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“More adverts than bike racing”: UK cycling fans fume at TNT Sports’ Paris-Roubaix coverage

TNT Sports inundated with complaints as fans watching £30.99-a-month subscription furious at "awful coverage" and "just ridiculous" number of ad breaks

Sun, Apr 13, 2025 17:50

Jeremy Clarkson claims “ridiculously dangerous” roundabout is “fine because I have a car, not a child’s toy” in dig at Jeremy Vine – but Cycling Mikey says former Top Gear host is “the child” + more on the live blog

The sun is still shining, the countdown to Pogi-Roubaix (sorry, Paris-Roubaix) is on, and a badly sunburnt Ryan Mallon is finally over his Ronde hangover and back for another day of cycling news and views on the Wednesday live blog

Wed, Apr 09, 2025 08:50

2014 Tour de France stage one, Leeds to Harrogate

“This is bigger than pro cycling”: Fan petitions government to save free-to-air Tour de France coverage in UK, condemning paywall as “massive missed opportunity” to boost cycling numbers and combat congestion

The petition, launched this week, urges the government to make the Tour a ‘Category A’ sporting event, ensuring it remains free to air like the Olympics, Wimbledon, and the FIFA World Cup

Thu, Apr 03, 2025 10:59

Donald Trump and the Tour de France peloton

TNT Sports subscription hiked AGAIN to £37 a month due to latest Trump tariff announcement

*April Fool!* The president announced today that any TV pixels entering the US would be subject to a 20% tariff, causing other nations to put retaliatory levies on American media companies in the latest blow for pro cycling coverage

Tue, Apr 01, 2025 06:00

Has the UCI sold cycling’s soul to Warner Bros. Discovery?

Scrapping the UCI Track Champions League, eye-watering pay-for-view price hikes, and more – has the UCI handed over too much power to Warner Bros. Discovery?

Tue, Mar 25, 2025 15:58

Sports Minister dismisses Tory MP’s concerns that £30.99 a month TNT subscription will lead to cycling “disappearing behind paywall” in Westminster Hall debate, saying “it’s not for the government to intervene”

“The cycling boom that formed part of the London 2012 legacy is now in danger of being dropped by the peloton,” MP Ben Obese-Jecty said in the debate, further highlighting the demise of Eurosport as a “hammer blow for cycling coverage in the UK”

Wed, Mar 05, 2025 12:24

Holdsworth Campagnolo bag with Milk Race sticker on Facebook Marketplace

Battered Holdsworth-Campagnolo cycling team bag from 1970s (with Milk Race sticker) available on Facebook Marketplace… for £450; Wider cycle lanes only for faster e-bikes, not “regular” cyclists, Trump fans say; TNT hits parliament + more on the live blog

Just like Peter Sagan on Slovakia’s version of Strictly, Ryan Mallon’s ready to enthusiastically leap over any midweek lethargy, before descending into a slightly befuddled, if animated jive. That’s a decent metaphor for the Wednesday live blog, right?

Wed, Mar 05, 2025 09:36

Goodbye to innocence: So long Eurosport, the TV channel as quirky, chaotic, and exhilarating as cycling itself

On Friday morning, cycling coverage in the UK and Ireland made the leap across to the shiny new world of TNT Sports. A nostalgic Ryan Mallon reflects on Eurosport’s demise and the things we’ve lost

Fri, Feb 28, 2025 11:59

“Perhaps the way to support cycling is by not putting it behind a big paywall?” TNT Sports’ grassroots campaign slammed as “sportswashing” amid price hike – but others say encouraging cycling is “British Cycling’s job” + more on the live blog

Just three sleeps until Omloop… And after a week away a very excited Ryan Mallon is back to start the countdown to Opening Weekend with the usual mix of news, views, and silliness on the Wednesday live blog

Wed, Feb 26, 2025 10:04

Tom Pidcock, Q36.5 training camp (Georg Lindacher)

“Sad we can’t afford to watch you anymore”: Tom Pidcock unveils classics schedule… prompting fan complaints about TNT’s cycling price hike; “Give children the choice and they will cycle to school”; French race fine plans slammed + more on the live blog

It’s Wednesday, and Ryan Mallon’s back to round up all the latest cycling news, views, and reaction on the midweek live blog

Wed, Feb 12, 2025 09:55