Eurosport commentary

[RedheadDane]

I assume swear words are a part of it, too, but the teams definitely wouldn't have agreed to it, expecially not for just 5000 Euros, if it could give their opponents some very useful intel.

Teams would definitely need to be creative. Invent some sort of code, or something.
Of course, as we learned a few years ago, when Pogacar goes solo off the front, not even his teammates understand what Hauptman is saying! Well... Novak does, I guess.

 

[ontheroad]

Wouldn't have been a huge fan of Vaughters but he has been very good on Eurosport, can read a race, offers good insight and doesn't really engage in the childish banterish stuff while also having a sense of humour!

 

[davidsonduke]

BTW, it was Blythe who spotted Cav's gear issues in the sprint. Didn't hear anyone else mention it before Cav's interview.

 

[tobydawq]

BTW, it was Blythe who spotted Cav's gear issues in the sprint. Didn't hear anyone else mention it before Cav's interview.

I did wonder why he sat down and thought maybe his gearing was just too small or something.

 

[davidsonduke]

11-12-11-12. Ouch.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Wouldn't have been a huge fan of Vaughters but he has been very good on Eurosport, can read a race, offers good insight and doesn't really engage in the childish banterish stuff while also having a sense of humour!

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

 

[Izzyeviel]

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This is an amazing insight to the production. Look at the screen.

 

[Potomac]

Those heels!
Leave them on, please.

 

[Izzyeviel]

I cursed him didn't I?

 

[saunaking]

I watched the breakaway before today's stage and actually, the segment
where Dan Lloyd is the race director talking to jumbo visma in the bus was pretty awesome!

Dan does a great job

 

[fmk_RoI]

At last, we've got some real criticism of Eurosport.

Anders Mielke got Mads Pedersen's name tattooed on his thigh, following a bet. Now Mikkel Tofte Langerhuus is hitting out, saying that "The TV coverage of the world's biggest cycling race has become one big club". Brian Holm has joined in, calling journalist fanboys and fangirls.

Detail (in Danish): https://journalisten.dk/tour-de-fra...vn-paa-laaret-kaster-al-integritet-over-bord/

 

[RedheadDane]

At last, we've got some real criticism of Eurosport.

Anders Mielke got Mads Pedersen's name tattooed on his thigh, following a bet. Now Mikkel Tofte Langerhuus is hitting out, saying that "The TV coverage of the world's biggest cycling race has become one big club". Brian Holm has joined in, calling journalist fanboys and fangirls.

Detail (in Danish): https://journalisten.dk/tour-de-fra...vn-paa-laaret-kaster-al-integritet-over-bord/

Mielke should just stop making bets with Mads P.
First he spent a few days at the Giro with just one shaved leg, because he'd said he'd shave a leg for each of Mads' stage wins, but then of course Mads only won one stage. And now this.

 

[MartinGT]

That Jonathan, what does he add? 'Here's how to cook an egg' *yawn*

 

[Abedfo]

That Jonathan, what does he add? 'Here's how to cook an egg' *yawn*

Absolute posh twit. Muted everytime he comes on.

 

[Abedfo]

Some say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. However our CK breaks this mould. His ever evolving understanding of the sport and the growth of his cycling lexicon knows no bounds. His new go to is "auto-pacing" with motorbikes. He bloody loves it.

 

[awavey]

I say the Cyclist magazine podcast describes CK as the Terry Wogan of cycling commentary

I quite like Jonathan's recipe bit to break up the monotony of the stages

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Adam Blythe said that, if he had been told in advance that there would be four British riders in the top ten on Grand Colombier, that with the exception of Pidcock, he would never have guessed that it would be these four.

So who did he expect to be more likely to finish in the top ten on a mountain stage than Adam and Simon Yates (both in the top 20 climbers, and top 15 GC riders in the world by PCS) and 63 kg James Shaw, who had just top tenned on Puy de Dome?
Apparently Ben Turner, Fred Wright and, presumably, Mark Cavendish.

Adam Blythe is employed as an expert analyst.

 

[HelloDolly]

Adam Blythe is employed as an expert analyst.

He talks the biggest load of gibberish
The other day he even upset CK which seems hard to do when he basically told CK to shut up ...which should have earned him brownie points ...but no cos he is dreadful to listen to...I groan when I hear he is coming on

 

[tao bleeding heart]

just a few points...
1)sick to death of HyperbOrla telling us that this is the greatest TdF ever (izzenehht?)
2)sick to death of the whole tourdefrancefemmesaveczwift being said at every mention of this race.
3)Marty McCrossen/McDonald is still totally unbearable

 

[awavey]

just a few points...
1)sick to death of HyperbOrla telling us that this is the greatest TdF ever (izzenehht?)
2)sick to death of the whole tourdefrancefemmesaveczwift being said at every mention of this race.
3)Marty McCrossen/McDonald is still totally unbearable

Every race is the bestest ever these days, I'm not sure why they have to join in the hype machine but it seems to be the instruction they get from the production team.

As is rolling out the full name of the race, keeps the sponsor happy, as tbf if you weren't a fan of pro women's cycling, would you even know Zwift were the sponsor ?

As for 3) Ive got nothing

 

[Wyndbrook]

And the good points, come on you can't just moan.

 

[tao bleeding heart]

And the good points, come on you can't just moan.

the good points are mainly on ITV4...
namely, David Millar, observing & explaining the actions at the front of a fast moving breakaway/peloton (often missed completely by the ES mob)
although Dan L, together with Robbie Mc or Sean K, are eminently listenable

 

[awavey]

And the good points, come on you can't just moan.

theyre not on for another 3 weeks, well except Marty but whatever good points there maybe its hard to reconcile when like today, instead of showing the podium presentation properly in Paris, theyre just busy chatting away and talking to random riders who werent providing great race insight and wanted just to go off and be with their teams.

and I wasnt comfortable with the way Orla was questioning Fred Wright or Matej Mohoric about whether they were "alright", that seemed a deeply personal question that maybe post race when the cameras are all switched off, she can ask as a concerned friend, but as a broadcaster talking to millions of people watching you dont ask people how they are dealing with grief like that, what does she expect them to say, no were still grieving for our colleague & friend who died ? which they clearly still are when you see the emotion when they win a stage.

 

[fmk_RoI]

1)sick to death of HyperbOrla telling us that this is the greatest TdF ever (izzenehht?)

TBF to Chennaoui she is just reflecting the voice of a major part of the fandom, who have morphed into Springfield's Comic Book Guy and declare every race the best edition ever. Hell, there's even a sector of the fandom openly embracing precognition and calling future races the best ever. See, for instance, the Vuelta, which round this time of the year is typically forecast to be the bestest ever, with the most stacked field in the whole history of the ever ever.

That said, those fans are fukcing annoying and Chennaoui really shouldn't be playing to them. But that's Eurosport/GCN for you. They know their audience.

 

[fmk_RoI]

Has to be said: July is my favourite cycling month as I don't have to watch races with Eurosport/GCN commentators and get to enjoy the pleasure of watching races in Irish on TG4. The last few weeks have been bliss.