Cycling on tv in the US: ch ch ch changes

[malkin]

Just announced -- NBC Sports will cover the Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix live.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/424535...ports-cycling/

Those times are Eastern, right?

[redrhodie]

NBC Sports showed Fleche Wallonne last night at 1am. Tonight at 11:00 is Liege-Bastone-Liege. Tuesday at 5pm is the Tour of Romandie. Forgive any mispellings. I was up until 2:30am watching bike racing.

[Cynedra]

Loved the races and I think goodness for the DVR.

[ny biker]

This is the schedule for cycling on NBC Sports. I bookmarked it because it wasn't the easiest thing to find.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/424535...ports-cycling/

[pll]

Has anyone subscribed to the online service by Universal Sports? I want to watch the Giro, but I do not know if the stages are available for viewing later, after the stage is completed. As much as I would like, I cannot stay home and watch a complete stage. I have to work! I have sent the question to their customer support, but I suspect I will not get an answer. Their FAQ and web site is pretty bad.

[Marquise]

Has anyone subscribed to the online service by Universal Sports? I want to watch the Giro, but I do not know if the stages are available for viewing later, after the stage is completed. As much as I would like, I cannot stay home and watch a complete stage. I have to work! I have sent the question to their customer support, but I suspect I will not get an answer. Their FAQ and web site is pretty bad.

I bought Universal's 2012 Spring cycling package, watched a couple of races, then missed the next couple and when I went to watch them, they'd re-done their website (poorly) and no longer have an archive available for what I missed. The Giro (last race of the package) is still supposed to be available to me, including archives for later viewing, according to recent e-mail exchange, but I'm feeling less confident than in years past, and not happy with their new set up. In my experience, they do respond to e-mail and I've received a refund over a mix up in the past.

If you order, be aware that often when you download a race or stage after it's over (not live), there's a lot of dead time on their feed so you may think it's not working. But if you advance say a half hour forward, you'll probably find the start of the race or stage after all. Very frustrating if you don't know that's how it works. Also be aware that they make it very hard to avoid seeing who won a stage/race if you don't watch it live; the winner is typically splashed all over their site.

The Giro so far has not been in HD so it's not like watching the TdF but I love watching cycling in Italy so it's well worth it to me!

[pll]

Thanks Marquise! I may give them a try. They did answer my question (sort of, after a lot of text assuming I do not know how to log in to a web site):

To watch your live event, please log on to universalsports.com at the time your live event is scheduled to begin (or while it is underway). Find and click on your event in the ‘Watch Live’ section of the site to begin viewing your live stream. Please note that archive video for live events taking place prior to April 3rd, 2012 are not available online. All live events occurring after April 3rd will have a corresponding archive video available online unless otherwise noted on the site. As always, please visit www.UniversalSports.com for the latest event information.

Never mind that the site does not note much of anything. I find it very annoying that the description of their package to view the Giro does not mention what it include. I would take that to be the contract. Oh, well.

[ny biker]

Hockey has delayed the cycling coverage on nbc sports AGAIN. I hate hockey.

I think this could be a problem with the Tour of Romandie coverage this week, too.