Small clarifaction (doesn’t change outcome and topic)
Previous CEO, who was patron for many sports defrauded money and was accused of money lauderring. After that Jumbo back out of all sport sponsorship (not sure if they stick with RedBull F1)
I didn’t verify this but if you don’t mind spanish you can probably watch almost eveything (road) on Teledeporte site (free) with a VPN
There are probably other options of the same type in other countries that I don’t know about
Most of the world?!
I have never used a VPN. What software does everyone like to use? I have no idea which one to pick. I guess I just need a basic (cheap) version. Help me out I am pretty clueless.
ProtoVPN.
But don’t get ahead of yourself. We don’t really know how this will play out yet. Although likely, it’s possible you won’t need to use vpn software
I use Nord vpn. It’s only $4-5/month, and you can put it on multiple devices, including your phone. good security measure to have regardless of cycle sport viewing
Norton Internet Security software (on PCs, phones etc) comes with VPN (country selectable) included, no need for a separate VPN subscription. Been using it with GCN for a couple of years now. Just picked up my next 12 month (10 devices) bundle for CAD$24 on sale!
Good dig. Verified with some vpn. Looks like a lot of road is covered
Bookmarked!
Do you have to run Norton antivirus etc, or can you just use it as a gateway to cheaper VPN?
I took out 2 years of NordVPN, which expires in Jan. The sign up special was good, but the renewal is double or so. So will not renew, and then decide what makes the most sense.
It’s installed on all my devices anyway for the protection (just runs silently in the background), for the VPN I just open the Norton app and turn the VPN on. I guess you could always turn off features you don’t want?
So, set vpn to Spain and it should work?
It’s what happens when you price something incorrectly…
For me, there’s nothing on Youtube that makes it worth me paying Google £12/month UK, when I can pay Netflix £7/month, which I get far greater usage & comparative value from. There’s some good stuff on YT, but it’s also a vast ocean of total sh!te put out by chancers trying to avoid having a proper job 
Google fcked up by bundling Music with YT, pushing up the price of the bundle, but I don’t want to buy a bundled YT/Music package . I’d pay them £5/month for YT video alone, but as there’s no option for that I choose to pay them nothing and use ad-blockers instead. If they managed to derail all ad-blocking options, I just wouldn’t watch YT at all…
Fix the pricing / ditch the bundling, and they could get some revenue from me - and maybe from a gazillion others who think likewise.
I think it should.
The southern European countries usually have state backed TV and these countries usually invest on cycling rights and are free to the population, so I’m guessing RAI in Italy and Canal+ in France will be other options for cycling.
Tutte le dirette TV ed eventi live esclusivi in streaming su RaiPlay
It’s also possible that these channels have their own app’s.
ps: also check Sporza from Belgium for cyclocross, they have an app but I don’t know if it’s free
Back in the late 90’s / early 00’s, RAI was available on my providers’ packages and I would subscribe for the Giro and Milan-San Remo.
It remains some of the best viewing experiences for cycling….Italian announcers are the best. You don’t even have to understand Italian to get swept up in it.
For English language viewers there are Australian options for some (many?) races on SBS. Haven’t used previously but was able to stream Paris tours with a VPN last week as a test measure
Tim Cook could do what he did to MLS and fix this for us.
I’m in the US and I have a VPN through my work and can log into it via several european countries including Germany. So is the idea I get a Discovery+ sub and then use my VPN to Germany and then I’m good to go?
Is all the cycling content already there?
Update: So, I tried it. Got a monthly sub. Logged in via VPN in Germany, refreshed and then everything was in German so I was in the right place. However, I didn’t get any sports content at all. Assuming because I have a US discovery plus account and they don’t offer sports content in US.
Next tried logging into my VPN in Germany and tried to open a discovery plus account via their German site. Tried to use Pay Pal to pay for it and got shot down saying “Nicht übereinstimmendes Zahlungsgebiet” which according to Google is Mismatched payment area so I can’t buy it with my US Pay Pal account. I’m assuming my US based credit cards will not work either.
Anyone else try this or have success doing something different than I did?
It seems maybe early to try this experiment as they haven’t moved content from GCN to Discovery?
My thought was to make a uk paypal account but then fund it by sending it money from my US paypal account. Maybe use a fake physical address if required.
It’s all there already. If I log into my VPN in germany and then go to Discovery + sports I see everything that was on GCN +.
If I try to view one it of course asks me to log in and my if I use my Discovery + login all the cycling (all sports for that matter) disappears after I log in.
Yep, this might be our only option unless Warner Bros comes up with an option for us.
I’m not certain why people outside the UK and some areas of the EU are rushing to find a solution…and a potentially janky one at that.
There aren’t any races going on, outside of CX and there are other options available to watch those races. Nearly every single CX race is available on YouTube later on for the day of the race.
If we get to February or March and there is no solution, then looking at experimental options may be warranted…but for now, I would recommend just seeing how things play out.