Baumann wins Chamonix combined

Agree with the despairing comments. Come on Eurosport!­ We love the skiing coverage so please finish the job­ off properly. I only wish I could get ORF (Austrian TV)­ coverage of the skiing events. They really go to town

Just been trying to set the sky recorder for the coming­ weekend as i will be out most of the time - taking part­ in sport, yet again the alpine skiing programme does­ not make sense.

Again folks we will have the first­ half of a race life and no live second run. If we­ are lucky there are higlights late at night. However­ there is lots and lots of repeats of other sport and­ plenty of african football.

In addition, we appear to­ have the women skiing in Sochi and Andorra on the same­ day! I know Vonn is a brilliant skier but even this I­ would think is beyond her ability.

Could EUROSPORT­ employ someone on the pragramming side that­ understands the pricnciples of the different type of­ alpine ski races and and provides a balanced programme­ for all,

The small Nicholas has point. Especially concerning the­ Superbowl. However, regarding Ski Sunday on the BBC, we­ have to wait a whole week for them to show the previous­ Sunday's race, if they show it at all. By which­ time there's not a lot of point. It's better­ than nothing I suppose.
The trouble with 'SS'­ is the viewer has to sit through half an hour of­ pseudo-dramatic, sentimental twoddle from messrs Bell­ and Coates pandering to the mass market dunderheads­ with ADHD, who can't simply watch it for the racing­ alone.
The other thing I find slightly ridiculous­ about the BBC is they hire Matt Chilton (a contracted­ Eurosport commentator!!!) to dub his commentary over a­ recording of the skiing pretending it's live.
Much­ hilarity ensues in the abode of Gideon Silex. And also­ much depression.

There is of course Ski Sunday on the BBC, which has­ shown much more of the Chamonix downhill. On the other­ hand they've seen fit to grace BBC 1 with several­ hours of American Football!

Hi guys,
I live in Copenhagen ... looks like european­ Eurosport is different.
I saw live all todays skiing­ ... starting with the downhill mens from Chamonix, then­ the ladies Super G from Garmisch and then the mens­ slalom from Chamonix.
It was covered live by Eurosport­ .... how coe thay don't show it live in the UK­ ?

Great days skiing ... apart from Lindsey having an­ uphill ski problem.

G

Like the other people who have commented I am­ absolutely furious, the only clash was with a"­ z" rated football game that could have been­ screened some other time. I've already missed the­ ends of several races due to tennis (a sport I really­ detest so guess how thrilled I am about that) because­ if I have to record it no-one changes the schedule so I­ get too much of the very thing I didn't want and I­ run out of time for the actual race.
I know there is­ limited time but it would be nice on­ "British" Eurosport if we could actually see­ the British skiers, it might give them an incentive and­ some sponsorship
I'm afraid I can't afford to­ pay out even more money on something I am hardly going­ to use and what really hurts is that I only have a Sky­ subscription to make sure I can watch Eurosport !!! I­ can't see how I can get it otherwise....if anyone­ out there knows where I can get on something like a­ Freesat system..... please tell me.

I totally agree with the comments of gideonsilex­ above.,

I can understand therebe a clash of­ showing all sports live at the weekend and you have to­ make a descison on what to show live. However,­ if you can not show something live at least show the­ highlights.

This time however, live ski jumping was­ shown instead of the slalom leg of the combined.Then­ to add insult to injury. the live ski jumping was­ cancelled and instread of showing the skiing we got­ highlights of the ski jumping from the previous day­ which had already been shown. Why did you not go to­ the sking at chamonoix?

Then we had the cycling. Now­ I am a cycling fan and would wwould watch the cycling..­ However, the tour of qatar is as dull as dishwater,­ flat roads and no scenery. 30km of cycling on­ desrt roads only needs to be shown once, maybe­ twice.but instead it is on at least 4 times today - the­ same bit of the race.

Why could the highlights of the­ super combined at chamonoix, ie both down hill and­ slalom be shown instead of one of the endless repeaats­ of the cycling or ski jumping? You showed the down­ hil section live, I cqannot understand why there where­ no plans to show the second part.. It makes no­ programming sense.

I ended up follwing the slalom by­ following live timings off an austrian newspaper­ website. Just timings table no pictures. The fact­ that pinerault went from 27th to 2nd place was­ unbelievable and would have made exciting tv to watch,­ certainly better than the endless repeats of ski­ jumping and cycling.

Please, please put on then the­ highlights of the whole of this race.

Bring me the head of the Head of Eurosport. Failing­ that, Nick Fellowes will do.

Once again, thank you­ Eurosport for ruining ANOTHER race for thousands of­ skiing fans (in the UK at least).
Your decision not to­ show the slamon section of the combined event, in­ favour of moving it to the pay per view system, is an­ apalling way to treat your loyal viewers who simply­ want to follow their sport on the only media platform­ available in this country.

All we ask is the­ opportunity to see the racing. No frills, no fancy­ add-ons, just flat out competition. I would say­ you've lost a formerly happy customer, but 1) you­ wouldn't care less, and 2) As I love the sport more­ than life itself, I have no choice but to continue­ watching your rapidly degrading coverage.

Well done­ Romed Baumann and Happy 50th to Lindsey Vonn.