TDU on Cycling TV
by rebeccactv on Jan 16, 2009 6:49 AM EST
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PrintThe Tour Down Under kicks off this weekend which we're pretty excited about! Here's all the details you need to watch online with Cycling TV...
[Chris here...] This is probably a good place to point out that we will have live threads open for every stage, including the first live thread of 2009 (for the road, that is) during Sunday's race.
The Tour Down Under marks the beginning of the professional road cycling season and this year has caused quite a stir with the shock entrance of Lance Armstrong, who will make his come-back appearance in Australia. Coming at a time when a solid preparation for the early season races is essential for riders hoping to take a classic win or the Pro Tour competition leader’s jersey, the race is ideal training for the sport’s big names with its high level of racing and very professional organisation. Lance has definitely stolen the spotlight ahead of the 2009 edition but we mustn’t forget the other big-name stars who have graced this typically sun-drenched course over the years including Robbie McEwen and Stuart O’Grady, never failing to put on a spectacular show.
Half a million Australian spectators turned out last year for the rare opportunity to see their favourite stars up close on their home continent. With a wide variety of other events to interest fans, the region has embraced the race as a Festival of Cycling like no other and the Tour Down Under is always a fantastic one for the spectators, which is why we’re so excited about bringing you all the daily action.
Watch it on Cycling TV
You can watch the Tour Down Under on Cycling TV with the Premium package. Every day we'll have a full highlights package for you to enjoy at your leisure, and we'll be joining the final hour of the race LIVE. For more information about the Premium package and the Gold and Silver bundles that offer great savings, visit our packages page.
Highlights are available worldwide except to customers in France, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Israel. Live is available worldwide except to customers in UK, US, France, Australia, and Denmark.
Schedule
18 January; 12:30-13:15 (GMT) - Cancer Council Classic
20 January; 10:30-11:15 (GMT) - Stage One
21 January; 10:30-11:15 (GMT) - Stage Two
22 January; 10:30-11:15 (GMT) - Stage Three
23 January; 10:30-11:15 (GMT) - Stage Four
24 January; 10:30-11:15 (GMT) - Stage Five
25 January; 04.00-05.00 / 9:30-10:15 (GMT) - Stage Six (live / highlights)
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Any comments and questions post them on here and I'll endeavour to answer or hop over to the Innertube!
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Australia Video Highlights TV Schedule
SBS Television in Australia will again show daily highlights of the 2009 Tour Down Under, and the Down Under Classic. The schedule is as follows:
Sunday 18 January: 2315-0015 Down Under Classic Highlights
Monday 19 January: 1700-1800 Down Under Classic Highlights (repeat)
Tuesday 20 January: 1800-1830 TDU Stage 1 Highlights
Wednesday 21 January: 1800-1830 TDU Stage 2 Highlights
Thursday 22 January: 1800-1830 TDU Stage 3 Highlights
Friday 23 January: 1800-1830 TDU Stage 4 Highlights
Saturday 24 January: 1800-1830 TDU Stage 5 Highlights
Sunday 25 January: 1400-1600 TDU Stage 6 LIVE
Sunday 1 February: 1100-1200 TDU Review Show
Video Highlights to be shown around the world
Fox Sports Australia will show the daily highlights package.
Sky Sports New Zealand will show the daily highlights package.
B Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands, Eire and Isle of Man will show the daily highlights package.
Sport + in France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Andorra, Switzerland (Frenchspeaking), Mauritius and French speaking Africa will show the daily highlights package.
VIASAT in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania will show the daily highlights package.
VRT Belgium will show daily news highlights and a special Stage 6 show.
N.O.S. Netherlands will show three daily highlights.
TVE/TELEDEPORTE in Spain and Andorra will show a highlight of the whole race.
VERSUS USA (up-to-date tv schedule) will show the Cancer Council Classic highlights and the daily highlights package. All telecasts will air at 4 p.m. ET except for the January 24 telecast which will air at 3:30 p.m. ET. On January 24th in the late evening east coast time, the network will stream the final stage of the race LIVE on www.VERSUS.com and will produce a one-hour highlight show of the final stage which will air on VERSUS on January 25 at 5 p.m. ET
Have you been keeping up with your drinks Rebecca?
You know it’s been a long offseason so we’ll be ready to go!!!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Hey!
How are you guys? Looking forward to the racing getting into full swing – been really enjoying the cross season this winter to fill the void!
You’re right Nikki, It’s been a while! Back onto the caffiene fueled race banter nxt week ay!
we enjoyed ourselves a wee bit (ok, not really, it was six days after all)
of Live Six Day racing at the new year. That was fun too.
That six day was QUALITY!
I was so on the edge of my seat during that last madison….before I had to stand up of course ;-)
Totally agree. The 6-days, especially that last madison was awesome.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Live video in the US?
Every day we’ll have a full highlights package for you to enjoy at your leisure, and we’ll be joining the final hour of the race LIVE.
I was so excited.
Live is available worldwide except to customers in UK, US, France, Australia, and Denmark.
and then I was sad.
Anyone know if those of us in the US will get the live video of that last hour? Obviously the feed is going to be available if CTV has it.
live final stage coverage in us at versus website
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Isn't this
in the middle of the night, west coast time?
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
by Chris Fontecchio on Jan 16, 2009 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
No. It will be in the late afternoon for me. They are 18.5 hrs ahead so take a day away
and they are 5.5 hours behind us. So a 11am start will be a 4:30pm here. And a prime time finish time. The last stage will be live on Versus.Com at 7pm on next Saturday for us.
Someone correct if I am wrong but this is how I figured it out. If you go to the TDU page on Cycling Fever they have a clock on the top of the page with Adelaide time. Its 1:46pm there right now and it is 7:26pm US Pacific Time.
by ZoeRochelle on Jan 16, 2009 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
That makes more sense
It is 2:03 PM on Saturday in Adelaide, which is +9:30 GMT, while we here on the west coast of North America are at -8:00 GMT… And the fact that they are half an hour off from the rest of the world is further proof that the Aussies just don’t give a fuck what other people think….
O we give a fuck what other people think
But we just don’t do anything about it :-))
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
Time to get the ducks in a row
Ignorant question here: anyone know if the big Tour will be streamed live this year and by whom? Looks like Premium package covers almost everything but…
Kids like Kix for what Kix has got, Moms love Kix for what Kix has not.
You mean the Tour de France?
In the US the Versus Channel shows it live and then replays it all day and then has an extended show in the evenings. Everyday. That’s been the schedule for the past few years.
by ZoeRochelle on Jan 17, 2009 10:53 PM EST up reply actions
if you live in europe, most of the eurosport sights will stream the tdf.... georestrictions apply
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
I don't know who to blame here,
but this is not a good start for CTV…..
If highlights were so hard to figure out, wonder how the live coverage will be like?
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