TdF presentation with Carlton Kirby

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited July 2009 in Pro race
...from earlier today. What a trainwreck. I lasted about 20 minutes before giving up, but in that time I learned:

1. Pierre Rolland won this year's Liege-Bastogne-Liege
2. Christophe Moreau is a two-time world champion, and
3. Gert Steegmans is someone to look out for in the sprints this year

:roll:

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  • markwalker
    markwalker Posts: 953
    I think Trainwreck doesnt do it justjustice.

    Bell End sums it up much better
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    The classic was the intro for Auge or someone, where Daniel Mangeas described him as a "puncheur" and Sir Carlton said "he just said something like puncture, but that's 'crevaison' so I don't understand"
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    I did the same, right after the Pierre Rolland comment. Just flicked on for the main squads and new kits.
    Given the choice was French or gibberish, I'd say Eurosport took the wrong option.

    Massive race hype from them all week, only for them to land us with this tuurd rate commentator.

    I thoroughly enjoyed watching RAI's coverage of the Giro event, even though my Italian is dodgier than my French.
    Helicopters aplenty, shots of St Marks and the Grand Canal. Light hearted and fun.

    Dour TDF done on the cheap. Sort of a "Made in Taiwan by the KGB" thing.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Robbie Hunter agrees too:

    RobbieHunterIs it me or is the english eursport commentry absolutely crap right now!!! They get so much wrong!!

    The commentry is that bad, that I prefer just looking at the pictures!or ill rather watch it in german!!
  • squired
    squired Posts: 1,153
    I didn't even last 5 minutes. Dreadful. Lets hope the race commentary is better...
  • sicrow
    sicrow Posts: 791
    Missed it but saw the repeat at 10 ish and woke up on the couch at 2.25 this morning :?
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  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197
    afx237vi wrote:
    ...from earlier today. What a trainwreck. I lasted about 20 minutes before giving up, but in that time I learned:

    1. Pierre Rolland won this year's Liege-Bastogne-Liege
    2. Christophe Moreau is a two-time world champion, and
    3. Gert Steegmans is someone to look out for in the sprints this year

    :roll:

    Maybe they are all facts - on Pro Cycling Manager 2009 Edition......


    ...ha ha!!
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  • micron
    micron Posts: 1,843
    What a joke - my little boy wanted to watch it but he decided he was better off with CBeebies after the 'puncheur' moment
  • LorneC
    LorneC Posts: 149
    micron wrote:
    What a joke - my little boy wanted to watch it but he decided he was better off with CBeebies after the 'puncheur' moment

    My 4 year old son came through not long after I switched the channel last night and said "Dad, you should be watching the news.... not Eurosport!"

    Out of the mouths of babes.
    Already signed up for the following 2010 rides:

    Etape Caledonia (May 16th)
    AMR's Trossachs Ton (June 20th)
    AMR's Cross-Border Sportive (Sept 19th)

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  • campagchris
    campagchris Posts: 773
    He was truly awful.
    Case dez span was another one.He's so boring,
    Robbie Hunter is spot on with his comments.
    At least David Harmon and Sean Kelly do the race commentary.
  • squired
    squired Posts: 1,153
    AndyRAC wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    ...from earlier today. What a trainwreck. I lasted about 20 minutes before giving up, but in that time I learned:

    1. Pierre Rolland won this year's Liege-Bastogne-Liege
    2. Christophe Moreau is a two-time world champion, and
    3. Gert Steegmans is someone to look out for in the sprints this year

    :roll:

    Maybe they are all facts - on Pro Cycling Manager 2009 Edition......


    ...ha ha!!

    As it happens Pierre Rolland rides in my Pro Cycling Manager 2009 team, but unfortunately he didn't win L-B-L this year.

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