Eurosport commentary

[BigMac]

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CK - "and Froome's at the back, elbows akimbo like a dodgy disco-dancer" :>

Whow does he come up with these lines. The guy's a street poet.

 

[argyllflyer]

Re: Re:

CK - "and Froome's at the back, elbows akimbo like a dodgy disco-dancer" :>

Whow does he come up with these lines. The guy's a street poet.

He had a great line about Bardet descending yesterday, wish I'd wrote it down.

 

[jens_attacks]

I like kirby. He's a funny fella

 

[argyllflyer]

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[Cycle Chic]

KIRBY for the Tour AGAIN

 

[Cycle Chic]

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/contactus.shtml

please contact eurosport on their feedback page and complain about Carlton Kirby.

 

[Singer01]

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http://www.eurosport.co.uk/contactus.shtml

please contact eurosport on their feedback page and complain about Carlton Kirby.

nah, if i'm complaining about anything its the movement of the schedule at the drop of a hat.

 

[cellardoor]

How about posting positive feedback because for as long as I can remember they've been providing unrivaled coverage of cycling for those of us not in the cycling heartland that get it on terrestrial TV.

 

[argyllflyer]

Re: Re:

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/contactus.shtml

please contact eurosport on their feedback page and complain about Carlton Kirby.

nah, if i'm complaining about anything its the movement of the schedule at the drop of a hat.

That's a two-way street though - anything following a live stage in cycling gets bumped too. What is the solution? Sports like cycling, tennis, snooker etc don't follow a strict schedule. It would be even worse if the programme finished as scheduled yet missed the end of the event.

 

[Billie]

Lots of tectonic action in the alpes

 

[Christian]

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Lots of tectonic action in the alpes

I was just listening to the same BS... these commentators are useless, they have no idea what's going on in the race

 

[Billie]

Instead of screaming like a mad men, wouldn't it be intresting to say how many seconds he needs to take yellow

 

[Cycle Chic]

He used to be a geography teacher - thats why he's a cycling commentator !

 

[argyllflyer]

I'd seen a few mentions in earlier stages that suggested Eurosport's commentators are in Switzerland for the Tour de Suisse - Matt Stephens mentioned chatting to someone at the startline, Declan Quigley a remark about the weather where he was commentating compared to the pictures on-screen and I've just seen a tweeted picture from Matt of the view from the top of the Rettenbachferner glacier today. Fair enough they're there - a pic on Matt's twitter shows them in the box ready to go from a few days ago with their accreditation around their necks. But why for a race that Eurosport are hardly bothering to show? Tour Des Fjords got more coverage. Is it live on the ES website?

 

[Cycle Chic]

Good point - there was good coverage until the Aegon Tennis started and the WTA womens....I suppose eurosport give as much time to it as they can and then the higher viewing figures for tennis take over. Now what about that lizzie armistead crash - my god !

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Matt and Declan are live, in Switzerland. If you look at Matt's Twitter account, he has pictires of the finish and him standing under it.

 

[argyllflyer]

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Matt and Declan are live, in Switzerland. If you look at Matt's Twitter account, he has pictires of the finish and him standing under it.

Yeah,but WHY?? It's a race Eurosport aren't really giving much coverage to. They weren't even on site for the Giro. They hardly ever have the guys on site - I can only assume TdS are paying to bring people over, like Tour of Turkey does.

 

[BigMac]

If I'm not mistaken Matt was there last year as well. I guess he just likes the landscapes.

 

[staubsauger]

Maybe he's riding Rettenbachferner for GCN later on as well!

 

[BigMac]

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Maybe he's riding Rettenbachferner for GCN later on as well!

Good shout.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Commentary sound levels seem to be set very low, especially Matt Stevens

 

[argyllflyer]

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[Choppy Warburton]

I'd give Matt Stephens the gig of Lead Presenting, he seems quite natural in the role now that he has his bearings

 

[argyllflyer]

Watching the presentation of the route, the usual buttock-clenching embarrassment of a game host trying to converse with the Euro peloton in languages they do not understand. Is it beyond the wit of man to pick a few beforehand from each team and tell them, then have a few translators on standby if need be? "No English" (Bouhanni) or blank stare (Costa) thus avoided.

 

[justmeagain]

I wish they would give le tour Commentary duties to Matt Stevens and Dan Lloyd let the new generation have a go.