Eurosport commentary

[Samu Cuenca]

Thanks for clarifying you guys...

At least the... UBG didn't win. Though, he'd probably have been identified if he had.

The Ugly Big Giant?

 

[RedheadDane]

The Ugly Big Giant?

Unidentified Bora Guy...

 

[kingjr]

Thanks for clarifying you guys...

At least the... UBG didn't win. Though, he'd probably have been identified if he had.

The one in the break with Vermeersch was definitely Wandahl.

 

[Netserk]

Does number of stage wins count (in this case obviously tied) or is it just adding up the placements? I‘ve forgotten.

Stage wins don't matter, total stage sum (minus TTTs) with last stage as tie-breaker.

 

[Andy262]

I’m wrestling with the end of Eurosport Player, which was a pretty good product.

Can anybody confirm that the Discovery+ Standard package is as comprehensive as what Eurosport offered. Especially in respect of on demand coverage. I watch alot of cycling on catch up due to work commitments so need the on demand library.

 

[tobydawq]

I’m wrestling with the end of Eurosport Player, which was a pretty good product.

Can anybody confirm that the Discovery+ Standard package is as comprehensive as what Eurosport offered. Especially in respect of on demand coverage. I watch alot of cycling on catch up due to work commitments so need the on demand library.

Definitely. Races only disappear after precisely a year.

 

[Netserk]

Definitely. Races only disappear after precisely a year.

I can still watch the Tour stages from last year.

This link should also work for you: https://www.discoveryplus.com/dk/vi...port-sport/tour-de-france-multi-audio-4884664

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Does number of stage wins count (in this case obviously tied) or is it just adding up the placements? I‘ve forgotten.

Congratulations. You are now qualified to be a EuroSport commentator.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So it seems that the TV app for my Discovery + subscription is just the EuroSport1 coverage: adds, interruptions for other sports etc. The laptop app is uninterrupted cycling coverage though.

Downside: Blythe.

 

[wirral]

I truly hate the BBC coverage. I might have to bite the bullet and subscribe to Discovery+

 

[awavey]

seems Eurosport have already removed one of their commentators from the Olympics, Bob Ballard apparently made a sexist comment during the swimming on day 1, and has been dropped with immediate effect.

 

[awavey]

I truly hate the BBC coverage. I might have to bite the bullet and subscribe to Discovery+

there are bits of the Discovery+ coverage that outdo the BBC for cringe factor, its more like BBC+ in some parts, Orla gets to do another bantz central breakaway Olympic style, and yes Blythe is still there.

The only benefit is there are so many sports going on, the slightly less popular ones, are very old school Eurosport coverage, you just drop into a sport, no intro, no studio, just commentators who actually seem to know the sport and competitors and can talk knowledgeably about it. and refreshingly few ad breaks too. (part of me thinks its just the international broadcast feed theyre tapping into, as I cant beleive theyve hired this many different commentators)

 

[Squire]

Can we start a petition to get Brian Smith solo for more smaller races, please? Was great to have a matter-of-fact commentator not babbling about all sorts of non-race-related things, for once. And no 'banter', too.

 

[argyllflyer]

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): Kirby & Field
ET: Classic Grand Bescancon Doubs (live on 12/4): Cox & Field
ET: Tour of Jura (live on 13/4): Cox & Field
WT: Amstel Gold Race (live on 14/4): Kirby & Smith
ET: Tour of Doubs (live on 14/4): tbc
PS: Tour of the Alps (live from 15/4): Hatch & Blythe
WT: La Fleche Wallone (live on 17/4): Stephens & Lloyd
PS: Tour of Turkey (live from 21/4): Cox (stage 1), Been (stages 2-8) & Smith (stages 1-5), York (stages 6-8)
WT: Liege-Bastogne-Liege (live on 21/4): Hatch, Blythe & Luke Rowe
WT: Tour de Romandie (live from 23/4): Cox & Stephens
Famenne Ardennes Classic (live on 28/4): Ian Findlay (?) (solo)
Echborn-Frankfurt (live on 1/5): Cox & Smith
PS: Grand Prix du Morbihan (live on 4/5): Cox (solo)
WT: Giro d'Italia (live from 4/5): Hatch, Lloyd, Kelly, McEwen & Blythe (with Vaughters & Rowe)
ET: Elfstedenronde Brugge (live on 5/5): Kirby & Smith
Tro Bro Leon (live on 5/5): Cox & York
PS: Tour de Hongrie (live from 8/5): Cox & Smith
ET: Circuit de Wallonie (live on 9/5): Been & Field
Tour of Finistere (live on 11/5): Been & York
4 Jours de Dunkerque (live from 14/5): Kirby (solo)
Veenendaal-Veenendaal Classic (live 18/5): Been & Field
Antwerp Port Epic (live 19/5): Been (solo)
Ronde van Limburg (live 20/5): Been & Field
Tour of Norway (live from 23/5): Been & Smith
Boucles de la Mayenne (live from 24/5): Cox (solo)
Mercan'Tour Classic (live 29/5): Been (solo)
Circuit Franco-Belge (live 29/5): Kirby (solo)
Brussels Cycling Classic (live 2/6): Cox (solo)
Criterium du Dauphine (live from 2/6): Hatch & Stephens (stages 1-7), Blythe (stage 8)
ZLM Tour (live from 5/6): Been & Smith (stages 1-4)
Dwars Door Het Hageland (live on 8/6): Kirby (solo)
Tour de Suisse (live from 9/6): Kirby & Smith
Tour of Slovenia (live from 12/6): Cox & Walker
Tour of Belgium (live from 12/6): Been & McEwen
French National ITT Championships (live on 20/6): MacDonald & Hutchinson
Spanish National Road Championships (live on 23/6): Hatch (solo)
French National Road Championships (live on 23/6): Kirby & Field
British National Road Championships (live on 23/6): MacDonald & Walker
Italian National Road Championships (live on 23/6): Cox (solo)
Tour de France (live from 29/6): Kirby, Hatch, Kelly, McEwen, Blyth & Rowe with guests Warbasse & Vaughters (with Harris-Bass).
Tour de l'Ain (live from 13/7): Cox & Smith
Clasica Terres de l'Ebre (live on 15/7): MacDonald (solo) (1.2)
Tour of Wallonia (stages 2-5 live from 23/7): Cox & Smith (stage 2), York (stages 3-5)
Czech Tour (live from 25/7): Smith (solo)
Elite Men Olympic Time Trial (live on 27/7): Kirby, McEwen & Walker
Elite Men Olympic Road Race (live on 3/8): Hatch, Stephens & McEwen
Arctic Race of Norway (live from 4/8): Been & Smith
Clasica San Sebastian (live on 10/8): Been (solo)
La Polynormande (live on 11/8): Owen Rogers (solo)
Tour de Limousin (live from 13/8): Cox & Smith
Tour of Denmark (live from 14/8): Been (stages 1-4) (solo), Cox (stage 5) (solo)
Tour of Leuven (live on 15/8): No commentary
La Vuelta a Espana (live from 17/8): Kirby, Stephens, McEwen, Kelly, King & Van Hooydonck
Deutchland Tour (live from 21/8): Cox (solo)
Bretagne Classic (live on 25/8): Jo Rowsell & Field
Renewi Tour (live from 28/8): Been (stages 1-4), (Rogers) (stage 5) & Smith
Bemer Cyclassics (live on 8/9): Quigley (solo)
Grand Prix de Fourmies (live on 8/9): Stephens (solo)
Elite Men European ITT Championships (live on 11/9): Been & Hutchinson
Coppa Sabatini (live on 12/9): Hatch & Smith
Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec (live on 13/9): tbc
Elite Men Road Championships (live on 15/: tbc
Grand Prix Isbergues (live on 15/9): tbc
Grand Prix de Montreal (live on 15/9): tbc

 

[argyllflyer]

Can we start a petition to get Brian Smith solo for more smaller races, please? Was great to have a matter-of-fact commentator not babbling about all sorts of non-race-related things, for once. And no 'banter', too.

I remember years back he did a solo piece for I think Kurne-Brussels-Kurne for cycling.tv but bar a commentator vanishing (Kirby at one of the chinese races last season?) it has rarely happened since.

Seeing BS has got to go to in person Czechia too.... organisers probably shelling out to promote the race.

 

[argyllflyer]

Has anyone spotted anyone from the Eurosport family on the Olympic coverage? Jez Cox popped up on the swimming.

 

[RedheadDane]

Am I understanding this correctly - from the Olympic RR thread:
Now D+ has ad-breaks, like shitty old fashioned Eurosport?

 

[Squire]

Am I understanding this correctly - from the Olympic RR thread:
Now D+ has ad-breaks, like shitty old fashioned Eurosport?

Only for the Olympics, I think. If I wanna watch the ORR on D+ I need to do it through their Olympic portal thingy, and I'm forced to have Norwegian commentators. The race doesn't show up when choosing the cycling tab as usual.

So naturally I'm watching the ORR on the 'other' website ...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Am I understanding this correctly - from the Olympic RR thread:
Now D+ has ad-breaks, like shitty old fashioned Eurosport?

At least in UK, the trick is to make sure that you are looking at the sport-specific feed, not the ES programming. Access it via the list of olympic sports, not the first big shiny cycling related image on the app (or the usual, non-olympic, route to cycling coverage)

 

[RedheadDane]

So, they don't want us to watch the Olympics on their service?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

They'd rather you watch the version of coverage that generates them extra income, but offer (I can't vouch for the situation in Denmark) uninterrupted coverage for subscribers.

 

[RedheadDane]

And now DR said they'd show an interview with Sagan... but didn't. They just kind of... went quiet for a while.

 

[awavey]

They'd rather you watch the version of coverage that generates them extra income, but offer (I can't vouch for the situation in Denmark) uninterrupted coverage for subscribers.

every subscription service ultimately waters down that uninterrupted coverage for subscribers eventually, assuming they stay around long enough not to get bought out by some other corporation.

wouldnt be surprised if they note not that much kickback from it during the olympics to slowly creep it across into Discovery/Max going forward.

 

[Rob5091]

I've found a nice Romanian Eurosport online without commentary ... bliss!

 

[RedheadDane]

I've found a nice Romanian Eurosport online without commentary ... bliss!

If it's without commentary, how do you know it's Romanian?
They're not saying anything... in Romanian! Or any language, really.