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[lemon cheese cake]

This is the equivalent of stealing second off of some lazy play in the outfield on a single. I've got some absolute long distance bombs that were only TLDR singles

I also forgot Dan Martin as an option for more recent GC contenders - he'd probably be pretty good if he wanted to go into it.

I was thinking about Dan Martin yesterday as a good candidate. He always came across well in the diaries section in the Procycling magazine. I think he's busy with whatever project he announced he was going to do this year after retiring though.

 

[HelloDolly]

Nicolas Roche was good at GCN and has come out of his cocoon alot

i think he would make a great addition to the GCN team

but can pick him up on the host broadcaster to hear his thoughts ....what I like about him is he sees and details stuff other dont ..plus sometimes you dont need shouting comms

 

[HelloDolly]

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[fenns]

is Carlton Kirby doing the TdF for Discovery+ (Europsort)?

 

[lemon cheese cake]

is Carlton Kirby doing the TdF for Discovery+ (Europsort)?

Yes, he's just entered the commentary booth.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

McEwan: I don't want to jinx him.
Laporte: Immediately falls

 

[Alberto Fishwick]

I enjoyed that even more as GCN is about 30 seconds behind french telly so even as he said it I knew what was coming.

 

[ooo]

Nicolas Roche with Ant McCrossan on world feed ... ok

cremation plans ads inside itv cycling coverage... is that normal for uk?

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Nicolas Roche with Ant McCrossan on world feed ... ok

cremation plans ads inside itv cycling coverage... is that normal for uk?

Yep. Very normal. That and life insurance with Michael Parkinson offering you a free parker pen.

 

[davidsonduke]

 

[postmanhat]

Nicolas Roche with Ant McCrossan on world feed ... ok

cremation plans ads inside itv cycling coverage... is that normal for uk?

Pretty much all ads on afternoon TV in The UK are reminders that you, someone you know, or a complete stranger/donkey, are likely to shuffle off this mortal coil sooner rather than later. I think the assumption is that most of the viewing audience at that time is pensioners. Is it not the same in other countries?

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Wiggins cannot mention Quickstep without pointing out that they didn't bring Mark Cavendish.

 

[Sandisfan]

There might be a new Eurosport/GCN drinking game (sorry, Sean Kelly). Everytime, Adam Blythe mentions "Ineos" take a drink.

That is So irresponsible "Sarcasm Tag" That drinking game would inevitbly lead to mass Alcohol Poisoning.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

That is So irresponsible "Sarcasm Tag" That drinking game would inevitbly lead to mass Alcohol Poisoning.

Very true. I work in a bar and I fear we wouldn’t have enough booze for such a game.

 

[luckyboy]

Already going badly for Kirby..

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Hatch not sure on pronounciation of a word? What is this? I think the world might be about to end!

 

[Alberto Fishwick]

"Bouche-amuse" - give me strength. The bloke reckons to have lived in France for flip's sake.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Whoever decided to put Sir Brad on a bike deserves a rise. Always fun to watch

 

[Baldinger]

Already going badly for Kirby..

Yeah, embarrassing stuff from Kirby and Sean Kelly not recognizing the portrait of Chris Anker Sørensen. "Whom are we looking at? Whoever Chris was, we salute you."

 

[Monte Serra]

Adam Blythe still manages to bring up Cav when discussing Jakobsen's victory:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1543256035275808770

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/eurosport/status/1543256035275808770

 

[ooo]

Background image looks bad (cam recording of monitos with cgi?), camera man doesn't help
(look like he was instructed to move around so we know that this is not a green screen)

They also posted "reaction" video on SportsOrla twitter, doesn't look like it was broadcasted.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1543334948882505734

View: https://twitter.com/eurosport/status/1543334948882505734

 

[Rackham]

Sean Kelly needs to go easy on the "poor bike handler" label he assigns certain riders (Roglic, Thomas etc.).

When a peloton is charging into a sprint or going full gas on narrow roads, it's a lottery. Some riders are also smaller, lighter & get mauled way easier.

I find the whole "this rider is from cross so he's a great bike handler" or "this rider is a better bike handler because he went through all the youth categories" argument completely misplaced with regards to at least 90% of the crashes we witness in modern cycling.

It's a meat grinder out there.

 

[hayneplane]

This is the equivalent of stealing second off of some lazy play in the outfield on a single. I've got some absolute long distance bombs that were only TLDR singles

I also forgot Dan Martin as an option for more recent GC contenders - he'd probably be pretty good if he wanted to go into it.

Martin comes off as knowledgeable but really relatable and happy to converse with his followers on Twitter. As a contender for top 10s in the Froome/Contador/Nibali era along with a very brief time in the same team as Pogacar he should have plenty of relevant recent insight into training and preparation as well as tactics.

 

[HelloDolly]

Martin comes off as knowledgeable but really relatable and happy to converse with his followers on Twitter. As a contender for top 10s in the Froome/Contador/Nibali era along with a very brief time in the same team as Pogacar he should have plenty of relevant recent insight into training and preparation as well as tactics.

LIke Dan Martin, knowledgeable and smart . Great on the written stuff but not soo good orally ...tends to hum and haw and ramble

Might be ok in the studio rather than on comms

 

[hayneplane]

LIke Dan Martin, knowledgeable and smart . Great on the written stuff but not soo good orally ...tends to hum and haw and ramble

Might be ok in the studio rather than on comms

Swap him on the sofa for Blythe and most of the forum would be much happier!

Most of his interviews have been when gasping for air at the end of a huge mountain stage finish when he is half dead so to expect great insight then is a big ask.