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General Category => Freewheeling => Racing => Topic started by: JT on 24 July, 2008, 10:45:10 am

Title: Sky to sponsor British Cycling
Post by: JT on 24 July, 2008, 10:45:10 am
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/bcf/News2008/20080724_Sky_Deal.asp (http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/bcf/News2008/20080724_Sky_Deal.asp)

I'm no fan of Sky but this is pretty big for cycling.
Title: Re: Sky to sponsor British Cycling
Post by: Chris S on 24 July, 2008, 10:48:16 am
So I guess we can kiss goodbye to cycling coverage on non-murdoch TV then?

Great... I suppose  ::-).
Title: Re: Sky to sponsor British Cycling
Post by: tiermat on 24 July, 2008, 10:48:35 am
And they are sponsoring Freewheel this year...

YAY good for them!
Title: Re: Sky to sponsor British Cycling
Post by: tiermat on 24 July, 2008, 10:51:25 am
Just because Sky are sponsoring them, doesn't mean you will only see doemtic events on SKY, come to think of it Eurosports is the ONLY place you can see domestic events, apart from on Cycling.tv....

So no real change, the Pro-Tour etc will stay with it usual braodcasters, and domestic races may get more coverage.  Win-Win I say...
Title: Re: Sky to sponsor British Cycling
Post by: David Martin on 24 July, 2008, 12:33:25 pm
Cool. It has just inspired me to fire off an email to investigate the possibility of a city centre crit in Dundee for next summer..

..d
Title: Re: Sky to sponsor British Cycling
Post by: tiermat on 24 July, 2008, 12:36:09 pm
Why not? If Brighouse can do it, I'm certain Dundee can...

Report of Brighouse Crits 2008 (http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080610_Brighouse.asp)
Title: Re: Sky to sponsor British Cycling
Post by: onb on 25 July, 2008, 01:16:59 pm
Or Colne for that matter.

Colne Town Centre GP (http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080716_Colne_GP.asp)
Title: Re: Sky to sponsor British Cycling
Post by: αdαmsκι on 29 July, 2008, 11:11:48 am
This is Richard Williams' (http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/07/29/murdochs_millions_may_cost_cyc.html) (Chief Sports Writer of The Guardian) take on things.
Title: Re: Sky to sponsor British Cycling
Post by: Frenchie on 29 July, 2008, 10:20:53 pm
Good stuff potentially: Sky bought half a page announcing this in this WE Observer as well as a full page in OSM. They are comitted. I see where Richard Williams is coming from though. I hope he is wrong.