Commentary on TNT and other WB brands

[Netserk]

Rob Hatch is just so super annoying with his prententious over-pronunciation and overhyping of everything that goes on in a bike race.

Also, I really do miss Rolf Sørensen. Second year in a row he misses out and Im fearing he's not coming back in TdF at least. Super sharp race analysis most of the time. And if he doesn't, I hope they pick up Michael Rasmussen who's the best analyst in Denmark by a mile and most importantly, calls it as he sees it with no regards of nationalities. But that ship has probably sailed a while ago

Eurosport was much better than TV2, at least in the stages without Brian Holm.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

The German commentator at the TdFF just said that the last two days weren‘t really flat. I‘m sorry, yesterday had 700 vertical meters, the day before probably less than 1000. I don‘t know why the commentators keep being ridiculous in women‘s races and pretending every speedbump is the Mont Ventoux.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Ben Swift: is in the breakaway
Brandon Smith Rivera: crashes in the Peloton
Jez Cox: Did Ben Swift finish? Because that looks like it might have been him there.

Is he colorblind, generally unable to see the size of riders and has short-term memory loss about what the race situation at 200 meters to go was?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Eurosport was much better than TV2, at least in the stages without Brian Holm.

Agree, Im definitely leaning Eurosport these days without Holm, although I don't think TV2 is bad either. Holm is just bad - has he always been THIS bad? I think as a DS, he's really good at a lot of other stuff, but really bad at analyzing a bike race.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Ben Swift: is in the breakaway
Brandon Smith Rivera: crashes in the Peloton
Jez Cox: Did Ben Swift finish? Because that looks like it might have been him there.

Is he colorblind, generally unable to see the size of riders and has short-term memory loss about what the race situation at 200 meters to go was?

TBF all you could really see was an Ineos kit flying sideways through the group at the front of the field just as the break was being absorbed on the finish line. That said Cox generally annoys me. It's as if he's watching on his phone, particularly at cross races where he routinely misses things happening. Case in point we clearly see one of 3 leaders fall just as they cut away and Cox goes on with whatever little travelogue he was recounting. Two minutes later when the now 2 leaders come into view old Jez wonders if maybe the third couldn't hack the pace anymore.

 

[yaco]

TBF all you could really see was an Ineos kit flying sideways through the group at the front of the field just as the break was being absorbed on the finish line. That said Cox generally annoys me. It's as if he's watching on his phone, particularly at cross races where he routinely misses things happening. Case in point we clearly see one of 3 leaders fall just as they cut away and Cox goes on with whatever little travelogue he was recounting. Two minutes later when the now 2 leaders come into view old Jez wonders if maybe the third couldn't hack the pace anymore.

It's because when Cox is telling a story during the coverage he takes his eye off the screen which i do not understand.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

"After this break, we'll be looking at superstitions and do they really work?"

That should be a one word debate.