Yeah, embarrassing stuff from Kirby and Sean Kelly not recognizing the portrait of Chris Anker Sørensen. "Whom are we looking at? Whoever Chris was, we salute you."
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Yeah, embarrassing stuff from Kirby and Sean Kelly not recognizing the portrait of Chris Anker Sørensen. "Whom are we looking at? Whoever Chris was, we salute you."
Mitch Docker is on the Cycling Podcast ...yeeeees
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?
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 .
Conducting decent professional interviews on ITV, unlike the somewhat underwhelming Eurosport efforts. Matt Spephens excepted.But where is Daniel Friebe?
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.Daniel Friebe doing some really great interviews and background clips on ITV
ITV4s highlights program is the best out there
And its got Gary Imlach's flippant condescending humour....who could ask for more ?
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.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.
The best thing about Phil & Paul was always Gary Imlach.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
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.Sean Kelly needs to go easy on the "poor bike handler" label he assigns certain riders (Roglic, Thomas etc.).
When a peloton is charging into a sprint or going full gas on narrow roads, it's a lottery. Some riders are also smaller, lighter & get mauled way easier.
I find the whole "this rider is from cross so he's a great bike handler" or "this rider is a better bike handler because he went through all the youth categories" argument completely misplaced with regards to at least 90% of the crashes we witness in modern cycling.
It's a meat grinder out there.
Sean Kelly needs to go easy on the "poor bike handler" label he assigns certain riders (Roglic, Thomas etc.).
When a peloton is charging into a sprint or going full gas on narrow roads, it's a lottery. Some riders are also smaller, lighter & get mauled way easier.
I find the whole "this rider is from cross so he's a great bike handler" or "this rider is a better bike handler because he went through all the youth categories" argument completely misplaced with regards to at least 90% of the crashes we witness in modern cycling.
It's a meat grinder out there.
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.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
McEwan and Lloyd aren't quite the cycling equivalent of Charles Barkley and Shaq.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.
Agreed.McEwan and Lloyd aren't quite the cycling equivalent of Charles Barkley and Shaq.
But many of the criticisms of the GCN/Breakaway vibe in this thread are even more true of Shaq, Kenny, and Charles.
You haven't been reading the same thread I've been reading.The criticisms are not about the 'vibe' its about the content
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.