I thought the BBC coverage was dire. I was out for the day so had to record it. I couldn’t easily find what channel it was on – admittedly I left it until Sat morning – so ended up recording all of BBC1 & BBC3.
Hugh Porter didn’t have a clue what was going on – no idea of the team strips – and as said no idea which rider had which numbers. Ramblings about the 1948 Olympics are all interesting but poor compensation for no idea about the current riders.
Sun on the TV monitors – put a brolly up!
And Jill Douglas was truly aweful – as said her interview with Vino and Mark Cavendish were exceptionally stupid and under prepared.
Overall I’m really dissappointed with the BBC. They have never really got the hang of TV Cycle commentating, nor have they shown much interest in the sport until recently and the poor coverage of the Womens Road Race in Beijing should have prepared them for this. Plus to any non cycling fan the World Championship win last year and the success of Team Sky this year should have given them enough warning.
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