Eurosport commentary

[sir fly]

Keith

Richards?!

 

[argyllflyer]

Yep Rob Hatch still dialling in from his Spanish isle as far as i know!

As soon as I say Rob Hatch is in Spain, he pops up in Bath:

 

[HelloDolly]

Robbie MCewen sayign the climb in todays Giro was only for power men
Adam Blythe talking a load of bull and so much of it on Ineos

Thank heaven for Sean Kelly who understood the climb and called the winner

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

And after 'Lenny' Kamna, Kirby is now calling 'Riney' Janse van Rensburg.

 

[Savant12]

And after 'Lenny' Kamna, Kirby is now calling 'Riney' Janse van Rensburg.

He’s mates with all of them.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Call me old fashioned, but I prefer commentary on site at the venue; the analysis is fine from a studio. I understand under Covid times that remote commentary was needed, but not now.
The World feed commentary are on site, and a shame we can't select it.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Call me old fashioned, but I prefer commentary on site at the venue; the analysis is fine from a studio. I understand under Covid times that remote commentary was needed, but not now.
The World feed commentary are on site, and a shame we can't select it.

But we have Wiggins on site for analysis which consisted of time trailing being the Race of Truth and that the guy who won the time trial is the strongest in the race and will win it.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Not Karsten Kroon bragging about how this morning he had brunch with both his ex- and current wife.

 

[HelloDolly]

How does one get the world feed

If you have a VPN which country do you log onto to get it ????

 

[fmk_RoI]

But we have Wiggins on site for analysis which consisted of time trailing being the Race of Truth and that the guy who won the time trial is the strongest in the race and will win it.

Did you catch him on Ewan's crash the other day? "Caleb went down. It looked like he had a crash." This is the level of insight that drives subscriptions.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Lol at Kelly bemoaning how slowly this race is unfolding: "Are kilometres in Hungary longer than they are in the rest of Europe?"

 

[fmk_RoI]

But at least the roadside fans get to see more of the race. Sideshow Rob says.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

But at least the roadside fans get to see more of the race. Sideshow Rob says.

Yesterday was a day made of Kirby. We could have found out all types of useless facts about Hungary and he would have had a bit of banter with Kelly. Hatch is poor on banter..it's all either semi-serious stuff or a bunch of shrieks,

 

[fmk_RoI]

Sideshow Rob did his best on useless facts about Hungary but he needed more than just the road book and its three or four facts which he kept recycling (that Best Town Square of 2017 one was ace, even the seventh time he said it).

Things got so bad yesterday I actually switched over the Dunkerque, where Kirby and Smithy were droning on.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Sideshow Rob did his best on useless facts about Hungary but he needed more than just the road book and its three or four facts which he kept recycling (that Best Town Square of 2017 one was ace, even the seventh time he said it).

Things got so bad yesterday I actually switched over the Dunkerque, where Kirby and Smithy were droning on.

This is generally the problem with having them broadcast from England as they're not able to give little anecdotes about bumping into riders or team officials or tell us about a cool cafe, stunning scenery or whatever. There's so many boring days in GTs that you need a bit of colour.

And yeah I switched over to Dunkerque as well. It felt strange listening to Kirby doing a fairy minor race while "Sideshow Rob" was with the lads on Giro duty.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

While that stage was on in the background I watched the MTB from Albstadt on Red Bull TV; and what a change to see everyone on site; commentary, post show/analysis. I fear under Discovery/Eurosport we may get the UK studio based commentary, as we see in Road/CX races.

 

[argyllflyer]

Eurosport have rarely had the commentary team on site. The Tour is an exception. There have been 'on site' pre and post shows though for the Giro/Vuelta, not the commentators themselves though.

 

[dusty red roads]

Looking at the new SBS Sports team, maybe it's Gerrans who wound up in McKewan's place. I think I prefer to listen to McKewen. But there's a bunch of others as well in this new team, so who knows what/why the dumped RMcK - anyway he's got a better gig it seems.

 

[HelloDolly]

The cringe volcano jokes, the lack of GC tactics or knowledge on the sofa and the repetitive sprinter stuff ....sigh

 

[dusty red roads]

I missed those (only saw the last few km). I thought he was mainly there for sprints.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

I do think they could do with a GT analyst, someone who challenged/ won a GT.

 

[yaco]

They have Sean Kelly on the coverage.

 

[Ranagazoo]

I do think they could do with a GT analyst, someone who challenged/ won a GT.

Like Wiggins?

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

I do think they could do with a GT analyst, someone who challenged/ won a GT.

Horner but since he has slagged off every GCN analyst (including Kelly who reckoned vdl did a good lead out on stage 3) I can't see that happening.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Like Wiggins?

Well he's bumbling about at the starts and finishes giving information that doesn't really add to the viewing.