BEEB critising OBS the IOC official broadcasting for the appalling coverage got this from guardian live feed.
So it was hugh porter and chris boardman had thankless task trying to keep us interested watching farce broadcasting.
Just hope these OBS do better job tomorrow. Was half expecting to them miss the finish it was that bad.
sorry way the thing reeds hard to copy feeds.
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16:46 BST
One last thing: The Beeb speak
"Roger Mosey, who is the Beeb's Director of London 2012 is blaming OBS, the IOC's host broadcaster, for the lack of graphics and timing during the road race.
"On road cycling, the BBC team shares the frustration about lack of graphics/info from the organisers," he tweeted during the race. "But exciting finish ahead. #BBC2012"
16:41 BST
That's all from me ...
Thanks for your time and your emails, I'll be back tomorrow for the women's road race, which is a 140 kilometre yomp around the same course that starts at noon. See you then.
16:38 BST
Regarding the appalling TV coverage of that race ...
I notice that the BBC have been quick to distance themselves from coverage of a road race that was uninformative, bordering on contemptuous.
Jake Humphries was on earlier pointing out that everyone at BBC HQ was just as fed up as their viewers at the lack of information being provided to them about which riders were in what groups, how far they had left to travel and what the time gaps were, but that they had to make do with the same feed as everyone else.
Hats off, then, to BBC commentators Hugh Porter and Chris Boardman who did a fairly excellent job under the circumstances, as they were clearly being given very little to work with.
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