Commentary on TNT and other WB brands

[jsem94]

"Since this is British Eurosport. But if you're watching in another territory. Well, I don't know how you would do that"

LMAO. What a joke.

 

[TMP402]

Re:

"Since this is British Eurosport. But if you're watching in another territory. Well, I don't know how you would do that"

LMAO. What a joke.

You expect them to promote piracy?

 

[postmanhat]

Reading Tim Moore's Gironimo! at the moment. Some lovely descriptions of Sean Kelly commentating

"faltering Gaelic-zombie mumble"

and

" all the vocal drama of Melvyn Bragg humming Blue Monday"

 

[CyclingEnthusiast]

That was Nelson Oliveira.. Not Rui Costa..

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re: Re:

"Since this is British Eurosport. But if you're watching in another territory. Well, I don't know how you would do that"

LMAO. What a joke.

You expect them to promote piracy?

Exactly, they of course know how to pick up a dodgy stream but in a professional manner they can't promote that.

 

[argyllflyer]

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[oldcrank]

Fantastic news that Eurosport will have live coverage of
the remaining fixtures in the Revolution track series!

Not only icons of the sport like Sir Brad, Cav, Super G,
Laura Trott (maybe Lizzie, too??) but the Future Stars
as well will provide exciting, fast paced entertainment
for fans of aggressive, eye-balls out cycling.

 

[Cycle Chic]

OH JOY !! MATT STEPHENS INSTEAD OF DUFUS KIRBY.

What a pleasure to listen to Stephens and Backstedt instead of the usual guff and rubbish that Kirby insults us with. Well done Eurosport...come on you lot email eurosport and tell them. Heres the link to do so..

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

 

[argyllflyer]

Eurosport are trolling the Kirby haters this week - they seem to have bought RCS's international English commentary for the Abu Dhabi Tour!

 

[Cycle Chic]

Oh my god - Kirby excelled himself today Abu Dhabi in the final 50m. Screeching about Sagan - blokes an idiot !

 

[Billie]

Rafa ***-wy

 

[yaco]

Brian Smith blasted the Tour of Abu Dhadi - he seemed to think races were either too easy or too hard.

 

[RedheadDane]

Brian Holm just pulled everyone's legs during the Abu Dhabi stage yesterday. Claiming that "I'll reveal Riis' future plans once this add break coming up is over."

 

[argyllflyer]

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[RedheadDane]

Hey, bit of a suggestion about those Commentator Lists. Maybe stick to to the upcoming races.
Really no need to keep writing who commented Dubai Tour.

 

[argyllflyer]

Re:

Hey, bit of a suggestion about those Commentator Lists. Maybe stick to to the upcoming races.
Really no need to keep writing who commented Dubai Tour.

The list appears once in the whole thread unless someone else quotes it. For completion, I just bump it now and then. Anyway, I believe in archiving!

 

[argyllflyer]

And it goes on and on, Tour of Taihu Lake live each morning starting tomorrow.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re:

And it goes on and on, Tour of Taihu Lake live each morning starting tomorrow.

Is that even a race?

 

[argyllflyer]

Re: Re:

And it goes on and on, Tour of Taihu Lake live each morning starting tomorrow.

Is that even a race?

Not claiming its a good one but Eurosport have to fill their schedules with something before the skiing starts!

2.1 category but so far the field looks thin on known names.

 

[TMP402]

Re: Re:

And it goes on and on, Tour of Taihu Lake live each morning starting tomorrow.

Is that even a race?

Not claiming its a good one but Eurosport have to fill their schedules with something before the skiing starts!

2.1 category but so far the field looks thin on known names.

If it's a question of filling their schedule, they should fund some small but fun exhibition races. I would watch things like: road cyclists with no experience of other racing having to do 'cross, mountain biking and a mini triathlon, a circuit race with one man teams (like the post-Tour criteriums but competitively run), a madison road race, an elimination race for the road, road cyclists with no prior experience taking part in track events. I would also watch those football matches between France and the rest of the world. Fun stuff, not yet another artificial stage race no-one cares about.

 

[argyllflyer]

The updated British Eurosport commentary pairings for 2015:

Dubai Tour (4): Hatch & Smith
Cadel Evans GO Race (1): Liggett, Keenan and McEwen (international broadcast)
Vuelta a Andalucia / Ruta del Sol (5): Kirby & Stephens
Dekker's Hour: Kirby & Backstedt
Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (1): Stephens & Backstedt
Le Samyn (1): Kirby & Smith
Strade Bianche (1): Hatch & Smith
Paris-Nice (8): Hatch & Kelly
Tirreno-Adriatico (7): Quigley & Stephens
Milan-Sanremo (1): Stephens & Smith
Catalunya (7): Kirby & (Backstedt st. 1-4, Gibb st. 5-7)
E3 Harelbeke (delayed broadcast) (1): Quigley & Smith
Gent-Wevelgem (1): Quigley & Smith
Criterium International (stage 2) (1): Kirby & Tony Doyle
3 Days of De Panne (4): Kirby & Backstedt
Tour of Flanders (1): Kirby & Kelly with Quigley
Pais Vasco: Kirby & Backstedt
Chorley GP (Elite Series Spring Cup): McCrossan & Stephens
Paris-Roubaix (1): Hatch & Kelly
Tour of the Reservoir (Elite Series Spring Cup): McCrossan & Stephens
GP de Denain (1): Quigley & Smith
Amstel Gold Race (1): Kirby & Lloyd
La Fleche Wallonne (1): Kirby & Smith
Tour of Croatia (5): Stephens & Backstedt
Tour of Turkey (8): Kirby & Smith
Liege-Bastogne-Liege (1): Hatch & Kelly
Tour de Yorkshire (3): Quigley & Stephens
Dowsett's Hour: Harris-Bass & Doyle
4 Days of Dunkirk (5): Quigley & Backstedt
Tour of Azerbaijan (stages 3-5): Quigley & Backstedt
Giro d'Italia (21): Hatch & Smith (stage 1), Stephens (stages 2-9) / Kelly (stages 10-21)
Cycle Wiltshire (Elite Series Spring Cup): McCrossan & Stephens
Tour of California (8): Quigley & Smith
Tour Series (all rounds): Porter & Smith (syndicated - also on ITV4)
World Ports Classic (2): MacDonald & Stephens
Tour des Fjords (5): Quigley & Smith
Criterium du Dauphine (8): Kirby & Smith
Tour de Suisse (live / highlights) (9): Quigley & Stephens
Route du Sud (highlights): Kirby & Smith
London Nocturne: Porter (solo)
Milk Race: Kirby & Tony Doyle
Women's Tour (highlights): Porter & Smith (syndicated - also on ITV4)
British National Time Trial Championships (highlights): Hatch & Hayles
British National Road Championships (live): Stephens & Smith
Tour de France presentation: Hatch & Quigley
Tour de France: Kirby & Kelly with Harris-Bass (and Hatch introducing highlights)
Irish National Road Championships: Quigley & Stephen Gallagher
Elite Circuit Series: McCrossan & Stephens
La Course: Hatch & Stephens
Tour de Wallonie: Quigley & Backstedt
British National Circuit Champs: Stephens, James McCallum & Rebecca Charlton
San Sebastian: Hatch & Smith
RideLondon-Surrey Classic: Quigley & Stephens
Tour de Pologne: Kirby & Backstedt
Tour of Denmark: Kirby (stage 1) / Quigley (stage 2->) & Backstedt
Eneco Tour: Kirby & Smith
Arctic Race: Hatch & Stephens
USA Pro Challenge: Hatch & Backstedt (stages 1-4), Gibb (stages 5-7)
Vuelta: Kirby & Lloyd (stages 1&2), Kelly (stages 3->)
Vattenfall Cyclassics: Quigley & Gibb
Tour de l'Avenir: Harris-Bass
Tour of Britain: Hatch & Stephens
GP Quebec (delayed): McCrossan & Backstedt
Madrid Challenge: MacDonald and Lucy Martin
Montreal GP (delayed): Stephens & Backstedt
Wallonie GP: Kirby & Backstedt
World Championships TTT (men): Hatch & Smith
World Championships TTT (women): Hatch & Smith
Primus Classic Impanis-Van Petegem: Hatch & Stephens
World Championships U23 TT: Kirby, Smith and Hutchinson
World Championships Womens TT: Kirby, Stephens and Hutchinson
World Championships Mens TT: Kirby, Smith and Hutchinson
World Championships U23 Road Race: Kirby & Smith
World Championships Womens Road Race: Kirby & Stephens
World Championships Mens Road Race: Kirby & Stephens
Tour de l'Eurometropole: Quigley & Smith
Milan-Turin: Quigley & Smith
Il Lombardia: Stephens & Backstedt
Tour of Almaty: Stephens & Smith
Binche-Chimay-Binche: Hatch & Stephens
Abu Dhabi Tour: stage 1: Kirby & Lloyd (world feed commentary) stages 2-4: Hatch & Smith
Paris-Tours: Quigley & Stephens
Saitama Criterium: Kirby & Stephens
Tour of Taihu Lake: Kirby & Backstedt

And that is all folks!

 

[Brullnux]

So next year's schedules aren't available yet?

 

[argyllflyer]

Re:

So next year's schedules aren't available yet?

They tend to be pretty samey - the above plus or minus the odd race.

 

[AJ101]

Yeah I know its a bit of a resurrection but well there's no racing on so its time to hark back a bit!
We've just got restored the original Duffield World pages in all their glory. If you loved David Duffield you'll love being reminded of his old style. If you don't, well, turn your granny to the wall etc etc.
http://bikesy.co.uk/features/david-duffield/

 

[postmanhat]

There's a newish channel on Sky here in the UK called erm, 'Bike'. At the moment it's showing a lot of Italian sourced programs so presumably there's a similar channel in Italy?

However, they are promising to show coverage of the races that Sky have the rights to (eg Suisse, DDV). Which seems mighty generous of Sky given that the channel is free to Sky's non-sport subscribers. Do Sky have the UK rights to the TDU as well?