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Only a mere 45mins of pre show today...foolish of me to expect more than 90mins of actual race coverage 🙄

and i thought the contrast between the way the motorsport guys before the pre show started were commentating on their race shows the difference, they were talking about all kinds of very interesting topics, mental health, tyres, track grip etc related to the race, calling out stuff that was happening in front of them & potential strategies.

Versus yeah it's a sexy race erm on gravel which is white...Great thanks for that insight. Oh and here's some interviews from the men's race whilst the women are actually racing and we'll pick Vos as a top pick because well she won the last race and that's how bike racing works right and we cant be bothered to do more recon of the startlist than that.

Rant over, I would stay and watch the rest of it but Ill watch it on fast forward later.
 
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Eurosport /Discovery+ commentary pairings season 2024 (men's elite):

(WT=World Tour; PS=Pro Series, ET=Europe Tour, AT=Asia Tour)

WT: Tour Down Under (live from 16/1): Cox & Blythe
ET: Challenge Mallorca: Trofeo Calvia (live on 24/1): Hatch & Smith
ET: Challenge Mallorca: Trofeo Ses Salines (live on 25/1): Hatch & Smith
ET: Challenge Mallorca: Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana (live on 26/1): Hatch & Smith
ET: Challenge Mallorca: Trofeo Polenca (live on 27/1): Hatch & Smith
WT: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (live on 28/1): (host broadcaster package feat. Phil Liggett)
ET: Challenge Mallorca: Trofeo Palma (live on 28/1): Hatch & Smith
ET: Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise (live on 28/1): Been & Walker
AT: AlUla Tour (live from 30/1): Cox & McEwen
PS: Volta a La Comunitat Valenciana (live from 31/1): Hatch & Stephens
ET: Tour de la Provence (live from 8/2): Been & Smith
ET: Vuelta Ciclista de Murcia (live on 10/2): Walker & York
ET: Figuera Champions Classic (live on 10/2): Cox & McEwen
PS: Clasica de Almeria (live on 11/2): Hatch & Walker
PS: Tour of Oman (highlights from 11/2): Kirby (solo)
ET: Clasica Jaen Paraiso Interior (live on 12/2): Hatch & Blythe
PS: Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (live from 16/2): Kirby & Smith (stages 1, 2, 4 and 5 cancelled)
PS: Volta ao Algarve (live from 14/2): Hatch & McEwen (stages 1-4), Smith (stage 5)
ET: Classic VAR (live on 16/2): Been & Stephens
ET: Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var (live from 17/2): Been & Stephens
WT: UAE Tour (live from 19/2): Kirby & Smith
ET: O Gran Camino (live from 22/2): Cox & Field
PS: Faun-Ardeche Classic (live on 24/2): Been & York
WT: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (live on 24/2): Stephens & Smith
PS: Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (live on 25/2): Stephens & McEwen
ET: Faun Drome Classic (live on 25/2): Been & York
ET: Le Samyn (live on 27/2): Been & Stephens
PS: Trofeo Laigueglia (live on 28/2): Kirby & Smith
WT: Strade Bianche (live on 2/3): Hatch, Lloyd, Blythe & Nathan Van Hooydonck
ET: Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monsere (live on 3/3): Cox & McEwen
WT: Paris-Nice (live from 3/3): Hatch & Kelly
WT: Tirreno-Adriatico (live from 4/3): Kirby & McEwen
PS: Milan-Torino (live on 13/3): Hatch & McEwen
PS: Danilith Nokere Koerse (live on 13/3): Been & Smith
PS: Grand Prix de Denain - Porte du Hainaut (live on 14/3): Been & Smith
ET: Bredene Koksijde Classic (live on 15/3): Been & Smith
WT: Milan-Sanremo (live on 16/3): Kirby, Hatch, McEwen, Blythe & Daniel Oss
ET: Cholet Pays de la Loire (live on 17/3): Been & Smith
WT: Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (live from 18/3): Kirby & Smith
WT: Classic Brugge - De Panne (live on 20/3): Cox & McEwen
WT: E3 Saxo Classic (live on 22/3): Hatch & Blythe
WT: Gent-Wevelgem (live 24/3): Cox & Blythe
ET: La Roue Tourangelle (live 24/3): Been & Stephens
WT: Dwars Door Vlaanderen (live 27/3): Kirby & Stephens
ET: Route Adelie de Vitre (live 29/3): Cox & Stephens
ET: Volta NXT Classic (live 30/3): Been & Stephens
PS: Gran Premio Miguel Indurain (live 30/3): Cox & Smith
WT: Ronde van Vlaanderen (live 31/3): Kirby, Lloyd and McEwen
WT: Itzulia Basque Country (live from 1/4): Kirby & Smith
PS: Scheldeprijs (live on 3/4): Cox & Field
WT: Paris-Roubaix (live on 7/4): Hatch, Lloyd, Blythe & Kelly
ET: Il Giro d'Abruzzo (live from 9/4): Been & Smith
PS: Brabantse Pijl (live on 10/4): tbc
ET: Classic Grand Bescancon Doubs (live on 12/4): tbc
ET: Tour of Jura (live on 13/4): tbc
WT: Amstel Gold Race (live on 14/4): tbc
ET: Tour of Doubs (live on 14/4): tbc
PS: Tour of the Alps (live from 15/4): tbc
WT: La Fleche Wallone (live on 17/4): tbc
PS: Tour of Turkey (live from 21/4): tbc
WT: Liege-Bastogne-Liege (live on 21/4): tbc
WT: Tour de Romandie (live from 23/4): tbc
PS: Grand Prix du Morbihan (live on 4/5): tbc
WT: Giro d'Italia (live from 4/5): tbc
ET: Elfstedenronde Brugge (live on 5/5): tbc
PS: Tour de Hongrie (live from 8/5): tbc
ET: Circuit de Wallonie (live on 9/5): tbc
 
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argyllflyer said:
Eurosport /Discovery+ commentary pairings season 2024 (men's elite):

(WT=World Tour; PS=Pro Series, ET=Europe Tour, AT=Asia Tour)

WT: Tour Down Under (live from 16/1): Cox & Blythe
ET: Challenge Mallorca: Trofeo Calvia (live on 24/1): Hatch & Smith
ET: Challenge Mallorca: Trofeo Ses Salines (live on 25/1): Hatch & Smith
ET: Challenge Mallorca: Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana (live on 26/1): Hatch & Smith
ET: Challenge Mallorca: Trofeo Polenca (live on 27/1): Hatch & Smith
WT: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (live on 28/1): (host broadcaster package feat. Phil Liggett)
ET: Challenge Mallorca: Trofeo Palma (live on 28/1): Hatch & Smith
ET: Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise (live on 28/1): Been & Walker
AT: AlUla Tour (live from 30/1): Cox & McEwen
PS: Volta a La Comunitat Valenciana (live from 31/1): Hatch & Stephens
ET: Tour de la Provence (live from 8/2): Been & Smith
ET: Vuelta Ciclista de Murcia (live on 10/2): Walker & York
ET: Figuera Champions Classic (live on 10/2): Cox & McEwen
PS: Clasica de Almeria (live on 11/2): Hatch & Walker
PS: Tour of Oman (highlights from 11/2): Kirby (solo)
ET: Clasica Jaen Paraiso Interior (live on 12/2): Hatch & Blythe
PS: Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (live from 16/2): Kirby & Smith (stages 1, 2, 4 and 5 cancelled)
PS: Volta ao Algarve (live from 14/2): Hatch & McEwen (stages 1-4), Smith (stage 5)
ET: Classic VAR (live on 16/2): Been & Stephens
ET: Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var (live from 17/2): Been & Stephens
WT: UAE Tour (live from 19/2): Kirby & Smith
ET: O Gran Camino (live from 22/2): Cox & Field
PS: Faun-Ardeche Classic (live on 24/2): Been & York
WT: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (live on 24/2): Stephens & Smith
PS: Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (live on 25/2): Stephens & McEwen
ET: Faun Drome Classic (live on 25/2): Been & York
ET: Le Samyn (live on 27/2): Been & Stephens
PS: Trofeo Laigueglia (live on 28/2): Kirby & Smith
WT: Strade Bianche (live on 2/3): Hatch, Lloyd, Blythe & Nathan Van Hooydonck
ET: Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monsere (live on 3/3): Cox & McEwen
WT: Paris-Nice (live from 3/3): Hatch & Kelly
WT: Tirreno-Adriatico (live from 4/3): Kirby & McEwen
PS: Milan-Torino (live on 13/3): tbc
PS: Danilith Nokere Koerse (live on 13/3): tbc
PS: Grand Prix de Denain - Porte du Hainaut (live on 14/3): tbc
ET: Bredene Koksidje Classic (live on 15/3): tbc
WT: Milan-Sanremo (live on 16/3): tbc
ET: Cholet Pays de la Loire (live on 17/3): tbc
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I'm still waiting for the Cox and Kirby show, rather hoping it may implode or explode.
 
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Rob Hatch is bugging the crapola out of me right now. I don't understand the pronunciation of any proper name with an "n" at the end. Most frequently he pronounces PhillipseN as "Phillip-suh". Stuyven is "Stuh-vuh", and the last couple of weeks there's been a whole lotta "Vlaander-uh" instead of Vlaanderen.

I don't speak Flemish/Dutch, but half my family does and I've periodically been around it my whole life. Never have I heard this pronunciation. I don't seem to hear it from the Belgian commentators on TV either. Is this some Dutch pronunciation? Some dialect of Flemish I'm not familiar with? Rob Hatch just being wrong? Me hearing things?

I absolutely want to give him credit for attempting to pronounce things correctly. Certainly an upgrade to the horrific noises coming from Bob Roll or Chris Horner. Hatch seems to speak many languages? I could be totally off. But he's got Dan Lloyd doing it, and it feels like an infection has started.

Native speakers, can you shed some light? Thank you! Not sure why this bugs me so much but I'm starting to find it really distracting.
 
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red_flanders said:
Rob Hatch is bugging the crapola out of me right now. I don't understand the pronunciation of any proper name with an "n" at the end. Most frequently he pronounces PhillipseN as "Phillip-suh". Stuyven is "Stuh-vuh", and the last couple of weeks there's been a whole lotta "Vlaander-uh" instead of Vlaanderen.

I don't speak Flemish/Dutch, but half my family does and I've periodically been around it my whole life. Never have I heard this pronunciation. I don't seem to hear it from the Belgian commentators on TV either. Is this some Dutch pronunciation? Some dialect of Flemish I'm not familiar with? Rob Hatch just being wrong? Me hearing things?

I absolutely want to give him credit for attempting to pronounce things correctly. Certainly an upgrade to the horrific noises coming from Bob Roll or Chris Horner. Hatch seems to speak many languages? I could be totally off. But he's got Dan Lloyd doing it, and it feels like an infection has started.

Native speakers, can you shed some light? Thank you! Not sure why this bugs me so much but I'm starting to find it really distracting.
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Following.
I'm pretty sure Jose Been was the first one that I heard dropping the n's.
On a wider point, Eurosport shouldn't let Hatch anywhere near a cobbled classic.
 
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Carrick-On-Seine said:
Following.
I'm pretty sure Jose Been was the first one that I heard dropping the n's.
On a wider point, Eurosport shouldn't let Hatch anywhere near a cobbled classic.
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she does drop her n's, and it always amuses me that she puts so much claimed effort into the "proper" pronounciation, yet always reverts to standard Dutch accented English for English name, like she'll call Anna, Onna.

but I think Hatch was way ahead of her in terms of being first for that kind of stuff.
 
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Did anyone see today's edition of De Ronde Van Vlaanderen?
I'm specifically referring to my man Carlton Kirby and his masterful job of describing the race, especially at the end.
After ushering MVDP to the finish with poetic superlatives and putting us to bed, he wakes us up like the best alarm clock ever to remind us there is a race for second place. And he delivered. He made it seem like it was a race for first place!
CK is awesome, as is his sidekick Robbie. They work well together.
 
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red_flanders said:
Rob Hatch is bugging the crapola out of me right now. I don't understand the pronunciation of any proper name with an "n" at the end. Most frequently he pronounces PhillipseN as "Phillip-suh". Stuyven is "Stuh-vuh", and the last couple of weeks there's been a whole lotta "Vlaander-uh" instead of Vlaanderen.

I don't speak Flemish/Dutch, but half my family does and I've periodically been around it my whole life. Never have I heard this pronunciation. I don't seem to hear it from the Belgian commentators on TV either. Is this some Dutch pronunciation? Some dialect of Flemish I'm not familiar with? Rob Hatch just being wrong? Me hearing things?

I absolutely want to give him credit for attempting to pronounce things correctly. Certainly an upgrade to the horrific noises coming from Bob Roll or Chris Horner. Hatch seems to speak many languages? I could be totally off. But he's got Dan Lloyd doing it, and it feels like an infection has started.

Native speakers, can you shed some light? Thank you! Not sure why this bugs me so much but I'm starting to find it really distracting.
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I don't speak Dutch/Flemish, but I'm a bit of a language nerd and I pay attention to these things, and I don't think I've ever heard any Flemish speakers NOT dropping the n at the end of such words/names. Tom 'Boon-eh' being the prime example.
 
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He should definitely be fact checked though as he dropped some absolute clangers today in that regard. In my ever increasing middle age I am warming to him again though.
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I've also warmed to him, especially in non-GT stage races.

In a classic I think it's more important to actually know what's going on and which rider is which and not speak about random things/riders etc., as there's likely going to be action for 80% of the coverage. In something like Catalunya or Itzulia, where there's air time to fill, he comes into his own.
 
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On Spanish language coverage I watch on Eurosport it's pretty good and the commentary is reasonable. After Flanders Alberto Contador and Juan Antonio Flecha added comments and everything is cool nothing too crazy. If you watch the race coverage in Spanish from Colombia they sound like maybe suffer a heart attack or worse at any moment.. And even if riders are not in the race figure out a way to yell about them.. And now Isaac Del Toro is part of every broadcast and he may not be racing or has dropped out or off, absolutely crazy!! Contador has funny teeth, too white or something, just looks spooky,
 
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the delgados said:
Did anyone see today's edition of De Ronde Van Vlaanderen?
I'm specifically referring to my man Carlton Kirby and his masterful job of describing the race, especially at the end.
After ushering MVDP to the finish with poetic superlatives and putting us to bed, he wakes us up like the best alarm clock ever to remind us there is a race for second place. And he delivered. He made it seem like it was a race for first place!
CK is awesome, as is his sidekick Robbie. They work well together.
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Nope, he was as horrible as ever, with the same lame jokes, puns and general cluelessness as always. When there was the 3 together, it was better as there was less Kirby. The only thing that stopped me from putting it on mute. Hopefully this means it will be someone else for Paris-Roubaix as having my two favourite races destroyed by his gibberish nonsense would be very annoying.
 
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pmcg76 said:
Nope, he was as horrible as ever, with the same lame jokes, puns and general cluelessness as always. When there was the 3 together, it was better as there was less Kirby. The only thing that stopped me from putting it on mute. Hopefully this means it will be someone else for Paris-Roubaix as having my two favourite races destroyed by his gibberish nonsense would be very annoying.
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Oh. Tough crowd.
 
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