Eurosport 2014 / Cycling
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Harmon's sudden disappearance seems to have caught everyone out. If the rumours are true about Matt Stephens doing main commentary for Tour of California (and Brian Smith did the main shift at K-B-K for cycling.tv a few months ago), they seem to be trying to get more people trained up. As it is, beyond Kirby, Hatch and Quigley, the only others are Marty MacDonald, Ant McCrossan and Jonathan Harris-Bass, none of whom have been on Eurosport this season yet as they all have other commitments. Then there's Hugh Porter and Simon Brotherton. I'm struggling to think of anyone else.0
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The aftershow Lemond thingy was cringeworthy with a crap "leeeesen Vereeee carefooooolee" host that awful cheesy europop back to front questioning. it was like an afternoon version of eurotrash !!! Do me a favour eurosport ambassador of cycling. Was sorry not to hear Kelly on sunday he must have got fed up of kirby and said no i cant please 8) . Matt stephens is growing on me as a pundit. Kirby is a poor mans alan partidge.0
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Anyone know what Kelly's prior engagement was? Had he been asked to commentate for someone else as I can't think of anything bigger in cycling that day. Maybe it was something trivial like a family wedding!0
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Now I would actually pay to watch if Antoine de Caunes was commentating!Gazzetta67 wrote:The aftershow Lemond thingy was cringeworthy with a crap "leeeesen Vereeee carefooooolee" host that awful cheesy europop back to front questioning. it was like an afternoon version of eurotrash !!! Do me a favour eurosport ambassador of cycling. Was sorry not to hear Kelly on sunday he must have got fed up of kirby and said no i cant please 8) . Matt stephens is growing on me as a pundit. Kirby is a poor mans alan partidge.0 -
Paul 8v wrote:
Now I would actually pay to watch if Antoine de Caunes was commentating!Gazzetta67 wrote:The aftershow Lemond thingy was cringeworthy with a crap "leeeesen Vereeee carefooooolee" host that awful cheesy europop back to front questioning. it was like an afternoon version of eurotrash !!! Do me a favour eurosport ambassador of cycling. Was sorry not to hear Kelly on sunday he must have got fed up of kirby and said no i cant please 8) . Matt stephens is growing on me as a pundit. Kirby is a poor mans alan partidge.
And Jean Paul Gaultier would do no worse than Carlton!0 -
argyllflyer wrote:Paul 8v wrote:
Now I would actually pay to watch if Antoine de Caunes was commentating!Gazzetta67 wrote:The aftershow Lemond thingy was cringeworthy with a crap "leeeesen Vereeee carefooooolee" host that awful cheesy europop back to front questioning. it was like an afternoon version of eurotrash !!! Do me a favour eurosport ambassador of cycling. Was sorry not to hear Kelly on sunday he must have got fed up of kirby and said no i cant please 8) . Matt stephens is growing on me as a pundit. Kirby is a poor mans alan partidge.
And Jean Paul Gaultier would do no worse than Carlton!
Why not both as it used to be :?:0 -
Ron Stuart wrote:argyllflyer wrote:Paul 8v wrote:
Now I would actually pay to watch if Antoine de Caunes was commentating!Gazzetta67 wrote:The aftershow Lemond thingy was cringeworthy with a crap "leeeesen Vereeee carefooooolee" host that awful cheesy europop back to front questioning. it was like an afternoon version of eurotrash !!! Do me a favour eurosport ambassador of cycling. Was sorry not to hear Kelly on sunday he must have got fed up of kirby and said no i cant please 8) . Matt stephens is growing on me as a pundit. Kirby is a poor mans alan partidge.
And Jean Paul Gaultier would do no worse than Carlton!
Why not both as it used to be :?:
Which prompts the question - what has more boobs? An episode of Eurotrash or one of Carlton's live cycling commentaries?0 -
And there was Lolo Ferrari, Michele's sister0
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Paul 8v wrote:Now I would actually pay to watch if Antoine de Caunes was commentating!
Seem to remember he was quite into his cycling...
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Richmond Racer wrote:And there was Lolo Ferrari, Michele's sister
Didn't she die of silicon poisoning :?: ...... You just can't beat shear talent..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6xka0yBotk :shock:0 -
Ron Stuart wrote:Richmond Racer wrote:And there was Lolo Ferrari, Michele's sister
Didn't she die of silicon poisoning :?: ...... You just can't beat shear talent..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6xka0yBotk :shock:
They were real - I'm sorry that you can't dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles.
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If you were going to have a Eurotrash cycling commentary thing going on you'd surely have to sign up Rui Costa when he's not racing.
I reckon him and Eddy Wally would make a mean double act.
We'd need to find a role for Monsieur Pingouin too.Correlation is not causation.0 -
argyllflyer wrote:Ron Stuart wrote:Richmond Racer wrote:And there was Lolo Ferrari, Michele's sister
Didn't she die of silicon poisoning :?: ...... You just can't beat shear talent..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6xka0yBotk :shock:
They were real - I'm sorry that you can't dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles.
:P
Nice one
.......(Sir Lance a Lot) of ......(Texas Bull Shyte) 
Think we have strayed a bit though :?0 -
Ron Stuart wrote:
Nice one .......(Sir Lance a Lot) of ......(Texas Bull Shyte)
Think we have strayed a bit though :?
I feel we have replicated Carlton's commentary from Catalunya - Sergio Henao's return from the naughty step and the staggering comeback of Contador in the ITT!0 -
I'm going to stick up for Carlton as I enjoy his outlook on life, always chirpy, a sense of humour. Fair enough he doesn't always get the riders right, but hey who does.0
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argyllflyer wrote:Ron Stuart wrote:
Nice one .......(Sir Lance a Lot) of ......(Texas Bull Shyte)
Think we have strayed a bit though :?
I feel we have replicated Carlton's commentary from Catalunya - Sergio Henao's return from the naughty step and the staggering comeback of Contador in the ITT!
Very impressed to hear that Sergio was riding again
Talking of confusion over riders with the same surname, will someone please tell Rob Hatch that Sergio and Sebastien are cousins, not brothers0 -
Richmond Racer wrote:Very impressed to hear that Sergio was riding again
Talking of confusion over riders with the same surname, will someone please tell Rob Hatch that Sergio and Sebastien are cousins, not brothers
I think he was told on Twitter during Pais-Vasco stage 1 (not Catalunya as I said) just as Carlton was getting pelters for that rubbish about Sergio's shock comeback - RH tweeted that it was the brother but someone iirc put him right - may even have been Brian Smith!0 -
Rob may have got it wrong, but I bet he got the pronunciation bang on.0
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Call him Bobby Haitch...I bet he'd hate that.0
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There was a clip on Twitter of Maggie and Rob Hatch chatting ahead of a recent race and I was taken aback how broad Rob Hatch's natural accent is (he's from Accrington so broad Lancastrian), he has a much more neutral accent as a commentator. I believe Scott from Velocast interviewed him this week but I didn't hear it.0
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RichN95 wrote:
You'll think I'm making this up, but Antoine de Caunes's father Georges did actually commentate/report on the Tour for French TV in the 50s & 60s (amongst other things)Paul 8v wrote:Now I would actually pay to watch if Antoine de Caunes was commentating!
This is the most interesting thing I have read on this forum in months.0 -
Kirby the clot at it again today covering the Grand Prix de Denain so mute away folk :evil:
Cycling on BBC
Live Cycling on BBC: TV Rights
Live coverage of UCI Road World Championships
Live coverage of World Track Championships
Live coverage of UCI Track Cycling World Cup
Cycling on ITV
Live Cycling on ITV: TV Rights
Live coverage of Tour de France on ITV4 - current deal runs until 2015
Live coverage of Tour of Britain on ITV4 (broadcasted yearly in September)
Highlights of Vuelta a España
Highlights of UCI Spring Classics
Highlights of Revolution
Highlights of Halfords Tour Series
Anyone know anymore Kirby alternatives...... Oh God please let there be :!:0 -
Alan A wrote:RichN95 wrote:
You'll think I'm making this up, but Antoine de Caunes's father Georges did actually commentate/report on the Tour for French TV in the 50s & 60s (amongst other things)Paul 8v wrote:Now I would actually pay to watch if Antoine de Caunes was commentating!
This is the most interesting thing I have read on this forum in months.
Ungrateful wretch! What about knedlicky's whisky recommendation??0 -
Richmond Racer wrote:Alan A wrote:RichN95 wrote:
You'll think I'm making this up, but Antoine de Caunes's father Georges did actually commentate/report on the Tour for French TV in the 50s & 60s (amongst other things)Paul 8v wrote:Now I would actually pay to watch if Antoine de Caunes was commentating!
This is the most interesting thing I have read on this forum in months.
Ungrateful wretch! What about knedlicky's whisky recommendation??
Oooops :oops:0 -
Richmond Racer wrote:Alan A wrote:RichN95 wrote:
You'll think I'm making this up, but Antoine de Caunes's father Georges did actually commentate/report on the Tour for French TV in the 50s & 60s (amongst other things)Paul 8v wrote:Now I would actually pay to watch if Antoine de Caunes was commentating!
This is the most interesting thing I have read on this forum in months.
Ungrateful wretch! What about knedlicky's whisky recommendation??
Alan's not see Boonen's car over on the other thread. No that is the most interesting thing on this forum in months!
No but seriously, it is a fascinating fact.Correlation is not causation.0 -
Just remembered Eurotrash's Sister Bendy was a keen hobby cyclist - clearly the influence of Antoine's father was at a deeply subconscious level.0
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So it seems Sky are covering Amstel Gold live today from 1pm with Rob Hatch and Magnus Backstedt.0
