How The Tour De France Is Filmed (It's A Technical Masterpiece!)

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One of the BEST GCN videos ever! Even better than when part of a media conglomerate! Should have been posted at the start of the race.

Absolutely mind boggling! The TdF footage has got to be the best live event footage ever! Year on year fantastic almost cinematic. I've watched the TdF for years and years, right back to the early 90s, well before I actually got into road riding! One of the main draws was the fantastic footage of the beautiful scenery, something that still amazes me! In contrast the Tour of Britain is being broadcast over mobile 4g networks! Flat spot dropouts and all! 😂 They'll be using iPhones to film it too! 😂😂😂😂

filming the TDF is incredible. I love to see the how they also show us the beautiful scenery where they race. Amazing!

Amazing!....So many of us take it all for granted these days without questioning how it is done.

It's fascinating. I've been in the broadcasting business my entire career, and while I enjoy the race, I'm also enthralled by the production itself. Also, the two shots of the stadiums mentioned at the beginning are the football and baseball stadiums in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where I live. So, I was surprised to see them used as examples in this video. I would love to hear more about the camera operators on the motorcycles. I ride motorcycles and am always blown away by the shots they deliver from the back of an accelerating, braking, bobbing, and weaving motorcycle. Those folks are very talented!!

I’d like to know more about the size of the camera operators cohones. 100km/hr down a mountain while stood up with a camera 😳

I felt like Alex's "Love you, bye" was lacking in proper enthusiasm. Somewhere (likely on a climb in the Alps), Ollie is shaking his head.

Amazing all the parts involved to make sure that the signal is crisp and delivered live. I had wondered what they did in the most remote areas of the race. Very interesting!

Great great content GCN!!! Congratulations and thank you!!

Great look behind the scenes! You answered questions I’ve always had! That helicopter-helicopter-airplane-airplane-satellite dish relay is mind boggling. And then you have to get that flight path approved. Can you do another video showing how they choose which camera feed to use? Is there a massive control center? How much of a delay is there? Who makes the graphics? How many of the graphics are premade vs put together on the fly? Are stat sheets put together for every cyclist in the race? How much are commentators relying on their professional knowledge and pre-race research?

Everything at the tour is top class. The Marketing form strategy to the tiniest details is peerless. Best racing by far. Most excited fans. Etc etc

I watch the extended highlights on the Tour YouTube channel. They are stunning.

Love this, very well done. I have often wondered how they get the signal from some of those remote locations, had no idea of the layers of aircraft. I wonder what the coverage was like before the year 2000. Perhaps this will evolve to drones and LEO satellites in the future, altho the airspace above the race is probably highly controlled.

We need to use more "on-board" footage. That's always the best and most exciting. I know it's difficult for live TV, but I also know it can be worked out. It is IMO the best way to see the most exciting parts of the race.

the sky is the limit and you are producing creative topics!! thank you.

Fascinating. Great video. I never knew getting the video onto my TV screen was so complex.

Thanks! Well done and very informative

What about the camera operators standing on the back of the motorcycle?!

I remember the times of eurosport app where you could pick which cam you are watching. That was a neat feature.