelievable...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RNAYR3KPIg

[roller]

shame for heinrich!


i wonder who he's going for in the world cup.

[toolonglegs]

First thread I look at this morning...can't wait for the carbon wheels threads popping up everywhere else.But in this instance the speed with which that wheel collapsed is insane!.
Crazy crash...luckily no one too badly hurt (that we know of yet).

[Scuba23]

:shock:

shame for heinrich!


i wonder who he's going for in the world cup.

There was a twitter post saying that his team lost the first world cup match the other night... guess he's on our side now

Nasty nasty crash! caavendouche does it again - You'd never pick him as the worlds best road sprinter with amateur riding like that! Shame Boonen hit the skids and softened the blow.

Cav should give himself a good upper cut for that effort!