The BBC has been criticised for its coverage of today's 100-mile RideLondon cycle race after losing pictures as the lead riders completed the final minutes of the course.
Screens went blank as the cyclists pedalled along the last few kilometres through the capital, prompting producers to switch to a shot of crowds waiting on Whitehall.
Commentator Simon Brotherton said: "Just having one or two problems with the radio signal in the closing kilometres of this race - hopefully we'll get back to it as soon as possible."
They momentarily flashed to a shot of the leader at the time, Team Sky's Geraint Thomas, before the signal failed again.
Brotherton said: "This adds to the suspense, doesn't it, not actually seeing where he is on the road and how much they're closing in.
"We do apologise for the lack of pictures at this crucial point of the race but it just adds to the suspense."
Snippets of live footage were shown intermittently, but almost 10 minutes of the closing moments of the race were filled with images of crowds lining the streets with the commentator having to explain what was happening verbally.
The picture resumed in time for the finish on The Mall.
However, viewers were angered by Brotherton's comments.
Tracy B tweeted: "Losing the pictures did not 'add to the suspense' at such a vital part of the race."
Artist Grayson Perry wrote on Twitter: "BBC coverage of Ride London textbook anticlimax."
Robbie Mitchell said: "Embarrassingly poor TV coverage of the closing stages of #RideLondon - TDF manages broadcast from remote France, BBC can't manage C London!"
Jonathan Whittall tweeted: "Shocking coverage from BBC! How can you lose pictures in last 5km?"
A spokeswoman for the BBC said: "We are very sorry if some technical issues affected people's enjoyment of the race and we are looking into what happened."
