2016, 70th Tour de Romandie, April 26th - May 1st, WT

[Jakub]

wow, Froomes eyes have become a bit asiatish, what kind of hell does he take?

 

[SeriousSam]

And those cyclinghub guys would be elite, top 1% posters here in terms of knowledge. Puts into perspective what a great job Kirby is usually doing.

On a different note, how did Reichenbach do today?

 

[BigMac]

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One of the cyclinghub guys is more clueless than Kirby. And that takes some going. At least other is decent.

Both of them are pretty bad to be honest (if it's the Dane and the Scot)

Norwegian I think? How come they've started chatting over the stream anyway? I'm back to hunting down streams "manually" now since I like to actually hear the race noise.

Dane. Jesper.

There are two.

The other is Scottish. David Hunter.

 

[BigMac]

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And those cyclinghub guys would be elite, top 1% posters here in terms of knowledge. Puts into perspective what a great job Kirby is usually doing.

On a different note, how did Reichenbach do today?

They really wouldn't, their previews are very bad, but I get your point.

 

[carolina]

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One of the cyclinghub guys is more clueless than Kirby. And that takes some going. At least other is decent.

I appreciate their effort, but seriously... One of them just can't shut up and 50% of what he says is rubbish. I'd rather listen to the Norwegian narrators (and I don't speak a single word of Norwegian !!).

then why didn't you use another stream?! lol...

 

[TomLPC]

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And those cyclinghub guys would be elite, top 1% posters here in terms of knowledge. Puts into perspective what a great job Kirby is usually doing.

On a different note, how did Reichenbach do today?

Got second in the GC, breakthrough performance

 

[dusty red roads]

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One of the cyclinghub guys is more clueless than Kirby. And that takes some going. At least other is decent.

This may be true, but I have to say I prefer the cyclinghub guys any day to Kirby!

 

[goggalor]

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The other is Scottish. David Hunter.

Um? The other is apparently called Remi, like I said I think he's Norwegian.

One of the cyclinghub guys is more clueless than Kirby. And that takes some going. At least other is decent.

Both of them are pretty bad to be honest (if it's the Dane and the Scot)

Norwegian I think? How come they've started chatting over the stream anyway? I'm back to hunting down streams "manually" now since I like to actually hear the race noise.

They only do this because there is no English broadcasting for the Tour de Romandie. In every other race they will again just stream the Eurosport commentary.

I see.

 

[SafeBet]

Quintana kept things in check and this helped Ion get on the podium.

I appreciated the two amateur podcasters. Yes, they were often clueless but you could still mute the stream in case you couldn't bear them.

 

[sir fly]

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And those cyclinghub guys would be elite, top 1% posters here in terms of knowledge. Puts into perspective what a great job Kirby is usually doing.

On a different note, how did Reichenbach do today?

Had to let the group go during the last selection 4 - 5 kms. to the finish.
Strong ride considering his team duties. He has the talent.

 

[SeriousSam]

I sure didn't hear any Scot today. Sounded like a Scandinavian version of an American accent.

 

[rei_da_montanha]

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The other is Scottish. David Hunter.

In the previews, yes it's David Hunter.

In this streams, the other guy is Norwegian, it's Remi from Firstcycling.

 

[BigMac]

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The other is Scottish. David Hunter.

Um? The other is apparently called Remi, like I said I think he's Norwegian.

Then it must be a new one. That guy never commented.

Can also be the second owner who is Dutch.

The other is Scottish. David Hunter.

In the previews, yes it's David Hunter.

In this streams, the other guy is Norwegian, it's Remi from Firstcycling.

Hunter doesn't just do previews. Until today I've never even heard of this Remi guy, the Scottish one used to commentate with Jesper.

But I stand corected, then.

 

[May0maniac]

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And those cyclinghub guys would be elite, top 1% posters here in terms of knowledge. Puts into perspective what a great job Kirby is usually doing.

On a different note, how did Reichenbach do today?

Nope, maybe Scottish guy, he knows a lot about sprints and sprinttrains, but the other guy isn't exactly the most knowledgeable.
I can't stand Kirby, that's why I usually go for a Sporza stream, I'm only able to understand a few words, but that's fine.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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One of the cyclinghub guys is more clueless than Kirby. And that takes some going. At least other is decent.

Both of them are pretty bad to be honest (if it's the Dane and the Scot)

Well they aren't getting paid for it.

Sure, but they are mostly clueless about cycling. They could at least learn a bit about the sport and its history, the races and the riders before commentating.

 

[jaylew]

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Both of them are pretty bad to be honest (if it's the Dane and the Scot)

Norwegian I think? How come they've started chatting over the stream anyway? I'm back to hunting down streams "manually" now since I like to actually hear the race noise.

Dane. Jesper.

There are two.

The other is Scottish. David Hunter.

Not the two who commentated today. Both Scandinavian as they mentioned. One was Norwegian.

 

[Gloin22]

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One of the cyclinghub guys is more clueless than Kirby. And that takes some going. At least other is decent.

Both of them are pretty bad to be honest (if it's the Dane and the Scot)

Well they aren't getting paid for it.

What about giving some credit to a guy who provide a HD stream without understandable commentary ? So he wants to add more value by covering the stream with his comments. Sounds pretty brave and nice to me. But you would probably be better at this job.. And as well said. For free.

I appreciate their service. (on sidenote the owner does make money from website revenue so it's not like he's doing it all just for fun)

Doesn't mean I cant comment on the quality of their commentating which lacks coherence and especially Jasper fella seem to fail to understand cycling much with his curious remarks. The other guy at least states the obvious without sounding stupid. I still like listening to it because Im used to the commentary, but the level of it is pretty low, that's all.

 

[AlexNYC]

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One of the cyclinghub guys is more clueless than Kirby. And that takes some going. At least other is decent.

I appreciate their effort, but seriously... One of them just can't shut up and 50% of what he says is rubbish. I'd rather listen to the Norwegian narrators (and I don't speak a single word of Norwegian !!).

then why didn't you use another stream?! lol...

I keep hoping the guy who talks too much learns to take it easy. If he can do that, they'll be OK. But I do miss the ambient race noise...

 

[LaFlorecita]

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And those cyclinghub guys would be elite, top 1% posters here in terms of knowledge. Puts into perspective what a great job Kirby is usually doing.

On a different note, how did Reichenbach do today?

Nope, maybe Scottish guy, he knows a lot about sprints and sprinttrains, but the other guy isn't exactly the most knowledgeable.

The Scottish guy knows slightly more than the Dane, but he is a huge Sky fanboy so that evens it out

 

[rei_da_montanha]

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[CheckMyPecs]

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The Scottish guy knows slightly more than the Dane, but he is a huge Sky fanboy so that evens it out

Scots in general are huge fans of everything Rupert Murdoch.

 

[rei_da_montanha]

Hunter doesn't just do previews. Until today I've never even heard of this Remi guy, the Scottish one used to commentate with Jesper.

But I stand corected, then.

I was talking about today stream. Remi is the 'boss' of Firstcycling, great site btw.

 

[Red Rick]

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One of the cyclinghub guys is more clueless than Kirby. And that takes some going. At least other is decent.

Both of them are pretty bad to be honest (if it's the Dane and the Scot)

Well they aren't getting paid for it.

Sure, but they are mostly clueless about cycling. They could at least learn a bit about the sport and its history, the races and the riders before commentating.

What makes me cringe is that they a) claim to be huge fans, but then proceed to not know basic things, and b) keep talking about their own fantasy cycling teams.

 

[jaylew]

I'lll admit the main cyclinghub guy can be a bit annoying at times but he's not a professional and maybe he'll learn that he doesn't have to talk all the time (silence is ok from time to time) and get a bit better. I appreciate what he does and that they offered English commentary even if it wasn't perfect.

I don't expect to get tons of knowledge from a cycling commentator. Frankly we have more of that here so pretty much everybody sounds clueless at times. And I certainly don't mind a little misidentification as it's just hard to tell sometimes. I really just want to be entertained which is why I'm one of the few around here who likes Kirby - he entertains me and usually is partnered with someone with a bit of inside knowledge.

 

[TMobile41]

The cyclinghub guys are not that bad...I think they are better than Kirby at least ... Well for me Sporza is light-years away the best one... i think you guys should just learn dutch, it is worth it