Big thanks to JCCR6 for his post on watching the Giro with 365Sport TV. I signed up too and currently watching the first stage of the tour. Was worried my 2Mbps connection would not be enough but no buffering at all and a great picture on a 32 inch display. Anyone else watching?

I'm watching on Eurosport - it looks great; a typical early Summer day - it's a shame that the schools there have not broken up yet.

Big cheerful crowds, beautiful scenery, great weather, looks like quite a nice course - what more could one ask for?

SC

Those aerial views of Yorkshire are quite stunning. Guess the weather was a bit wet yesterday so it broke in time for the race start.

Here is a link for stage profiles: http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/live/aso/

what more could one ask for?

SC

Im watching on Itv1 however I will switch to Eurosport soon because of the commercial breaks, but Eurosport also has those breaks

Sent from my iPad so Please excuse any typos

l am stuck in the UK for 2 weeks so watching ITV. Great weekend of sport - Tour, British Grand Prix and UFC 175 ! Any thoughts on a winner for this years Tour ? l fancy Contador. Oh yes, not forgetting the small matter of the world cup !

what more could one ask for?

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I'd almost find that distracting

Exciting start to the Tour!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Zdi_wmGtk

Gutted for Cav

Just seen that Cavendish will not start Today

Link: http://www.espn.co.uk/cycling/sport/story/321719.html

Mark Cavendish's Tour de France is over after he suffered a dislocated shoulder during a dramatic crash on the final straight of the opening stage.

The Omega Pharma - Quick Step team said on their official website that Cavendish had suffered "ligament ruptures with an AC-joint dislocation" and had left the Manxman in a "lot of pain."

Sent from my iPad so Please excuse any typos

Here is another live stream that works fairly well. To avoid the grey blocks in the middle of the coverage, use Ad Blocker, and then select the frame (right click on the video) and open it under another tab. Once there, full screen works well.

http://hdfoots.com/watch/eurosport-1-live-stream.html

Carnage.....

Froome out, Cav out.. Bad tour for the Brits

Carnage.....

Froome out, Cav out.. Bad tour for the Brits

Looks like its back to Johnnie Foreigners winning the Tour de France...

I found the Eurosport coverage to be great, the only annoying thing is I can't find a way to turn off the Thai commentary during the live broadcast, I'd rather hear what Greg Lemond has to stay himself, rather than some dodgy Thai translation Strangely if you watch the repeat the following day, there is no Thai commentary.........

I found the Eurosport coverage to be great, the only annoying thing is I can't find a way to turn off the Thai commentary during the live broadcast, I'd rather hear what Greg Lemond has to stay himself, rather than some dodgy Thai translation Strangely if you watch the repeat the following day, there is no Thai commentary.........

Check your remote for a "duel" button or go into the sound menu and have a look around there. Normally there is more than one language commentary being transmitted and you can switch to English. Works on normal thai TV and the new digital HD stuff when they re showing sport and some movies.

I found the Eurosport coverage to be great, the only annoying thing is I can't find a way to turn off the Thai commentary during the live broadcast, I'd rather hear what Greg Lemond has to stay himself, rather than some dodgy Thai translation Strangely if you watch the repeat the following day, there is no Thai commentary.........

Check your remote for a "duel" button or go into the sound menu and have a look around there. Normally there is more than one language commentary being transmitted and you can switch to English. Works on normal thai TV and the new digital HD stuff when they re showing sport and some movies.

Yeah, tried that, both channels carried the Thai commentary. It works for other channels though. Maybe its some quirk with the GMM Z satellite box?

Carnage.....

Froome out, Cav out.. Bad tour for the Brits

Looks like its back to Johnnie Foreigners winning the Tour de France...

Simon Yates is doing well for a P*** .. maybe because he is on a good Aussie team

Wet day of racing today. Summit finish could be a foggy one.

And now Contador out, not that I really care, I think he is past it anyway....can't perform without the drugs...... Perhaps he even crashed out deliberately in order to avoid another embarassing social media spat with Olev

I found the Eurosport coverage to be great, the only annoying thing is I can't find a way to turn off the Thai commentary during the live broadcast, I'd rather hear what Greg Lemond has to stay himself, rather than some dodgy Thai translation Strangely if you watch the repeat the following day, there is no Thai commentary.........

Check your remote for a "duel" button or go into the sound menu and have a look around there. Normally there is more than one language commentary being transmitted and you can switch to English. Works on normal thai TV and the new digital HD stuff when they re showing sport and some movies.

Yeah, tried that, both channels carried the Thai commentary. It works for other channels though. Maybe its some quirk with the GMM Z satellite box?

I'm watching Eurosport thru GMM and the audio switches language with no problem at all. Using the 'HD lite' remote.

I just bought a new HD GMM Z box this past weekend, and this works fine. Something wrong with the old box I guess

This year's tour sure has been a crash-fest. Really sorry to see Andy Schleck crash out. Might be worth watching the last stage to see how it all ends up.