Why, oh why do I have to be a fan of sports that aren't big in North America? At least, thanks to Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France gets live/same day TV coverage here (but who knows what will happen next year now that Lance is retired).
CBC is scheduled to show coverage next weekend from the World Road Cycling Championships in Madrid - but the event actually finished today. And apparently to protect CBC's rights, an internet site that did live streaming of footage from the men's road race today wasn't allowed to show anything in Canada.
So, I had to resort to watching live text updates from several websites (Cycling News, the Daily Peloton, Eurosport) to see what happened this morning. Unfortunately Robbie McEwen, one of the favourites and my favourite, didn't win. (but I guess I can watch it next Saturday on CBC, depending on whether the CBC strike affects the scheduling).
(update - October 9 - CBC was still on strike last weekend so showed a rerun of Sports Saturday from last May ... Cycling TV now has highlights of the Worlds on their website, but can't show them to anyone from Canada because CBC still has all the rights...)
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