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He is usually busy working for British TV. Doing interviews for ITV. He hasn't featured in the Cycling Podcast's Tour coverage for some years now .But where is Daniel Friebe?
Mitch is great, got me listening to the the Cycling Pod again!
Conducting decent professional interviews on ITV, unlike the somewhat underwhelming Eurosport efforts. Matt Spephens excepted.But where is Daniel Friebe?
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gripes about 'The Cube'...
Stop shouting & laughing over each other so much ... just descends into an unintelligible noise.
Orla is the main culprit, perhaps?
Stop showing the photofinish/heli-shots of the sprint only on the 'in-perspective' studio wall monitors, while discussing them.
We need to see them full-screen, and for an adequate time.
Stop shouting & laughing over each other so much ... just descends into an unintelligible noise.
Orla is the main culprit, perhaps?
Stop showing the photofinish/heli-shots of the sprint only on the 'in-perspective' studio wall monitors, while discussing them.
We need to see them full-screen, and for an adequate time.
Well thats pretty bad.
Friebe's interviews are great which I guess is because he has a more journalistic background than someone like Eisel or Stephens and has also been doing it for years.
Not a fan of the Cube. While I like some of the virtual reality stuff they do in it, I feel the studio they've used for the other races in Bath is much better. There again, being on the ground would be even better.
Never seen the cube ...stopped watching the breakaway after Giro ...just in jokes and talking over each other
ITV4 analysis is better esp in highlight program and they and the cycling podcast have great behind the scenes interviews, access and intelligence
Favourite comms if I could have any are Sean Kelly with Kennan, Daniel Llyod ,and Robbie McEwan popping in and out for the quiet times
In studio Gary Imlach saying subtle derogatory stuff while C Horner ans Nicolas Roche tussle about tactics with Sean Kelly getting the final word. Brain Smith with some sprint stop start analysis .
Instead I jump back and forward between them all
ITV4 analysis is better esp in highlight program and they and the cycling podcast have great behind the scenes interviews, access and intelligence
Favourite comms if I could have any are Sean Kelly with Kennan, Daniel Llyod ,and Robbie McEwan popping in and out for the quiet times
In studio Gary Imlach saying subtle derogatory stuff while C Horner ans Nicolas Roche tussle about tactics with Sean Kelly getting the final word. Brain Smith with some sprint stop start analysis .
Instead I jump back and forward between them all
Gary Imlach ending yesterday's highlights with something to the effect of ...if we don't turn up for stage 4, just assume we are still in the non EU queue at Calais
The best thing about Phil & Paul was always Gary Imlach.
It's because today they've lost their brains, in a world in which performace for the sake of business has molded itself on the minds of youth in a way as never before (with the promise of fame and money as the reward, but not your life). Even death seems preferable to non-performance today. They have always pushed the limits, but now it's pushing the limits of limits. Once upon a time you touched the breaks to stay upright, now they defy the laws of physics to try and earn a few points for WT standing of the team. Pure madness.
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ITV are on the ground following the race; which is as it should be.....
I agree - I hate the phrase “bike handling skills”. It’s so often a lazy replacement for the real root cause of an incident or issue involving a pro rider, such as inattentiveness, poor positioning, or just simple bad luck. But all of these are more interesting to discuss than simply “he hasn’t ridden around a muddy field so of course he falls over a lot” and it frustrates me that commentators simply Bill it down to “bike handling skills”
I loved the breakaway during the Giro and miss it during the tour (I haven’t seen the cube, therefore). In the States, the best pre-/post-game show in any sport is The NBA on TNT with Charles Barkley, Shaw, and Kenny Smith. It is fun, unpredictable, sometimes insightful, and incredibly popular. The GCN vibe is not identical, but there are some similarities. The dancing videos, the snarky Twitter presence, etc. is all part of the vibe—and I like it. From what I can see from over here, it seems I’m not alone.
McEwan and Lloyd aren't quite the cycling equivalent of Charles Barkley and Shaq.
Blythe is Barkley.
Agreed.
But many of the criticisms of the GCN/Breakaway vibe in this thread are even more true of Shaq, Kenny, and Charles.
Weirdest example of pronunciation:
Danish ES commentators pronouncing 'Norsgaard' in the English way (so it rhymes with 'guard')
Danish ES commentators pronouncing 'Norsgaard' in the English way (so it rhymes with 'guard')
I've got a warning for that saying it includes potentially sensitve content. If it was one of those weird tiktok dances i'd have agreed. Although to be honest that picture of Blythe is scary enough.
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