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WhiteRhino · #1 Post by **WhiteRhino** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:07 pm

Can anyone tell me if the BBC are covering WSB this year?

Anorak · #2 Post by **Anorak** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:24 pm

Don't think so - Channel 4 might do 5-minute highlights at some unspeakably early hour in the morning though.

HowardQ · #3 Post by **HowardQ** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:38 pm

Looks like good old Eurosport as usual then!
Still I've always been happy with them.

Falco9 · #4 Post by **Falco9** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:48 pm

No matter who covers the BSB, WSB and MotoGP I always stick with Eurosport.
Firstly because I love the coverage and the commentary teams (Toby, Moody, Julian Ryder, James Whitham, Mamola etc... are just bloody brilliant) and secondly (and probably more importantly) because the other channels such as the Beeb,. Channel 4 or Sky both pick up and drop bike racing on an annual basis according to what they can afford.

I stick with Eurosport out of loyalty and because I can rely on them and their expert coverage every year, simple as that and I urge everyone to do the same

F9

paddyz1 · #5 Post by **paddyz1** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:48 pm

HowardQ wrote:Looks like good old Eurosport as usual then!
Still I've always been happy with them.

Apart from the commercial breaks

Gio · #6 Post by **Gio** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:14 pm

Falco9 wrote:No matter who covers the BSB, WSB and MotoGP I always stick with Eurosport.
Firstly because I love the coverage and the commentary teams (Toby, Moody, Julian Ryder, James Whitham, Mamola etc... are just bloody brilliant) and secondly (and probably more importantly) because the other channels such as the Beeb,. Channel 4 or Sky both pick up and drop bike racing on an annual basis according to what they can afford.

I stick with Eurosport out of loyalty and because I can rely on them and their expert coverage every year, simple as that and I urge everyone to do the same

F9

Last year I watched MotoGP on Eurosport and BBC, Eurosports coverage was the worst IMO, 2 blokes who droned on and on and knew feck all about it.

HowardQ · #7 Post by **HowardQ** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:27 pm

Sorry Gio, but I'll stick with Eurosport, as F9 says they've stuck with us, not dropped the sport as and when they wanted. As for Toby, Julian, James and Randy, they are all fine by me. They all add to the excitment rather than the boring coverage we get from the rest. OK the adverts are a pain but if I have to put up with that just to get top class racing every year, that's fine by me!

Goldie · #8 Post by **Goldie** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:28 pm

Gio wrote:Last year I watched MotoGP on Eurosport and BBC, Eurosports coverage was the worst IMO, 2 blokes who droned on and on and knew feck all about it.

Strange, I thought the exact opposite. All a matter of taste I suppose.

Gio · #9 Post by **Gio** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:31 pm

Goldie wrote:
Gio wrote:Last year I watched MotoGP on Eurosport and BBC, Eurosports coverage was the worst IMO, 2 blokes who droned on and on and knew feck all about it.
Strange, I thought the exact opposite. All a matter of taste I suppose.

I expect so

Best place tho is live, unless you're going to Le Mans, the commentator there is in love with himself

D-Rider · #10 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:28 am

Yeah, another "+1" for Eurosport.

At first I wasn;'t taken by Messrs Moody & Rider but it doesn't take long for them to grow on you. They are certainly more knowledgeable than the dumbed-down fare we get on the other channels.

For me the worst things are:

1) When they switch coverage to Eurosport 2 (I don't get that channel )

2) When, they broadcast at a different time to that which they publish and I record endless hours of cycling, horse jumping, tennis or some such ... followed by the first 5 mins of bike racing before the Tivo stops recording. Wouldn't be so bad if it was the beach volleyball - but it never is. This happens far too frequently

BikerGran · #11 Post by **BikerGran** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:06 pm

Some of us don't have the option - terrestrial tv only here!

Gio · #12 Post by **Gio** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:32 pm

What surprises me is that Kwackerz hasn't posted that he likes the BBC version......................after all some of us know why

#13 Post by **Kwackerz** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:20 pm

you know that's the truth!

Hmm... Lycra.

www.suziperry.com

Gio · #14 Post by **Gio** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:54 pm

Better late than never eh Tim

Anorak · #15 Post by **Anorak** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:25 pm

Don't forget, if you have a digital box you can get Eurosport and a few other channels for just £7.00 a month on top-up TV (and not pay for the months you don't want).

As for the adverts, I just switch to BBC when they're on and back to Eurosport after a few minutes.