Tour of Turkey *spoiler*

frenchfighter

Blimey that is some finish!

Lightning

Awesome finish. I seriously thought he was done when I saw the chain.

mroli

Keisse you idiot/legend...

Pross

Brilliant! Loved the way he still had a sprint in him when he needed it.

jerry3571

Loved that!! Shouting at the telly; nothing better! Happy days!

-Jerry

blazing_saddles

I had to watch it again. Unbelievable.
Though Kirby was going to have an apoplexy.
An fair advert for no race radio, perhaps?

Pross

Kirby's bird watching skills are getting worse."Anyone watching in HD might be able to see the swifts and swallows over the surface of the water. Actually they may be pelicans"

dabber

jerry3571 wrote:

Loved that!! Shouting at the telly; nothing better! Happy days!

-Jerry

Me too, I don't usually do that but I was so pleased he finally made it.

inkyfingers

Just watched it, brilliant.

Even my Mrs who rarely gets excited about cycling was cheering him on with 150M to go.

LeicesterLad

RoyPSB wrote:

Anyone else thought that the Eurosport co-commentator Brian Smith (think that's his name) has made very little comment on Gabrovski's performance, as if he's perhaps a bit suspicious? Whenever Kirby mentions Gabrovski, Smith seems to comment on something else. Or am I imagining it?

Brian posts on here now and again and I've had the pleasure of interviewing him too, very genuine bloke and certainly knows his stuff. Kirby gets a little over-excited sometimes and spouts a load of drivel but i'm sure he has a decent enough level of knowledge too. With regards to Gabrovski, as said before, comentators are perhaps better off not being judge and jury. Riders are clean until proven otherwise. Gabrovski has however had a few 'question marks' in the past. Generally you won't hear many comentators talking to much about riders testing possitive or raising question of doubt on a riders performance and for legal reasons also just better not to go there.

On the flip side, Flibbot and Sherbert on ITV do still think Lance Armstrong was clean and just very good, though i'd suggest in the commentry world they would be in the minority. Whenever Harmon, Kelly, Smith et al do the Eurosport commentry for the tour they have very little to say on the 7 time winner, he barely ever crops up in conversation. Flibbot and Sherbert mention him every other sentence.

RichN95.

LeicesterLad wrote:

On the flip side, Flibbot and Sherbert on ITV do still think Lance Armstrong was clean and just very good, though i'd suggest in the commentry world they would be in the minority. Whenever Harmon, Kelly, Smith et al do the Eurosport commentry for the tour they have very little to say on the 7 time winner, he barely ever crops up in conversation. Flibbot and Sherbert mention him every other sentence.

The primary market for Liggett & Sherwin's commentary, though, is the USA, so they're just catering to the people who pay their wages.

rick_chasey

Hell yeah.

Anyone read that article on pro-cycling a few months ago about him? He's had a rough ride.

Good for him. Well deserved.

Moomaloid

Rick Chasey wrote:

Hell yeah.

Anyone read that article on pro-cycling a few months ago about him? He's had a rough ride.

Good for him. Well deserved.

Agreed... that was a good feature too...

jerry3571

RichN95 wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

On the flip side, Flibbot and Sherbert on ITV do still think Lance Armstrong was clean and just very good, though i'd suggest in the commentry world they would be in the minority. Whenever Harmon, Kelly, Smith et al do the Eurosport commentry for the tour they have very little to say on the 7 time winner, he barely ever crops up in conversation. Flibbot and Sherbert mention him every other sentence.

The primary market for Liggett & Sherwin's commentary, though, is the USA, so they're just catering to the people who pay their wages.

I think Sherwen and Lance were in the same circles with the 7 Eleven team and then Motorola Team involving Jim Ochowicz. They're all old chums from the eighties/nineties.

roypsb

By any standards, that was an astounding watch. Absolutely gripping finish and matched by fantastic and infectious commentary. Love cycling!

LangerDan

Stage finish now on Youtube

EKIMIKE

Rick Chasey wrote:

Anyone read that article on pro-cycling a few months ago about him? He's had a rough ride.

Yeh that was a quality article. I had him as just another shady character, without even bothering to find out anything about him. Amazing what some people go through but just crack on with it. It painted a harsh reality that these guys have short careers - the best thing they can do is shut up and ride and look for the next result. Felt sorry for the guy but this must feel like a great victory for him.

Stone Glider

What an amazing finish!

frenchfighter

LangerDan wrote:

Stage finish now on Youtube

At 9.10, you reckon that is Hoste congratulating?

Ringo 68

LangerDan wrote:

Stage finish now on Youtube

One of my favouride commentaries of any sport ever. Every time I watch it I laugh even louder than the last.

LeicesterLad

EKIMIKE wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Anyone read that article on pro-cycling a few months ago about him? He's had a rough ride.

Yeh that was a quality article. I had him as just another shady character, without even bothering to find out anything about him. Amazing what some people go through but just crack on with it. It painted a harsh reality that these guys have short careers - the best thing they can do is shut up and ride and look for the next result. Felt sorry for the guy but this must feel like a great victory for him.

For anyone who wants to read the pro-cycling article http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/iljo-keisse-from-tragedies-to-triumph

frenchfighter

Thanks for posting LL. A very tough set of experiences to have to go through in a short number of years. And this goes to show how terrible the doping rules are - I hold the UCI in total and utter contempt.

Go Keisse.

LeicesterLad

Only just got around to reading the article. What can I say? What a story but so sad. Bit choked up now... :oops:

Pross

That photo looks odd, it looks like he's going the wrong way around the velodrome!

fungus_the_muffin_man

Bloody hell what a story!
That makes my jumping up and down.screaming him on a little bit more special in my eyes.

I may just have found a new rider to.support