Strade Bianche 2020- racing is back!

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The men’s race was a carbon copy of the Eurosport coverage just without ad breaks.

Women’s race was as good as it could be given the host broadcaster coverage. Had Dani Rowe on who I rate.

The extras such as their weekly World of Cycling show seem good but the expert last week (Tom Southam from EF) was a bit dry.

I get the impression that Eurosport are offloading some of their coverage to GCN race pass to encourage more people to pay for it. Shame in a way but I hope it improves the overall coverage.

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Yep, GCN even had the Eurosport logo on the feed.

No adverts, so we don’t get Sagan flogging cookers or the slow motion cycling guy selling second hand watches

ETA: agree that the women’s race coverage was poor. It was arguably the better race for me

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Didn’t see it live but from the pics you posted it doesn’t seem that bad, looks like she got in front before cutting all the way across. Hugging the barriers is quite often the fastest line as you get the most protection from the wind, plus the road looks to be gently curving to the right.

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Can you get full race replays through the GCN race pass? Or just short 10 minute highlights?

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Full replay and highlights. Their post race review for Strafe Bianche with Bradley Wiggins has just come online too.

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Thanks thats really good to know. Reason I ask is because I want to be able to watch full race coverage but won’t always get chance to watch it live!

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For me the race pass is perfect. I tried Eurosport player before, but I only got access to the local coverage, in languages I didn’t speak. So if GCN has the Eurosport UK broadcast, that’s amazing. It’s also quite cheap I think.

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just saw AvV’s pass on youtube. This was absolutely legit. Garcia simply exploded, nothing left in the legs to counter.

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:100: Agreed!

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Make sure to check which races are available in the US. Even the tour isn’t.

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Wow…just saw that WvA won Strade on a rim brake Bianchi. Can’t believe I didn’t notice that before.

Given his CX background, that is pretty surprising.