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I had a GCN subscription until they were bought up by discovery, and now I've found out that the TdF won't be on free-to-watch tv in my home country any more I'm running out of places to view it; where you lot get your professional cycling fix from?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Chouxfleur 1 points 2 weeks ago

This might just be it πŸ™ƒ

It's a shame that competition for this stuff is piracy or get shafted because I'm absolutely fine spending a reasonable sum on watching it but I can't justify paying for Discovery+ - I just want to watch cycling not more reality TV!

[–] robolemmy 1 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Flobikes/Flosports has the rights to the TdF and most other races here. I tried to use them once and gave up. They are incompetent, shitty, greedy, and evil.

So if I'm going to watch, it's down to pirate streams.

[–] Chouxfleur 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah this might be the way - it's such a shame because on its own GCN+ was great (their awful attempt at a social media platform notwithstanding). Even if Discovery had a cycling only tier I wouldn't mind as much - but I don't give a toss about any of their other sport or content other than the cycling. My winters are much worse now I can't watch the CX!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm in the US, where our choices are limited / too expensive. So I usually VPN to Australia, then watch on SBS.

https://www.sbs.com.au/sport/article/how-to-watch-cycling-on-sbs/x9szvzll6