Carlton Kirby

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    edited July 1

    Dani calling Carlton out for BS over those stupid new sunglasses and backed up by Robbie.

  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726

    And what was with Abrahamson with those fantasy pink spots on his bike?

    He knows that this is the Tour and not the Giro, right?

    Dani then blots her copybook with having Carapaz riding for Ineos. At least she corrected herself, unlike motormouth.

    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,981
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    edited July 1

    Carlton was claiming the glasses are designed to stop people getting the noses sunburnt. I can't remember the exact response but it was basically saying that sounds like nonsense and it's probably an aero thing (which Robbie subsequently confirmed from the product publicity stuff).

  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,981
    edited July 1

    Oh dear - I had only seen an image of the glasses, and it's clear as day, without me having read anything about them, (I don't even know what make they are) that they are designed as such for aero gains.

    Are we sure he wasn't saying it to try and be funny........?

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463

    No, it was one of those assertions he makes in the hope no-one knows better.

  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,981
    edited July 1

    wow, that's quite breathtaking.

    And yet still people prefer this to Hatch 🤯

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655

    To be fair to Carlton (I have no dog in this fight, my commentary is Danish) Groenewegen mentioned sunburn prevention in an interview about the glasses.

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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,822

    For what it's worth I did my part today, I changed over to ITV when Kirby started (including watching the adverts)

  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,822

    I was away yesterday and so only had a chance to watch the highlights on ITV

    I'm watching the full stage today and feel that in the interest of balance, David Millar spotted Jonas' puncture on ITV straightaway but Rob Hatch was toon busy laughing with Adam Blythe to see it.

  • Kauto5
    Kauto5 Posts: 90

    Blythe: "Is it true that mixing red wine with white wine creates rose?".

    *Switches over to ITV"

  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,663

    Blythe is less of a contributor than he imagines.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463

    I think he was deliberately trying to wind up JHB with the wine comment.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463

    Carlton was actually OK today despite being a day where he needed to fill a lot of gaps.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463

    He's just suggested that Rolic getting given same time could lead to riders deliberately falling off.

  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334

    In his defence it's something that riders themselves joke about doing, and as with all good jokes there's more than a kernel of truth underneath it.