List of things having "no place" in Grand Tours

tailwindhome

"These kind of climbs" ....(c) Iain

Cobbles

Italian roads

Boring sprint stages in Ireland.

Rain

RichN95.

Bradley Wiggins

tailwindhome

Smartphones.

d_o_g

Radios.

blazing_saddles

Carlton Kirby.

andyp

Podium girls.

the article don

EPO

slim_boy_fat

Dogs

thomthom

40+ km 'descent' to the finish line.

r0bh

Bonifications

milton50

Riders who constantly whine about something "having no place" in a Grand Tour.

mroli

Plan "B"'s (according to Sky)

mm1

Bikes with hidden motors.

montypec

Commentators telling us "it's a very select group".

Anonymous

Adverts for Israel

Macaloon

Power estimates. e.g.

@ammattipyoraily 3m
#LaVuelta, Stage 14: La Camperona. According to prov. calculation, Chris Froome at 6.40 - 6.50 W/kg for 12 mins.

^ wanker (hilarious profanity filtered w@nker)

mfin

Pr1cks that take their massive iPads to take photos on on the busy climbs, because waving big iPads around block other peoples view, it's completely selfish and inconsiderate.

rick_chasey

Good racing...

trooperk

andyp wrote:

Podium girls.

WHAT! Are you mad,it's the best bit.

Pross

Spectators with flags
Circuit races
Fabian Cancellara

meagain

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Carlton Kirby.

I was going to say that! He's an embarrassment to the language he apparently speaks.

Dippydog2

meagain wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Carlton Kirby.

I was going to say that! He's an embarrassment to the language he apparently speaks.

Couldn't disagree more. I like his commentary and his sense of humour.

Today he did a great job basically of commentating on two races simultaneously.

A viewer corrected him on his pronounciation of the South Africsn riders surname and he then spent the rest of the broadcast trying very hard to pronounce it properly.

Chapeau as they would say. I look forward to listening to him again tomorrow.

joelsim

Dippydog2 wrote:

meagain wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Carlton Kirby.

I was going to say that! He's an embarrassment to the language he apparently speaks.

Couldn't disagree more. I like his commentary and his sense of humour.

Today he did a great job basically of commentating on two races simultaneously.

A viewer corrected him on his pronounciation of the South Africsn riders surname and he then spent the rest of the broadcast trying erg hard to pronounce it properly.

Chapeau as they would say. I look forward to listening to him again tomorrow.

+1, I would much rather listen to Carlton than any of the others or ITV4.

Dippydog2

But, I would happily go without.....

Boring circuits of towns, no matter how much they pay.
The first 100km of most stages.
Any interviewee that says "today might be a day for the breakaway".

meagain

"Chapeau as they would say." Point proven!

r0bh

More motos than riders (I'm looking at you Vuelta)

joelsim

Pissed-up 'fans' running alongside riders. This should be banned.

deejay

meagain wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Carlton Kirby.

I was going to say that! He's an embarrassment to the language he apparently speaks.

Awful, when will he learn to commentate.
I "Mute" him because he only says what can be read on the screen or he Parrot fashions what Sean has mentioned.
Kirby and Backstedt is just excruciating err, uum, why bother.

BAN - Motor Homes and their Idiots from cluttering the roads.

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blazing_saddles

Dippydog2 wrote:

meagain wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Carlton Kirby.

I was going to say that! He's an embarrassment to the language he apparently speaks.

Couldn't disagree more. I like his commentary and his sense of humour.

Today he did a great job basically of commentating on two races simultaneously.

I have to say that I thought his joke today about Luis Leon Sanchez having to leave Euskaltel
because they folded was quite funny. :roll:

deejay

Blazing Saddles wrote:

I have to say that I thought his joke today about Luis Leon Sanchez having to leave Euskaltel
because they folded was quite funny. :roll:

What the hell are you doing, listening to "Chuckles", or (like me) did you tune in hoping to hear Sean Kelly. ??

The_Boy

Joelsim wrote:

Pissed-up 'fans' running alongside riders. This should be banned.

On this subject, it's been refreshing to see the Guardia Civil actually attempting to control the crowds at the Vuelta. I'd rather fans enforce these things themselves, but it really does irk me so perhaps some police brutality might sort things out.