they don’t start broadcasting until after the women’s race is finished
So you have to avoid social media and live timing for a whole hour, at most?
That is if they can even get the broadcast to work, which on several occasions this year, they’ve failed to do
Just for contrast, I’ve watched it perfectly well halfway up an Alp on 3G, on my laptop on shitty hotel wifi, and in my house on a standard ADSL connection streamed flawlessly to my massive TV with the Redbull app. How slow is your t’internet?!
I also think they’ve put the shackles on Rob Warner. Far too corporate and polished compared to the old freecaster days when he could say what he wanted and was far more entertaining.
Yeah, but now you can sit down and watch it with your family or folks who aren’t hardcore fans. They show the track, explain a few things… these changes are designed for people who are new to the sport. Have a few beers and add your own sweary commentary.
very poor overall and I wouldn’t be bothered in the slightest if they FRO and hand the coverage over to someone else.
IT IS FREE.
Who else is going to do coverage to that standard for free?
Freecaster was frequently awful. Feed broke halfway through or didn’t work at all. Replay appeared late, sometimes never. There were a handful of cameras on track at best.
I can agree on Peaty though – would have liked to have seen that. But I suspect UCI broadcasting rules were to blame there, not Redbull…