Atrocious TV direction in Montréal. An even worse version of the bad TV direction we had on a couple of Belgian spring classics.
Not once could we see what was happening in the chasing group, or even how Simmons' gap ahead of them was evolving. 2 camera-motorcycles and the helicopter (when he was present) stayed stuck for 20 minutes or so on the 2 UAE riders at the front of the race, after it had become clear that Simmons would not be able to catch up with them and that they would share the victory. Then there was 1 camera-motorcycle on Simmons, camera which never turned back to show if anything was coming behind, and that was it (we could only see Simmons himself trying to look back to assess his advance!).
25% of the cameras on Simmons; 75% utterly uselessly stuck on the 2 UAE riders (100% on static positions). 0% for the rest, the only place where something could happen.
On a side note, the TV director had already managed to miss the only thing everyone, all along the last 50 miles, expected and was waiting for: Pogatchar's attack from the peloton. You had one thing to do today, you've known it for a month, and oops... 😀
Bah, on each Grand Tour, you hear during 3 weeks the big teams always telling that they want to avoid podiums. Their wishes were fulfilled 🤣