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[BigMac]

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Kirby always laugh of his own stupid comments, it its so annoying , sick and tired of that character!

To be fair some of Kirbys little comments are quite funny and get a laugh from me, ita just a shame that Harmon was never re-hired. I liked him as the lead commentator and made a good partnership with Kelly.

Never re-hired for a reason.

The reason being?

He was good.

 

[argyllflyer]

Re: Re:

Kirby always laugh of his own stupid comments, it its so annoying , sick and tired of that character!

To be fair some of Kirbys little comments are quite funny and get a laugh from me, ita just a shame that Harmon was never re-hired. I liked him as the lead commentator and made a good partnership with Kelly.

Never re-hired for a reason.

The reason being?

Paste this exact phrase into google then scroll down the results:

david harmon, eurosport's presenter

 

[Escarabajo]

Looking forward for Atapuma's performance tomorrow!

 

[Choppy Warburton]

Re: Re:

Kirby always laugh of his own stupid comments, it its so annoying , sick and tired of that character!

To be fair some of Kirbys little comments are quite funny and get a laugh from me, ita just a shame that Harmon was never re-hired. I liked him as the lead commentator and made a good partnership with Kelly.

Never re-hired for a reason.

The reason being?

Paste this exact phrase into google then scroll down the results:

david harmon, eurosport's presenter

I had guessed it had to be something cagey, won't need to waste any more time wondering about him now that's for sure.

 

[MartinGT]

Kirby was posting some 'jokes' on Twitter the other day, pretty close to racism in this day and age.

The bloke is a total ***

 

[postmanhat]

Neither Plouay or Alberta on Eurosport this week

They were both on last year weren't they?

They were, but worse even, don't know if we will be seeing Québec and Montréal because of the US Open.

You're right

Half an hour of Quebec highlights at 2230 and an hour of Montreal at midnight. Neither seem to be clashing with anything except endless repeats of The Vuelta

 

[argyllflyer]

It's a shame it's in that order as I prefer the circuit used in the first of the two races.

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Kirby was posting some 'jokes' on Twitter the other day, pretty close to racism in this day and age.

The bloke is a total ***

He always does the 'Carlton Gag Friday', Some that his followers send in are quite funny. Obviously some go a little too far.

 

[argyllflyer]

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[staubsauger]

WCC only on British Eurosport or did they finally reached an agreement!?

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Blah blah blah Atapuma, blah blah blah Geoffrey Soupe, blah blah blah Ryder Hesjedal is a very good time trialist, blah blah, blah, repeat ad infinitum.

 

[BigMac]

Yep, same nonsense yesterday again. Atapuma this, Atapuma that, Atapuma 21st.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

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WCC only on British Eurosport or did they finally reached an agreement!?

The TV rights:
http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/...RoadWorldChampionships-TVPartners_Neutral.pdf
So the BBC will show it for the UK so we don't have to listen to Kirby or any others.

 

[argyllflyer]

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WCC only on British Eurosport or did they finally reached an agreement!?

The TV rights:
http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/...RoadWorldChampionships-TVPartners_Neutral.pdf
So the BBC will show it for the UK so we don't have to listen to Kirby or any others.

Though BBC's Worlds coverage in 2013 and 2014 was so erratic and haphazard, at least Eurosport will treat it with some respect and not shove it online or not show it at all.

Not a chance in hell BBC (unless they change their tune) will show the U23 race live for example. Even the TTT was red buttoned last year.

 

[TMP402]

Re: Re:

WCC only on British Eurosport or did they finally reached an agreement!?

The TV rights:
http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/...RoadWorldChampionships-TVPartners_Neutral.pdf
So the BBC will show it for the UK so we don't have to listen to Kirby or any others.

Though BBC's Worlds coverage in 2013 and 2014 was so erratic and haphazard, at least Eurosport will treat it with some respect and not shove it online or not show it at all.

Not a chance in hell BBC (unless they change their tune) will show the U23 race live for example. Even the TTT was red buttoned last year.

Be fair: I think they used a soccer commentator with Boardman last year (and Adam Blythe in 2013?) - and it was still incomparably better than any goofy Kirby perfomance I ever heard.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re: Re:

WCC only on British Eurosport or did they finally reached an agreement!?

The TV rights:
http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/...RoadWorldChampionships-TVPartners_Neutral.pdf
So the BBC will show it for the UK so we don't have to listen to Kirby or any others.

British Eurosport are showing it too. They already started advertising the race.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Re: Re:

WCC only on British Eurosport or did they finally reached an agreement!?

The TV rights:
http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/...RoadWorldChampionships-TVPartners_Neutral.pdf
So the BBC will show it for the UK so we don't have to listen to Kirby or any others.

British Eurosport are showing it too. They already started advertising the race.

Which is a good thing. Kirby commentating on every race is better than the BBC just doing the Mens and Womens road race. I won't be watching the BBC coverage due to the fact they have a big pre amble and then show the race, but keep cutting back to Jonathan Edwards and Boardman or Gilmore in some stufio by the finish.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Eurosport are also showing La Course by La Vuelta tommorrow.

 

[PremierAndrew]

I switch on the tv and the first thing I hear is Kirby talking about Froome. Does he ever stop ffs, he's not even in the race for crying out loud

 

[amih77]

Yesterday Kelly started calling Aru by the name of Fabian, and the pair totally failed to recognize during the Majka-Quintana attack that Purito's 2nd place was in jeopardy.

 

[Cycle Chic]

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Kirby was posting some 'jokes' on Twitter the other day, pretty close to racism in this day and age.

The bloke is a total ***

Just watching Wallonie...Kirby has got to go ! Backstedt cant get a word in. Kirby interrupting constantly.

All he does is tell us which riders are in view and whether they are riding in front of or behind another rider, who he thinks , because he can name them - from the rider list - he is the expert.

TOTAL *** HE HAS TO GO. I,ve suffered this twerp for years now...Can someone get a poll going and we submit it to Eurosport.

 

[TMP402]

It wasn't Kirby, maybe Rob Hatch(?) but someone on Eurosport just claimed Dylan Groenewegen was on the front in GP Impanis. Groenwegen broke his knee yesterday.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Actually, his name is Röb Hátch.

 

[elfed68]

I'm sure what they do is really difficult, and to be fair to all of them, they're all watching the same tv feed as everyone else, not like a football, rugby, tennis match where they'd be at the same venue.

 

[TMP402]

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I'm sure what they do is really difficult, and to be fair to all of them, they're all watching the same tv feed as everyone else, not like a football, rugby, tennis match where they'd be at the same venue.

They could double-check the startlist to make sure the guy they kept promoting for the win, while also claiming he was working on the front, and referring to his recent Brussels Cycling Classic win, is actually there, even if they weren't aware that he was in a big and controversial crash yesterday.