Carlton Kirby
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He is not very good. Can be worth watching if you need more than LR and HTRWW.PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230
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We had a classic Kirby moment today in Turkey.
Racing towards the final loop of the finishing circuit and a couple of lads had let off some pretty feeble flares.
Naturally this triggered our Carlton to go off on one.
Next instant there’s a big crash that blocked the road for half the peloton, which Kirby completely failed to notice.
No doubt he had smoke in his eyes."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.2 -
Not for me - the itv commentary that is - I've not caught Nico on co-comms this year but I wasn't overly impressed with him with the bits he's done previously - agree it does take them a while to find their feet though.Lanterne_Rogue said:
Thought he found himself being caught between two stools in the last few km yesterday - you could almost hear him thinking "they've got no chance, but that's not interesting for the viewer, but I don't want to be too forthright about them having no chance in case they somehow do it... oh heck..."daniel_b said:
He did much better today on stage 2, some real insights.bm5 said:Nico Roche is making a much better job of commentary than his father did. (I know I'm old )
He was either nervous, or simply didn't have much to say on the opening TT, maybe not that surprising.
Agree with the insights though - it's really early in his career as co-comms and it usually takes a while for someone new to settle into it and find their own style. Roche is shaping up okay so far, and seems to have some of the David Millar keenness to talk about some of the aspects of racing that he finds especially interesting. That slightly geeky approach to racing (as opposed to the tech) is something that the Eurosport blend has perhaps missed a little.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
Nico Roche was very very good on the itzulia comms.1
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He improved the further it went on in my opinion.kingstongraham said:Nico Roche was very very good on the itzulia comms.
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Several times on today’s big climb in Turkey, Kirby praised the ride of a local rider who was mixing it with Quintana and the main GC contenders, in the select group.
It was a chap by the name of Mustafer Sayar.
Oh dear, Carlton."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
I'm sure he heard someone say "the Turkish rider must have a say here"blazing_saddles said:Several times on today’s big climb in Turkey, Kirby praised the ride of a local rider who was mixing it with Quintana and the main GC contenders, in the select group.
It was a chap by the name of Mustafer Sayar.
Oh dear, Carlton.2 -
[Emptying the friikin drafts folder]seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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If anyone is wondering what mr thread title is up to atm, he's on duty this week, for Hungary.
So, naturally his first words of commentary today were: "Welcome............to the Tour of Turkey,""Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.2 -
Credit where it's due, Ben Zwiehoff called Lennard Kamna "Lenny" during his rider diary for the Cycling Podcast0
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That is outstanding work. He made it to the sixth word without a mistake.blazing_saddles said:If anyone is wondering what mr thread title is up to atm, he's on duty this week, for Hungary.
So, naturally his first words of commentary today were: "Welcome............to the Tour of Turkey,"1 -
Last couple of days I have been in the office, catching up on the admin side of my business, which I hate. I have had the Giro on as a radio, only listening.
Adam Dan and Robbie are a joy to listen to and Hatch and Kelly are ok too. I think I would have lasted 2 minutes if Kirby had appeared before changing to a normal radio station.
Eurosport, please please keep him away
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I'm missing the banter that they had last year at the Giro, not sure if it is purely because Blythe is hardly doing any commentary and just in the studio, or the addition of RM, or whether they have been instructed to make it a bit more professional.
I wonder if they had any complaints (probably not) though yesterday, I forget the context, but RM basically said he would call someone a word that began with the letter B, and ended with 'astard'
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I always feel simmering tension between CK and Brian Smith.
The 6 stages of the 4 days of Dunkirk I felt a couple of times it would go full on.0 -
Probably because Smithy knows Carlton is full of shit and knows literally nothing about a sport he is paid to watch all day.jimmythecuckoo said:I always feel simmering tension between CK and Brian Smith.
The 6 stages of the 4 days of Dunkirk I felt a couple of times it would go full on.0 -
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Turkey would be perfect when you're Hungaryblazing_saddles said:If anyone is wondering what mr thread title is up to atm, he's on duty this week, for Hungary.
So, naturally his first words of commentary today were: "Welcome............to the Tour of Turkey,"
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Classic CK making stuff up to try sound cultured. The littlr mermaid statue has nothing to do with the brothers grimm, it's hans christian Anderson thank you very much.1
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When Eurosport announced their team on facebook there was no mention of CK. Imagine my disappointment when Rob hatch introduced the idiot this afternoon
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I think he may have just reached his peak. Lovely tribute to Chris Anker Sorensen. Carlton says
"Well whoever Chris was, we salute you"0 -
Any belated apology, by any chance?0
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What a complete lack of class. We already know he knows sweet FA about cycling, but this just shows his true character.rick_chasey said:
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It wasn't actually that bad - he had no idea it was CAS but be honest I suspect most cycling fans didn't either.
He has since posted an apology on twitter.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
I wonder if that will be the final straw for him. It already felt like he was being phased out under GCN / Discovery and this might give them the excuse to finally bin him.0
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I think every other professional commentator knew it was coming and were ready for it. It's not about recognising the portrait, it's about doing your homework and treating a memorial with respect.DeVlaeminck said:It wasn't actually that bad - he had no idea it was CAS but be honest I suspect most cycling fans didn't either.
He has since posted an apology on twitter.Warning No formatter is installed for the format1 -
How was he meant to be ready for it ? Unless there is some briefing he failed to attend or memo he couldn't be bothered to read?
He said in the commentary he looked in the notes (Jonno's notes?) and there was nothing there. Also as it panned across initially it was just the face so he was already talking about it before it became obvious it was in memory of someone.
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We worked it out tbf.DeVlaeminck said:How was he meant to be ready for it ? Unless there is some briefing he failed to attend or memo he couldn't be bothered to read?
He said in the commentary he looked in the notes (Jonno's notes?) and there was nothing there. Also as it panned across initially it was just the face so he was already talking about it before it became obvious it was in memory of someone.
Think the bar for the tv commentator is higher than the people sitting on their sofa.1
