GCN cyclocross commentators

[kingjr]

I'm not sure what piece of light classical music I would have thought would make a suitable theme for cyclo-cross coverage, but I was certainly surprised to head the coverage introduced by Vivaldi's Spring.

In November, how very fitting

 

[harrybo]

see maggie got a mention in coleman balls in private eye, cant quite remember the quote now but it was funny

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

How many weeks would lap 2 of Sunday's race have to have lasted before it occurred to the commentators that the reason for Orts nicking the bonus seconds at the end of the first lap from Vandeputte was to reduce the time NV gained on Nieuwenhuis in the overall?

Surely the job of commentators is to point out such motivations, not to keep expressing their bewilderment.

 

[Hugh Januss]

How many weeks would lap 2 of Sunday's race have to have lasted before it occurred to the commentators that the reason for Orts nicking the bonus seconds at the end of the first lap from Vandeputte was to reduce the time NV gained on Nieuwenhuis in the overall?

Surely the job of commentators is to point out such motivations, not to keep expressing their bewilderment.

I'm not convinced that some of them actually watch the races. Time after time I'll see something happen in the corner of the screen like a crash or big bobble and the announcer will go on talking about whatever filler he was in the middle of, 3 minutes later he'll be wondering out loud why so and so has dropped off the pace.

 

[CXXC]

Anyone else notice how often Marty MacDonald fails to complete a sentence. He starts then loses focus and and veers off on a totally different subject.

And yesterday he called Anne-Marie Worst Lucinda Brand as she retired from the race, I guess Marty was missing his very favourite rider!

 

[Wyndbrook]

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Anyone else notice how often Marty MacDonald fails to complete a sentence. He starts then loses focus and and veers off on a totally different subject.

And yesterday he called Anne-Marie Worst Lucinda Brand as she retired from the race, I guess Marty was missing his very favourite rider!

End of the season wilting perhaps, and to be fair Helen Wyman probably drives him to distraction at times. Ian Field usually keeps him in control.

 

[harrybo]

now i,m not a great fan of female commentors eg rugby footy etc, but I thought it only fair that Helen should of been commenting at Hulst

 

[Wyndbrook]

now i,m not a great fan of female commentors eg rugby footy etc, but I thought it only fair that Helen should of been commenting at Hulst

I've no problem with Helen Wyman commentating, but she does have a habit of starting a sentance with absoutely no idea how its going to end.
I do think she needs to be a little more on top of what is happening in the sport, often seemingly not aware of recent media news.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So both commentators constantly discussed the narrative of the final women's Superprestige on the basis of utter ignorance of the rules. Assuming that one will be right, rather than actually looking at the rules to confirm what the situation actually is, is arrogance replacing professionalism.

And then in the men's race, they kept talking of a three point gap meaning that there must be more than four riders between the protagonists.