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And there's Johnny Foreigner, sparkling palmares but he has a dark side which we'd best not talk about right now....less said the better ho hum....
Chasing him down with aplomb it's Ryder Hesjedal, Grand Tour winner, English speaker, knight of the road, what a man!
And there's Johnny Foreigner, sparkling palmares but he has a dark side which we'd best not talk about right now....less said the better ho hum....
Chasing him down with aplomb it's Ryder Hesjedal, Grand Tour winner, English speaker, knight of the road, what a man!
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To be fair to CK, I don't think he can let a race go by that Ryder enters without mentioning earlier 'issues', usully referred to in a euphemistic way.
Choppy Warburton said:
To be fair to CK, I don't think he can let a race go by that Ryder enters without mentioning earlier 'issues', usully referred to in a euphemistic way.
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Again non-Eurosport but Ned Boulting said on the coverage of Brabantse Pijl that BIKE will have Trentino live (which was announced a few weeks back) as well as Romandie and then highlights of Tour de Yorkshire. There may have been a fourth event that I missed as he made reference to four upcoming things I believe. Anyone else catch that?
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Good news, Trentino and Romandie are probably the 2 biggest stage races that weren't live on British TV. I'm sure Tour de Yorkshire was live on ITV last year.
argyllflyer said:
Good news, Trentino and Romandie are probably the 2 biggest stage races that weren't live on British TV. I'm sure Tour de Yorkshire was live on ITV last year.
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TdY was also live on Eurosport. So we may get it x3? Twice live and then highlights on BIKE. I wish the picture quality was a bit better. It's nice that they're picking up the races ES don't usually show but there are steams with clearer pictures!
Pricey_sky said:
TdY was also live on Eurosport. So we may get it x3? Twice live and then highlights on BIKE. I wish the picture quality was a bit better. It's nice that they're picking up the races ES don't usually show but there are steams with clearer pictures!
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Ease up on the Kirby criticism. It's just a bike race, not the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Kirby is a true fan of the sport, warts and all.
He knows his role as a commentator, and that's to get all excited when things heat up. Sure, he can say some dumb things every once in a while, but it doesn't matter. At best he animates the race, and at worst he says really funny things.
That's a win-win in by books.
Kirby is a true fan of the sport, warts and all.
He knows his role as a commentator, and that's to get all excited when things heat up. Sure, he can say some dumb things every once in a while, but it doesn't matter. At best he animates the race, and at worst he says really funny things.
That's a win-win in by books.
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Most of the time I don't mind him, but when he focuses on one fringe rider for no apparent reason, it's annoying and on some level unprofessional. A newcomer to cycling would have thought Darwin Atapuma was favourite to win the 2014 Vuelta and that Thibaut Pinot was selfishly destroying Sébastien Reichenbach's chances of winning Pais Vasco.
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Yes ...Kirby making mistakes or saying silly things is not really an issue for me...annoying but no one is perfect
Its his bias in commentary to the point of undermining some riders in favour of others and also his propensity to say stuff that implies his knows what the riders are thinking or knows how they feel about situations, each other , etc when he clearly is just making *** up that drive me insane. Do not insult my intelligence
Listened again to some of the 2015 Vuelta final week...Well Kirby's bias towards Dumoulin was unbelievable...all because he has predicted before the race started that Dumoulin would do well
Dumoulin was very good in the race and a surprise but Kirby commented only on how good Dumoulin was and on how.when Dumoulin would win etc....He barely mentions alot of riders in the top 10 who finished higher than Dumoulin on GC and he was almost dismissive of Aru... Now I am no fan of Aru and quite like Dumoulin but this level of bias was sickening and unprofessional
TMP402 said:
Yes ...Kirby making mistakes or saying silly things is not really an issue for me...annoying but no one is perfect
Its his bias in commentary to the point of undermining some riders in favour of others and also his propensity to say stuff that implies his knows what the riders are thinking or knows how they feel about situations, each other , etc when he clearly is just making *** up that drive me insane. Do not insult my intelligence
Listened again to some of the 2015 Vuelta final week...Well Kirby's bias towards Dumoulin was unbelievable...all because he has predicted before the race started that Dumoulin would do well
Dumoulin was very good in the race and a surprise but Kirby commented only on how good Dumoulin was and on how.when Dumoulin would win etc....He barely mentions alot of riders in the top 10 who finished higher than Dumoulin on GC and he was almost dismissive of Aru... Now I am no fan of Aru and quite like Dumoulin but this level of bias was sickening and unprofessional
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While not good, I don't think the camera angle helped, most finishes either look down the finish line or have an aerial shot.
luckyboy said:
While not good, I don't think the camera angle helped, most finishes either look down the finish line or have an aerial shot.
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