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Tour de France 2022

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    #182
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,771 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119335556#Comment_119335556

    Oh yeah I totally enjoy it as well and don't mind the auld verbal ticks mostly but that particular one low key aggravates me



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    #183
    Dr. Bre
    Registered Users Posts: 7,627 ✭✭✭Dr. Bre


    What’s happened Spanish and Italian cycling ? Use to have riders in the GC battle in grand tours



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    #184
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,265 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    globalisation of the sport

    Nibali and Contador are the only 2 real contenders from those countries in the last 20 years though (if we’re talking about the Tour - the likes of Valverde, Aru, Rodriguez would compete in Vuelta/Giro etc)

    I know Sastre won the Tour about 15 years ago but was a real freak year. Poor France has to go way back for its last GT winner



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    #185
    traco
    Registered Users Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭traco


    Guys bit OT - maybe a stupid question but where's best to stream it live? Eurosport looks like a sub is needed. Have TG4 on and while its improving my irish I'm missing a lot of info.



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    #186
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,919 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    For 40 quid a year Eurosport is fantastic value if like me you lap up any cycling that's on. Other than that it's on ITV 4 if you can stream that using the usual methods.



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    #187
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,392 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    GCN+ if it's just for cycling. It's FTA on Satellite on ITV4 too.



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    #188
    harmless
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    Yes GCN is worth it for the lack of ad breaks. I just pay for the months I want to watch, at €6.99 a month it's great value.



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    #189
    traco
    Registered Users Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭traco


    Just paid for a month with eurosport. ITV4 not playing nice for me. Just great to have it streaming when I in the office on an old chromebook as the recorded highligts aren't great at home.



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    #190
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    I think €40 per year for GCN+ is absolutely outstanding given the amount of live races they show.

    At one point last month they had live coverage of the Tour de Suisse, Belgium Tour, Tour of Slovenia, and the Route d'Occitaine all on the one day!

    And having live coverage from start to finish of each stage of the Tour and Giro is fantastic.


    No ads is also brilliant. ITV4 would drive you crazy with all the ad breaks



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    #191
    [Deleted User]
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    You can't get Eurosport on it's onw anymore can you? You have to pay for discovery + now?

    I know I've autorenewed my Eurosport every year for the last 5 at 29.99 even after Discovery became a thing so looks like they leave folks on it rather than risk losing them maybe.



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    #192
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,728 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119337336#Comment_119337336

    If you with Three on pre pay you can use built up credit to pay the sub.

    Iuse this method for Strava, Disney+ & GCN.



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    #193
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    I was happy with Eurosport apart from the adds ofcourse but then they showed some stages of tours and didnt show the main days, it was infuriating.

    Tour de Suisse a prime example showed everything up until the Saturday stage , not a word nothing just gone.

    I subbed to GCN right there and then.



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    #194
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,649 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    The EF jerseys and associated kit are going on sale tomorrow at 11am on the Palace website if anyones trying to get any of it



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    #195
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119338890#Comment_119338890

    I might get the crocs...

    2022-rapha-palace-ef-collection-9.jpeg

    ... 🤮



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    #196
    dinneenp
    Registered Users Posts: 8,132 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    Hi,

    What channels show highlights & any on at this hour of the night?

    Edit (can't see any delete option, is this since the awful Boards 'up'date?

    Eurosport!

    Thanks,

    Pa



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    #197
    c.p.w.g.w
    Registered Users Posts: 4,994 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119338456#Comment_119338456

    How does one do that?



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    #198
    GandhiwasfromBallyfermot
    Registered Users Posts: 415 ✭✭GandhiwasfromBallyfermot


    GCN+ is very good, they show lots of races and the lack of ad breaks are brilliant. The commentators do my head in though, Carlton Kirby, Rob Hatch, Adam Blyth, even Robbie McEwen at times are just awful.



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    #199
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 25,728 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119340799#Comment_119340799

    Do you get Orla's post race show on GCN ?

    You can also get the add free stream on Eurosport with the subscription.



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    #200
    GandhiwasfromBallyfermot
    Registered Users Posts: 415 ✭✭GandhiwasfromBallyfermot


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119340825#Comment_119340825

    No haven't bothered with the post race show yet, might give it a go.

    Also I forgot to add that while I like Sean Kelly's insights into the peleton and his stories there are only so many times I can stand him say "Pog-ah-char" or "Vingegogo/Vingecho/Vingero". I swear he mispronounces names just for the laugh now.



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    #201
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,392 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119340825#Comment_119340825

    The post race show is available live on GCN+, and on the replay, but not as a standalone show (which is a pity).

    I think if you only watch live/ highlights, there's not much between Eurosport Player and GCN+ (I've had both). However, GCN+ obviously has extra documentaries/ interviews as well. I haven't watched that many. Only other thing is that races don't really seem to drop off GCN as quick as Eurosport Player, but I could be imagining that.



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    #202
    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭cletus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119340850#Comment_119340850

    Why does he call it a pelo-tone



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    #203
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,265 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    Sean picked up all his cycling terms from riding with various teams so he’s a bit of a mish mash sometimes. No doubt someone from Kas or whatever called it that and that’s stuck with him. I remember Stephen Roche doing Eurosport commentary years ago struggling to find the English words for certain things

    Doesn’t bother me at all. Always enjoy hearing Kelly’s “bonifications”



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    #204
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    On one of the stages last week Kelly took the mick out of himself for the fact that he says calculation a lot 😂



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    #205
    harmless
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119341422#Comment_119341422

    I like it. He still says things like Eye-Tallion exactuly how he would have pronounced it growing up near Carrick-on-Suir.



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    #206
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,189 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119341333#Comment_119341333

    Because he has a mad accent. The chap speaks at least 4 languages but butchers them all, including his native English.


    It’s part of his charm. I love listening to him.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #207
    CantGetNoSleep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,246 ✭✭✭CantGetNoSleep


    Is it just me or are the weekend stages a bit **** this year?



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    #208
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 25,728 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119345207#Comment_119345207

    Ya I'd usually be upset about people butchering names and foreign words but I'd give Sean a bit of a pass. He is not doing it out of a lack of awareness or respect like some ejit down the Costas. He was over in Belgium when most people here barely knew it existed.

    He just has a mad accent



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    #209
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,919 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119345230#Comment_119345230

    Yeah the big mountain stages are all mid-week which is awkward.



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    #210
    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭cletus


    Fair enough. I quite like listening to him. TdF is probably the only bike race I watch, so it was a question borne out of curiosity



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    #211
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,189 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119345244#Comment_119345244


    now that I can understand Dutch I’d love to hear him speak Flemish. I wonder is it just as mad

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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