La Vuelta

[Crankin]

We don't have cable TV, so DH went to load an app for it on the IPad, so we can play through our Apple TV. Apparently Universal Sports doesn't want our $, since they won't allow you to download it, unless you have a cable provider that carries their station.
We downloaded an app that's in Portuguese :eek:.
Bom dia, the only 2 words of Portuguese I know. At least we can see it, which is the most important thing.

[malkin]

Immersion is the best way to learn language!
Hope it is a great race.

[Thorn]

We watch Eurosport via an internet feed. How we connect varies every stage, but we find a feed via either cyclingfans.com or steephill.tv.

For the major races, we can get the British feed; for the minor races, we have had to watch in various languages. But, that just adds to the fun.

Note: we watch via a PC that that we can wipe out. The feed streams have been clean, but the ad streams, like all ad streams, periodically contain things I don't want on my machine. Unlike normal browsing it is hard to block them without blocking the signal.

[pll]

We don't have cable TV, so DH went to load an app for it on the IPad, so we can play through our Apple TV. Apparently Universal Sports doesn't want our $, since they won't allow you to download it, unless you have a cable provider that carries their station.
We downloaded an app that's in Portuguese :eek:.
Bom dia, the only 2 words of Portuguese I know. At least we can see it, which is the most important thing.


What 's the name of the app? I was so upset about universal.

ETA: The Spanish public TV station, RTVE, is posting full stages --- their live feed is not accessible from the US, but the replays (commercials and all) are available. Today's stage was just posted:

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/vuelta-ciclista-a-espana/

Let me know if you need translation of any term!
Etapa = stage
Contra-reloj = time trial

[Crankin]

No, the Spanish I can handle.

[pll]

No, the Spanish I can handle.

Sorry, I meant the offer for anyone watching the RTVE feed. Watching or listening to the Spanish broadcasts, I've learned some cycling jargon I never knew before since I started biking in the US.

Right now, I am watching yesterday's stage. I thought it was neat how they interviewed Fabio Baldato (the BMC directeur sportif). Questions in Spanish, replies in Italian, the most natural thing!

[pll]

Anyone still watching? On Monday is the "queen stage" and this weekend is all climbing. The link I offered earlier to RTVE works well. It has been a fun race to watch.