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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 30-06-2024 13:58
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This is a cycling website, and even if this is the only post in the thread, we need a TDF discussion place. I will not tolerate less.
Speaking of which, I just learned that the Tour de France is no longer broadcast on TV at all in America. Two stages on NBC and that's it. NBC retains the rights but refuses to show it, only streaming on Peacock. I knew when NBC Sports closed we would lose additional races on the calendar and highlight/rerun shows, but to not have the TDF broadcast at all is a travesty. The last few years it was on the USA network which NBC owns, but I guess playing Law & Order reruns all morning is more profitable for them.
Just crazy. I guess Armstrong is long in the past now and American cycling, no matter how good its riders are, will never recover from the reputation hit. Very sad to witness.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 30-06-2024 14:04
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Remember when we had a thread for each stage during the Tour? I remember.
I was mad that when the Tour will overlap with the Wimbledon, we'll be getting very little coverage on TV on Eurosport with the entire stage being streamed on Max. But not getting anything live on TV would indeed be insane.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 30-06-2024 14:04
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Only interesting thing about TdF anymore is whether Remco decided to start doping like the rest of them. And even if he did, it's no point watching as he will absolutely decimate the field as he is the most talented rider of all time and it's not close
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 30-06-2024 14:07
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alexkr00 wrote:
Remember when we had a thread for each stage during the Tour? I remember.
I was mad that when the Tour will overlap with the Wimbledon, we'll be getting very little coverage on TV on Eurosport with the entire stage being streamed on Max. But not getting anything live on TV would indeed be insane.
And those threads would be impossible keep up with. Several pages of posts after a refresh, site crashing during the craziest moments. Sad to see it fall this far, but I know we still have a community here, so worth having a thread at list for some post-stage discussions.
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 30-06-2024 14:41
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It is streaming on peacock in the us. In a way that is more accessible than TNT as you don't need cable.
Although don't disagree with the broader point about Armstrong.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 30-06-2024 14:51
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Ulrich Ulriksen wrote:
It is streaming on peacock in the us. In a way that is more accessible than TNT as you don't need cable.
Although don't disagree with the broader point about Armstrong.
It streamed online back when it was on NBC Sports too, with Tour Tracker and everything, for years. I guess you needed a cable subscription for that, but there have been alternative packages and other services like FUBO for a long time too. IIRC it has been on Peacock itself the last few years as well, when it was still broadcast on TV too. So not like it was ever a choice between one or the other, IMO.
Maybe I'm just showing my age at this point, and this is no longer the way entertainment curation works, but I think locking it behind a streaming service has a real impact on growing/maintaining a fanbase. I discovered the TDF as a kid by flipping through the channels and see a bunch of guys riding cool bikes fast on the screen. It was random chance and I got hooked. As an 8 year old, I never would have thought to seek it out on a streaming service in the same way. And so I never would have found and gotten into it. Once I was into it I of course relied primarily on streams, but I needed the initial exposure first.
But again, maybe I'm out of touch with how kids find entertainment these days, being in a stage of my life where I haven't been a kid for a while but don't have kids of my own.
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 30-06-2024 16:43
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Somehow it's crazy Bardet was never before in yellow, great achievement for him in his last tour. Just imagine Pinot pulling something similar off (ignoring FDJ wouldn't have been able to plan or execute such a move).
On a side note: maybe we should boost this Vauquelin guy in the ManGame, he seems to be a decent talent after all 
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 30-06-2024 16:59
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Holy f*ck it's the tour! You know i really kind of forgot it started earlier because of the Oympics - and there really has not been any hype around it... Or am i less of a cycling fan than i used to be... bit of both.
Anyway, i'll check back in when Cav gets #35
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 30-06-2024 18:31
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As a Dane it's great to see that Vingegaard was able to follow Pogacar easily today, really great signs that we will get a great Tour. Also nice to see Remco seems on top of things these days.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 30-06-2024 18:53
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Good racing so far, much more entertaining than the usual prologue / mass sprint weekend.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 30-06-2024 19:03
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Did Vingegaard have the greatest comeback in cycling history?
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan'
Gracias Alberto.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 30-06-2024 19:36
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I love this guy
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 30-06-2024 20:05
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baseballlover312 wrote:
But again, maybe I'm out of touch with how kids find entertainment these days, being in a stage of my life where I haven't been a kid for a while but don't have kids of my own.
Well if you are out of touch with that then I am on the next continent. My impression would be social media is the new channel flipping.
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| sylvao |
Posted on 30-06-2024 20:18
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These two stages were very nice to watch. 2 victories for the breakaway (although Romain Bardet attacked later in the stage but it was a long range attack so risky)
And Jonas Abrahamsen from Uno-X ranking first at both KOM jersey and sprinter jersey after stage 2 ! Never seen that before. |
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 01-07-2024 16:08
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 01-07-2024 16:32
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Amazing, love to see it. Fortunately no champagne incident this time around 
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 01-07-2024 17:18
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Woooo Bini! Always fun when your MG rider wins! 
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 02-07-2024 22:27
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baseballlover312 wrote:
This is a cycling website, and even if this is the only post in the thread, we need a TDF discussion place. I will not tolerate less.
Speaking of which, I just learned that the Tour de France is no longer broadcast on TV at all in America. Two stages on NBC and that's it. NBC retains the rights but refuses to show it, only streaming on Peacock. I knew when NBC Sports closed we would lose additional races on the calendar and highlight/rerun shows, but to not have the TDF broadcast at all is a travesty. The last few years it was on the USA network which NBC owns, but I guess playing Law & Order reruns all morning is more profitable for them.
Just crazy. I guess Armstrong is long in the past now and American cycling, no matter how good its riders are, will never recover from the reputation hit. Very sad to witness.
@baseballlover312
Thanks for opening this, as you say surely need it.
Sadly PCM daily has become Mangame Daily. With very few post not directly connected to the MG community. Mangame is what keeps the site alive, but also what has pushed active PCM players and stagemakers to the PCM World community. Myself included.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 02-07-2024 22:40
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Good start of the race in my opinion, have been interesting so far.
Nice Bardet win in his last tour. Liked Abrahamsens fight for dots at stage two and Girmays incredible sprint at stage 3. Today’s stage was great too, setting the scene for the GC battle, without giving any definite answers, but it’s clear that UEA got the strongest team this time. Only feel bad for cavendish, been too hard a start for the veteran.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 02-07-2024 23:20
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Tamijo wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
This is a cycling website, and even if this is the only post in the thread, we need a TDF discussion place. I will not tolerate less.
Speaking of which, I just learned that the Tour de France is no longer broadcast on TV at all in America. Two stages on NBC and that's it. NBC retains the rights but refuses to show it, only streaming on Peacock. I knew when NBC Sports closed we would lose additional races on the calendar and highlight/rerun shows, but to not have the TDF broadcast at all is a travesty. The last few years it was on the USA network which NBC owns, but I guess playing Law & Order reruns all morning is more profitable for them.
Just crazy. I guess Armstrong is long in the past now and American cycling, no matter how good its riders are, will never recover from the reputation hit. Very sad to witness.
@baseballlover312
Thanks for opening this, as you say surely need it.
Sadly PCM daily has become Mangame Daily. With very few post not directly connected to the MG community. Mangame is what keeps the site alive, but also what has pushed active PCM players and stagemakers to the PCM World community. Myself included.
you moved from antiquated forums to discord servers? that is unheard of
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