Recent content by damoski

During one of the technical and fast descents at the Dauphine on Saturday we were treated to Carlton telling us, in all seriousness, how he was a really good descender and that it comes naturally to him. I almost threw something at the TV! I wont even begin to describe the mess they made...

Yes, but we are talking about the same TV channel that seems to be happy to have left their long standing lead commentator out in the cold. I wouldn't like to speculate on what has gone on behind the scenes between DH and ES but I do hope they can find a way so that David can come back some time...

Yeah, me too. Proper commentary that was well informed, serious, entertaining and coherent. It's been a while since I've heard Dan Lloyd in that role and thought he was excellent! The sync with ES was spot on too which can be frustrating sometimes. When Kirby said something early on about a...

Exactly! Which is why, during the GT's, Kirby was confined to the Eurosport 'dungeon' so he could liven up dull stages with trivia and his slightly bonkers view on things. Something that he is actually pretty good at and dare I say it, I quite enjoy on a 5 hour flat stage across Brittany'...

I couldn't agree more. After 3 days of guff I must have shouted "f**k off Carlton" at the tv at least five times. He treats viewers as if they are watching cycling for the first time. Yesterday he was laughing at J Rod being known as Purito, laughing that it is Spanish for Little cigar and he'd...

So that's the lot ruined except for the Giro then! :( During last year's Tour I ended up listening to P&P or switching to BBC 5 Live things got so bad! I know he wasn't everyone's cup of tea but I really to miss David Harmon. I'm glad to see he is more active again on Twitter and in a better...