Paris Roubaix on VS?

Scott Gordo said:

I just checkedhttp://www.versus.com/cyclysm#scheduleand no sign of
Paris-Roubaix on April 13th, the day of the race. The only listing I
could find was April 20th from 4-6, a full week after the event.
Anyone know if this is a mistake on their website?

Doubt it. They went from many hours of live coverage (years ago) to
tape delay and a highly edited show. That totally killed the drama &
excitment of watching it. OLN/VS doesn't seem to care about showing a
most interesting 1 day race in a great format so who cares if its the
same day or a week later. That gives them a week to edit. IMO, the
full live coverage was the peak of tv coverage of bike racing, it's
been all downhill since.

R

On Mar 25, 1:13 pm, "[email hidden]" <[email hidden]>

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Scott Gordo said:

I just checkedhttp://www.versus.com/cyclysm#scheduleandno sign of
Paris-Roubaix on April 13th, the day of the race. The only listing I
could find was April 20th from 4-6, a full week after the event.
Anyone know if this is a mistake on their website?

Doubt it.  They went from many hours of live coverage (years ago) to
tape delay and a highly edited show.  That totally killed the drama &
excitment of watching it. OLN/VS doesn't seem to care about showing a
most interesting 1 day race in a great format so who cares if its the
same day or a week later.  That gives them a week to edit. IMO, the
full live coverage was the peak of tv coverage of bike racing, it's
been all downhill since.

R

ohh poor baby! 30 years ago GP print reports were impossible.
consider the live coverage costs, it's staggering. Why it takes the
french state to pull it down.
Convince the french state P-R live is in the state's best interests
and urine

datakoll said:

On Mar 25, 1:13 pm, "[email hidden]" <[email hidden]>

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Scott Gordo said:

I just checkedhttp://www.versus.com/cyclysm#scheduleandno sign of
Paris-Roubaix on April 13th, the day of the race. The only listing I
could find was April 20th from 4-6, a full week after the event.
Anyone know if this is a mistake on their website?

Doubt it. They went from many hours of live coverage (years ago) to
tape delay and a highly edited show. That totally killed the drama &
excitment of watching it. OLN/VS doesn't seem to care about showing a
most interesting 1 day race in a great format so who cares if its the
same day or a week later. That gives them a week to edit. IMO, the
full live coverage was the peak of tv coverage of bike racing, it's
been all downhill since.

R

ohh poor baby! 30 years ago GP print reports were impossible.
consider the live coverage costs, it's staggering. Why it takes the
french state to pull it down.
Convince the french state P-R live is in the state's best interests
and urine

Asspipe,

Paris Roubaix does have LIVE coverage on Eurosport. The fact that
Versus doesn't want to pay for the rights to broadcast live coverage is
not something the "french state" can change.

Thanks,

Magilla

thanks for the answer!!

know what coverage would cost versus?

i thought maybe the broadcsaters couldn't same day or live figure it
out.
a benefit of the delay fersure.

the state could subsidize

datakoll said:

thanks for the answer!!

know what coverage would cost versus?

i thought maybe the broadcsaters couldn't same day or live figure it
out.
a benefit of the delay fersure.

the state could subsidize

So, okay, if I have access to Eurosport I should be able to watch the
race live? I'm not TV savvy, is that possible in NYC if you had a dish?

Scott Gordo said:

datakoll said:

thanks for the answer!!

Quoted message said:

know what coverage would cost versus?

Quoted message said:

i thought maybe the broadcsaters couldn't same day or live figure it
out.
a benefit of the delay fersure.

Quoted message said:

the state could subsidize

So, okay, if I have access to Eurosport I should be able to watch the
race live? I'm not TV savvy, is that possible in NYC if you had a dish?

is this possible? I dunno. once upon this was possible with a large
dish today more likley your system needs their code, right? that's
definilty a seacrhable topic.

as for the french state subsidy: if the french state picks the winner
then I say let them subsidize

datakoll said:

thanks for the answer!!

know what coverage would cost versus?

i thought maybe the broadcsaters couldn't same day or live figure it
out.
a benefit of the delay fersure.

the state could subsidize

I don't know what the costs are to Versus...probably several hundred
thousand dollars I would imagine.

But I do know that one of the reasons ASO didn't want anything to do
with the Pro Tour was because the UCI slipped in the fine print a rule
that would give the UCI the TV rights to all Pro Tour events.

Magilla

Scott Gordo said:

datakoll said:

thanks for the answer!!

know what coverage would cost versus?

i thought maybe the broadcsaters couldn't same day or live figure it
out.
a benefit of the delay fersure.

the state could subsidize

So, okay, if I have access to Eurosport I should be able to watch the
race live? I'm not TV savvy, is that possible in NYC if you had a dish?

Yes, you should get Paris Roubaix live on Eurosport.

Magilla

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Scott Gordo said:

I just checkedhttp://www.versus.com/cyclysm#scheduleand no sign of
Paris-Roubaix on April 13th, the day of the race. The only listing I
could find was April 20th from 4-6, a full week after the event.
Anyone know if this is a mistake on their website?

Doubt it. They went from many hours of live coverage (years ago) to
tape delay and a highly edited show. That totally killed the drama &
excitment of watching it. OLN/VS doesn't seem to care about showing a
most interesting 1 day race in a great format so who cares if its the
same day or a week later. That gives them a week to edit. IMO, the
full live coverage was the peak of tv coverage of bike racing, it's
been all downhill since.

R

My cable company took OLN/VS to super premium. I was already on
premium, so I passed on this last move of theirs. I did enjoy the
coverage, though I would typically tape it and get way behind during the
season when I had it. I even subscribed to a racing magazine for one
season, but without the regular video coverage to go along with it, I
lost interest and let it lapse.

Scott Gordo said:

I just checked http://www.versus.com/cyclysm#schedule and no sign of
Paris-Roubaix on April 13th, the day of the race. The only listing I
could find was April 20th from 4-6, a full week after the event.
Anyone know if this is a mistake on their website?

Tour de Georgia only gets one day too 🙁

Guess I'll have to go watch Brasstown myself.

\\paul
--
Paul M. Hobson
..:change the f to ph to reply:.

Paul M. Hobson said:

Scott Gordo said:

I just checkedhttp://www.versus.com/cyclysm#scheduleand no sign of
Paris-Roubaix on April 13th, the day of the race. The only listing I
could find was April 20th from 4-6, a full week after the event.
Anyone know if this is a mistake on their website?

Tour de Georgia only gets one day too 🙁

Guess I'll have to go watch Brasstown myself.

\\paul
--
Paul M. Hobson
.:change the f to ph to reply:.

Lance effect is wearing off ----- Didn't OLN/VS have a financial
interest in US Postal/Discovery too?

Wayne Sulak

Wayne said:

Paul M. Hobson said:

Scott Gordo said:

I just checkedhttp://www.versus.com/cyclysm#scheduleand no sign of
Paris-Roubaix on April 13th, the day of the race. The only listing I
could find was April 20th from 4-6, a full week after the event.
Anyone know if this is a mistake on their website?

Tour de Georgia only gets one day too 🙁

Guess I'll have to go watch Brasstown myself.

\\paul
--
Paul M. Hobson
.:change the f to ph to reply:.

Lance effect is wearing off ----- Didn't OLN/VS have a financial
interest in US Postal/Discovery too?

Wayne Sulak

Absolutely. Makes me wonder how many more years we can expect to see
the Tour (there really /is/ still only one) on US television.

With Disco kaput, Leipheimer out, and (am I remembering correctly?) no
Slipstream GC hopeful, there isn't a big "American angle" for OLN/Versus
to hype.

Anybody know how many years in the OLN/Versus - ASO television rights
contract?

Mark J.

A Muzi said:

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> Scott Gordo wrote:
>> I just checkedhttp://www.versus.com/cyclysm#scheduleand no sign of
>> Paris-Roubaix on April 13th, the day of the race. The only listing I
>> could find was April 20th from 4-6, a full week after the event.
>> Anyone know if this is a mistake on their website?

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"Paul M. Hobson" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> Tour de Georgia only gets one day too 🙁
> Guess I'll have to go watch Brasstown myself.

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Wayne said:

Lance effect is wearing off ----- Didn't OLN/VS have a financial
interest in US Postal/Discovery too?

Mark said:

Absolutely. Makes me wonder how many more years we can expect to see
the Tour (there really /is/ still only one) on US television.
With Disco kaput, Leipheimer out, and (am I remembering correctly?) no
Slipstream GC hopeful, there isn't a big "American angle" for
OLN/Versus to hype.
Anybody know how many years in the OLN/Versus - ASO television rights
contract?

heh heh so what's the Tour of Italy, chopped liver?

It was wonderful when we got real US TV coverage of the Giro. For
several years now, US Giro coverage on OLN/versus has been limited to
once-a-week highlight reels.

Now we're down to the Tour for real US TV coverage (though Milan-San
Remo on Versus last Sunday wasn't too bad). When the Tour goes off
OLN/versus, I figure that's when we'll be back to the stone age, with
only ghastly ESPN cycling coverage now and again.

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I am not an expert on video but many years of waiting a week and reading
the Euro race mags has proved quite enjoyable and interesting. YMMV.

Whatever works for you, I like the video.

Mark J.

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Scott Gordo wrote:
> I just checkedhttp://www.versus.com/cyclysm#scheduleand no sign of
> Paris-Roubaix on April 13th, the day of the race. The only listing I
> could find was April 20th from 4-6, a full week after the event.
> Anyone know if this is a mistake on their website?

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Paul M. Hobson said:

Tour de Georgia only gets one day too 🙁
Guess I'll have to go watch Brasstown myself.

Quoted message said:

Wayne said:

Lance effect is wearing off ----- Didn't OLN/VS have a financial
interest in US Postal/Discovery too?

Mark said:

Absolutely. Makes me wonder how many more years we can expect to see
the Tour (there really /is/ still only one) on US television.
With Disco kaput, Leipheimer out, and (am I remembering correctly?) no
Slipstream GC hopeful, there isn't a big "American angle" for OLN/Versus
to hype.
Anybody know how many years in the OLN/Versus - ASO television rights
contract?

heh heh so what's the Tour of Italy, chopped liver?

I am not an expert on video but many years of waiting a week and reading
the Euro race mags has proved quite enjoyable and interesting. YMMV.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Mar 26, 2:58 pm, Mark <[email hidden]>
wrote:
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With Disco kaput, Leipheimer out, and (am I remembering correctly?) no
Slipstream GC hopeful, there isn't a big "American angle" for OLN/Versus
to hype.

Team High Road is now an American-registered team with a number of
anglophones among their leaders, for what angle that's worth.

Once oln/vs dumps cycling I figure I'll dump cable and put that money
to high speed internet and cycling.tv

On Mar 26, 6:58 pm, "[email hidden]" <[email hidden]>

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Once oln/vs dumps cycling I figure I'll dump cable and put that money
to high speed internet and cycling.tv

step back and remember football, hookey, table tennis, b-ball
intelligences watching those sports may not have a mind set for
cycling or auto road racing
and often not even for baseball.

After Armstrong is zero. didn't you see that in RBT? Cycle interest
for RBT went from 100 to 45 in 3 months AA.

Tried to get ski racing this winter. I missed the one event by hours
duh duh. This is the last winter and only TV winter for me for hmmmm
35 years?

So the cycling was excellent. Like I saw the TOUR!!! wowowowo. I did
get the frenchman's last corner well done the year before at Wooly's
tanks Wooly! I gave Wooly a watermelon.

try T of G video split screen with Google Ert plus.

I follow along and email predict the event for the casters-having
ridden the roads on a 360 Yamaha. Great fun. try it. Gives an idea why
editing is a plus.

You should try the big dish if possible. And tell us about it. Cost ?
5-6$ ??? The film is more interesting. If you speak Swedish.