Commentary on TNT and other WB brands

[Hugh Januss]

Whoever is announcing the Womens Burgos almost makes me long for Kirby. It's sleep inducing!

 

[argyllflyer]

It is six.

It was a joke regarding how painful it is.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Exclusive footage of Rob Hatch's angry polemic against Lefevere today;

https://twitter.com/x/status/1790876654790640047

 

[Savant12]

No, it's just six days, because of course the Four Days of Dunkirk is six days... what did you expect? Four days? Don't be silly...

Guess I’ll be looking forward to a one day classics race raced over 2 days.

 

[argyllflyer]

Kirby was supposed to be joined by Brian Smith though he seems to have been double booked by something or other. For the record I am well aware 4 Jours... is a six day event! 🤣 I have been logging the commentators of every race since 2012 and that tediously means watching every broadcast stage in case there is a swapover somewhere - Tour of Turkey this year an example.

 

[AmRacer]

Guess I’ll be looking forward to a one day classics race raced over 2 days.

On Saturday, DDV
On Sunday, RVV

2 day stage race

 

[Savant12]

Kirby was supposed to be joined by Brian Smith though he seems to have been double booked by something or other. For the record I am well aware 4 Jours... is a six day event! 🤣 I have been logging the commentators of every race since 2012 and that tediously means watching every broadcast stage in case there is a swapover somewhere - Tour of Turkey this year an example.

Appreciate the work you do. But still, it really bothers me about the name of the race when it hasn't been 4 stages for a long time. Just someone bloody call it "6 Days of Dunkirk".

 

[argyllflyer]

Appreciate the work you do. But still, it really bothers me about the name of the race when it hasn't been 4 stages for a long time. Just someone bloody call it "6 Days of Dunkirk".

yeah seems to be hanging onto a tradition for tradition's sake!

 

[argyllflyer]

this week's Grupetto with Robbie and Sean:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3OrkmtXEfM

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Appreciate the work you do. But still, it really bothers me about the name of the race when it hasn't been 4 stages for a long time. Just someone bloody call it "6 Days of Dunkirk".

It did, for a few years, nicely balance out the one day Driedaagse Brugge - De Panne.

 

[RedheadDane]

It did, for a few years, nicely balance out the one day Driedaagse Brugge - De Panne.

To be fair, De Panne was a bit quicker at changing the name than Dunkirk... that hasn't done it yet.

 

[Sandisfan]

To be fair, De Panne was a bit quicker at changing the name than Dunkirk... that hasn't done it yet.

Dunkirk name is from the Four days of the evacutation of Dunkirk during WWII. It doesn't refer to the number of race days.

 

[RedheadDane]

Dunkirk name is from the Four days of the evacutation of Dunkirk during WWII. It doesn't refer to the number of race days.

So, in order to make it really historically accurate, everyone should have to get to the coast, and catch a boat to the UK?

 

[Wyndbrook]

They're doing that already.

 

[tao bleeding heart]

I cannot help but be reminded of this Fast Show fella, C Hunt, when i have to watch/listen to A Blyth incessantly goofing & affectating like a top-bantz lad..

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd44jz-f1I0

 

[tao bleeding heart]

..and did i ever mention

The...... weird.
Unfluentstaccat-----ohhhhhhh........
deliveryof..................
Hannahbloodywalker?

it doesnt get any better.

 

[Squire]

I cannot help but be reminded of this Fast Show fella, C Hunt, when i have to watch/listen to A Blyth incessantly goofing & affectating like a top-bantz lad..

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd44jz-f1I0

Pairing Blythe and Rowe is the worst idea in commentary history. They're OK on their own (I'm one of the few who don't really mind Blythe too much), but when together the banter reaches unbearable levels.

 

[Potomac]

Pairing Blythe and Rowe is the worst idea in commentary history.

These last few minutes have been hell

 

[tao bleeding heart]

ohno.
i'm watching 2hours in arrears on record... i didnt think it could get worse.
"crikaaay.. rapid eye movement sleep... whats that... never heard of it.. crikaaay"

 

[Legatus]

..and did i ever mention

The...... weird.
Unfluentstaccat-----ohhhhhhh........
deliveryof..................
Hannahbloodywalker?

it doesnt get any better.

Is she the producer's girlfriend? How on earth did she get the plum job of on site reporting? Most of the time she looks like a rabbit caught in headlighjts. That voice could curdle milk.

 

[Legatus]

and cant be worse than Dani Rowe

Dani and her cyclin', sprintin', competin' . It's really annoyin'!

 

[Potomac]

The studio shot obeys the rules that applies to all similar broadcasts.

The woman is shown on profile, the men are show from the front.

 

[zlev11]

just awful annoying coverage today.

rowe and blythe just annoying bro idiots
constant cut aways to split screen to drop incredibly useless information
cant even show all the GC riders finish the stage before cutting away to the useless roundtable discussion
rob hatch "THIS IS AMAZING" "REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE" on one of the most boring grand tours ive ever seen. also did you know Quintana won the Giro 10 years ago???

 

[Sandisfan]

..and did i ever mention

The...... weird.
Unfluentstaccat-----ohhhhhhh........
deliveryof..................
Hannahbloodywalker?

it doesnt get any better.

Is she the producer's girlfriend? How on earth did she get the plum job of on site reporting? Most of the time she looks like a rabbit caught in headlighjts. That voice could curdle milk.

I don't know of where she was brought up but it almost seems like she was brought up in an area like wales and was brought up speaking Welsh with a thick original accent and she has trouble with regular standard English and when she starts her segments it like she has trouble to spit out the words in English at first which smooths out with a few other bouts as she spits out the English words later in her segments.

Dunno just sounds like that to me.

 

[Potomac]

I don't know of where she was brought up but it almost seems like she was brought up in an area like wales and was brought up speaking Welsh with a thick original accent and she has trouble with regular standard English and when she starts her segments it like she has trouble to spit out the words in English at first which smooths out with a few other bouts as she spits out the English words later in her segments.

Dunno just sounds like that to me.

I heard Hannah Walker's voice best described earlier in this thread.

It is like she has a really hot potato in her mouth.