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Alberto Fishwick said:Louis Meinjes, I'll be bound.
And yesterday Samuel Dumoulin again after all these years. He often throws weird and sometimes outdated prediction on sprint stages, especially in the absence of top dogs, Goss(y), Farrar, Dumoulin, Chicchi, Ferrari, Cimolai and of course none of them win.wansteadimp said:Matt Goss and Tyler Farrar used to be favorites that got picked for every sprint stage.
haha ha haPremierAndrew said:https://twitter.com/140CharTerror/status/740276338582507520
This had me in stitches
This is gold.kirbygasm said:
Whats the name of the Twitter account?Alberto Fishwick said:There is now a separate Twitter account where his fans (so there must be some) post what they consider to be his best bons mots. This can only serve to increase his belief that he is doing a good job.
The prospect of listening to him for three weeks during the Tour fills me with increasing dread but it's the only way to hear King Kelly's contribution. Rob Hatch is doing BBC radio, I believe.
You surely must mean THE TICKLERwansteadimp said:Geoffrey Soupe and his beard
Daniel Taklehaminot
Matt Goss and Tyler Farrar used to be favorites that got picked for every sprint stage.
@SaidCarltonrune1107 said:Whats the name of the Twitter account?Alberto Fishwick said:There is now a separate Twitter account where his fans (so there must be some) post what they consider to be his best bons mots. This can only serve to increase his belief that he is doing a good job.
The prospect of listening to him for three weeks during the Tour fills me with increasing dread but it's the only way to hear King Kelly's contribution. Rob Hatch is doing BBC radio, I believe.
I read that a few days ago, he said "Contador deserves worshipping" (typical hyperbole KirbyHelloDolly said:People he gives no love to at all
Valverde
Contador
Richie Porte
Any no British SKY rider
Anyone over 34
He did add "in cycling terms at least" though...LaFlorecita said:I read that a few days ago, he said "Contador deserves worshipping" (typical hyperbole KirbyHelloDolly said:People he gives no love to at all
Valverde
Contador
Richie Porte
Any no British SKY rider
Anyone over 34) I bet some Sky fans fell off their chairs when he said that
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He (or Stephens) could have seen the split because they had live pictures of the race. Many people not getting paid for their expertise managed to see the splits. There were also multiple replays of the finale, which also showed the splits. No mention from Kirby (or Stephens). It was all available. No excuses. Instead we got 5 more minutes of Kirby saying whatever happened to come into his head.yaco said:I watched the Eurosport coverage and they were off air around 5 minutes after the finish - All we got was the top 10 in the stage and then the coverage finished - So I an unsure how Kirby on air could have known FROOME was second on GC and failing to notice the split - None of this stuff was available.
Strange that both kirby and STEPHENS discussed all possible contenders for the sprint - Effectively mentioning at least one rider from each team - But it's all Kirby's fault.
I watched it on Eurosport player, Kirby saw the top 10 GC, read out Contador, Froome and Porte, and then commented that Alaphilippe's time was a bit too close to Contador based on his and Stephens' calculations (clearly only accounting for the 6 bonus secs and not the additional 9 split secs). He briefly mentioned there must have been a split, but that the committee would probably revoke it so it didn't matter. So he saw the top 10 but as I said before, failed to identify Contador as having been caught out in the split, failed to notice Froome and Porte swapping places, failed to notice the new smaller time between 1st and 2nd place, and only made a comment about Alaphilippe's time, because he's so besotted with him.yaco said:I watched the Eurosport coverage and they were off air around 5 minutes after the finish - All we got was the top 10 in the stage and then the coverage finished - So I an unsure how Kirby on air could have known FROOME was second on GC and failing to notice the split - None of this stuff was available.
Strange that both kirby and STEPHENS discussed all possible contenders for the sprint - Effectively mentioning at least one rider from each team - But it's all Kirby's fault.
My Eurosport coverage finished when the stage top 10 flashed on the screen round five minutes after the finish, so I'll accept your world.TMP402 said:I watched it on Eurosport player, Kirby saw the top 10 GC, read out Contador, Froome and Porte, and then commented that Alaphilippe's time was a bit too close to Contador based on his and Stephens' calculations (clearly only accounting for the 6 bonus secs and not the additional 9 split secs). He briefly mentioned there must have been a split, but that the committee would probably revoke it so it didn't matter. So he saw the top 10 but as I said before, failed to identify Contador as having been caught out in the split, failed to notice Froome and Porte swapping places, failed to notice the new smaller time between 1st and 2nd place, and only made a comment about Alaphilippe's time, because he's so besotted with him.yaco said:I watched the Eurosport coverage and they were off air around 5 minutes after the finish - All we got was the top 10 in the stage and then the coverage finished - So I an unsure how Kirby on air could have known FROOME was second on GC and failing to notice the split - None of this stuff was available.
Strange that both kirby and STEPHENS discussed all possible contenders for the sprint - Effectively mentioning at least one rider from each team - But it's all Kirby's fault.
Not really. It's just that I tuned in for the last 7km today and found more things annoying in his few minutes of commentary than I have found annoying in all the other sports commentary I've heard so far in 2016. People defend Kirby as juggling names, events, strategy and so on and adding excitement to sprint finishes, and I agree it's a tough job and he does add some excitement in sprints, but I would suggest Formula One commentators do the same sort of thing for the same sort of time and manage not to come across as clueless about their sport or unprofessionally fixated on the fortunes of dark horses and rank outsiders.yaco said:Reckon you are obsessed with Kirby's commentary