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Channel 4 have been covering it, not that you would know. Some days it is on at 5.30pm, a great time for people who work or have families and then other days it has not been on till after midnight, some days at 4.00am. I know most of us have got videos but why on earth cant we have it ... Read review
Advantages: Good that it is on Disadvantages: Bad that it did not have more coverage and at better times
...been appalling.
Channel 4 have been covering it, not that you would know. Some days it is on at 5.30pm, a great time for people who work or have families and then other days it has not been on till after midnight, some days at 4.00am. I know most of us have got videos but why on earth cant we have it on at a sensible time in the evening? We have ended up with a weeks worth on video.
Why is it that TV schedules can be ... ...cycling? Arent we meant to be promoting cycling in the UK instead of cars? Surely more coverage of this would help.
I also have noticed that unless I have missed them on TV there have been hardly any reports on the days Tour goings on in the news.
One day we watched the video that we had recorded the day before, got to the end of the programme only to find that we had just missed the next days programme because they ... more
The coverage on TV of the Tour De France, probably the most prestigious cycling event in the world, has this year been appalling.
Channel 4 have been covering it, not that you would know. Some days it is on at 5.30pm, a great time for people who work or have families and then other days it has not been on till after midnight, some days at 4.00am. I know most of us have got videos but why on earth cant we have it on at a sensible time in the evening? We have ended up with a weeks worth on video.
Why is it that TV schedules can be altered for tennis, football, cricket, snooker basically anything but not cycling? Arent we meant to be promoting cycling in the UK instead of cars? Surely more coverage of this would help.
I also have noticed that unless I have missed them on TV there have been hardly any reports on the days Tour goings on in the news.
One day we watched the video that we had recorded the day before, got to the end of the programme only to find that we had just missed the next days programme because they advised that they had changed the time because of the cricket had finished earlier.
In the past years coverage has been better than this but even then tended to be on a bit too early in the evening for working or family people.
Come on TV companies treat all sports alike and give us equal coverage.
Advantages: It was on, Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwin Disadvantages: Poor times, Eurosport commentators, Eurosport in general
...have no idea about cycling as a sport. All right, so they have to talk over a load of blokes on bikes going in a straight line, but someone who had a small amount of ability to do this.
More coverage please Channel 4, repeats are becoming annoying. ...
chrisc559 04.09.2000
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Advantages: a good channel Disadvantages: not disadvantages
...and see the T.V. on channel 4 !!! Yeaaaaaahhhhh !!! The tour is the Most famous cyclist competition of the world !!
Yeaaaaaahhhhh !!! channel 4 is the best T.V of United Kingdom Yeaaaaaahhhhh !!! Yeaaaaaahhhhh !!!
The french mountain are the ultimate for the world !!
Lance Armstrong are the best of the best and not doping the Lance (just a little)
Channel 4 is the best !! but eurosport is good too !! Yeaaaaaahhhhh !!! My names is produsurf the ...
produsurf 16.09.2001 (24.11.2001)
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