I like listening to Robbie and always have done. Jez Cox however grinded my gears while catching up on this week's latest semi classic from Belgium, saying that Bruges-De Panne was the 'unofficial sprinter's world championship' at least a dozen times. Did something happen over covid times that elevated the remnant of a good fun '4 stages in 3 days' chipper into something of that ilk? I have never heard it referred to that way.
Jez Cox says all sorts of weird things. He repeatedly referred to the Faun Ardeche Classic as part of the French cycling's "opening weekend," even though GP La Marseillaise was 3 weeks earlier and has been the opener in France in forever. Not to mention that GCN/ES had aired not only GP La Marseillaise but also 2 other stage races in France in the previous weeks.
Or during a women's cross race, Cox made a random comment of something like, "Just got throw this out there, you never know when a rider is on her period."
He's also the only English-language commentator that only refers to Alaphillipe as "LouLou," which is annoying partially because that's not the only rider with a similarly sounding nickname. I'm looking forward to when Alaphilippe gets dropped in a race and Cox says, "Hmmmmm, I wonder if LouLou has an inopportune erection."