Alternatives to Tour de France on Peacock in USA

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Short on time today, tried YouTube option - Eurosport and FloBikes. Pretty good :+1:

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Is the Flo Canada the same as Eurosport?

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I don’t think so. It’s the world feed whereas I think Eurosport is Sean Kelly, Rob Hatch, etc.

I’d really like to find a way in the US to get the Eurosport feed, but can’t figure it out

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No, it is the ASO International feed. Announcers are Ant McCrossen and Nicolas Roche.

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Thanks, anything is better than the Peacock stream. I can’t take it anymore.

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I find Ant and Nico to be a little dry (especially compared to the Eurosport crew), but they are 10,000x better than Crazy Uncle Phil and the 2 Stooges.

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So how can a US person get the Eurosport feed?

Requirement 1 is to use a VPN to look like you’re in the UK.
Is requirement 2 to just have any Discovery+ account or does it have to be a UK account?

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Based on the “GCN+ Is Closing” thread, you’ll need a UK credit card / UK Paypal account…which is challenging, if not impossible, to do from here.

Someone did a workaround on it, IIRC< but it seemed like WAY more hassle than it was worth.

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I am in the US and watching UK Discovery+. It is indeed a huge PIA to setup. But I took it personally and just decided that I would make it work damnit! Bottom line:

  • I have a friend in the UK. She pays for my Discovery+ subscription. I send her some money monthly.
  • I had to setup a dedicated Apple device, with a new Apple ID setup to use the UK Apple Store. Yes, I did justify to myself that I needed a new Ipad anyway :roll_eyes:.
  • I spent hours before I could get all this to work.
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I salute you my friend. But, why a new dedicated apple device? I thot all is good if you have a VPN connex, no?

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It worked with just the VPN until about 2 months ago. The feed worked through a web browser via VPN. But the Discovedry+ IT team is strong. They have now blocked the web feed and the only way to watch is on the Discovery+ app.
I tried downloading the app from the US store and then launch VPN before running the app but that did not work. AIt only works with the Discovery+ app downloaded from the UK app store.

If you look at the app store limitations from Apple, it’s not something that you can easily switch back and forth. So I decided to dedicate a specific Apple device with a new Apple ID, accessing only the UK store.

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The Apple TV supports multiple user accounts (Apple IDs) and quick switching between them. I think you could just do it that way. I doubt they require the accounts that you switch between to be allocated to the same country. You might want to try it, it is easy to remove the second account in the Apple TV if it doesn’t work.

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i can’t believe I’m actually considering signing up for flobikes again but I have trouble stomaching watching bike racing with miles displayed on screen. Plus I’ve had a VPN since and because of the GCN+ days which worked splendidly last year so looking like I’m in Montreal ain’t a problem.

So questions for those who use flobikes in canada(or the VPN/canada method):
Is the feed commercial free? That was their downfall for me before as I’d be watching a race and a randomly timed woop commercial would interrupt which for $150 a year I thought a bit egregious. Outside of TDF coverage is this something they still do?
Second is what other races are through this service and is it similar/good coverage?

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Yes…it is the International feed with no commercials. I previously said it was the ASO feed, but I think it may actually be the UCI feed.

You can watch any race on the FLO Canadian schedule this way…which means in the US you can watch any ASO race (Liege, Roubaix, Vuelta, etc) and skip Peacock. Beyond those races, I think the two schedules are the same.

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At this point, for me, it makes sense to try and set this up on my partner’s Apple TV. Right now she is forced to watch the Peacock feed and not happy about it.
For myself, I actually like the portability of the IPad. And I can cast to the Apple TV for big screen viewing.

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Flo :maple_leaf: - do you know offhand if they are carrying the Vuelta?

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Yes…all ASO races.

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I am guessing you can connect to the UK app store simply using VPN on your new apple device correct?

Thanks for showing us the way dude.

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Thanks. Sorry I tried scrolling back but busy at work. Do I have this correct? 1. Sign up with Flo in USA. 2. Verify it works in USA. 3. Point VPN to Canada, and enjoy international feed.

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Correct.