With thousands of riders taking part in a mass-ride, alongside a UCI-sanctioned elite race, Cardiff hosted a ‘festival of cycling’ on Sunday 22 May; and the Velothon Wales 2016 race will be screened on UK terrestrial television on Saturday 28 May at 06:15 GMT and Ch4+1 at 07:15.
With tough climbs and a backdrop of historic castles, both routes on offer took in some of Wales’ most breath-taking scenery, before riding into the Welsh capital for the finish cheered on by thousands of fans. The TV show will be presented by Rob Walker with race commentary by Carlton Kirby and Matt Stephens.
Run 4 Wales is the local partner supporting IRONMAN in delivering Velothon Wales 2016.
In addition to Velothon Wales, specialist production firm Dream Team has an extensive line-up of TV programmes for this year – encompassing cycling, triathlon, marathon, obstacle and adventure events. The first Dream Team production of 2016 was the ASICS Greater Manchester Marathon, which took place on Sunday 10 April 2016 and was broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 April.
Endurance sport events coming up on Channel 4 in June and July include:
- Transvulcania Ultra Marathon – 4 June
- Bloodwise Blenheim Palace Triathlon – 18 June
- Ironman Staffordshire – 25 June
- Swansea Triathlon – 30 July
Having established a close partnership with Channel 4 television, Dream Team Television is one of the UK’s leading production companies specialising in multisport, adventure, athletics and motorsport programming. The company has an international reputation for producing some of the highest quality programmes in these specialist areas.
www.velothon-wales.co.uk
www.dreamteamtv.co.uk
www.channel4.com
