Criterium de Dauphine 2016 - mod warning in post 223 and OP

Inquitus

ThisRegard wrote: »

New plan, I'm just banning tennis altogether. Kids fell asleep early, stick on the highlights, mmm, looks a bit short, maybe they compressed it further. Nope, recording stops with over 6k to go. I shouldn't be surprised really given that it is Eurosport after all.

Just set all cycling to record with a 45 min window either side of scheduled start and finish, then you'll rarely be blighted in future!

MPFGLB

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

What makes him:

1. Pompous
2. Self important
3. A windbag?

Why are the opinions of people who think the two aforementioned comedy shows (and very successful, I might add) any less valid than yours? My dad likes both of those shows and in particular, mrs bucket. Nothing wrong with him.

Yours was a very elitist, narrow minded and needlessly hateful post IMHO about a guy just doing a job and enjoying himself doing so and trying his best to be as entertaining as he can for the viewers, whom you have also rounded on for no sound reason. Uncool, man.

Yeah whateva

And take the remote control off your Dad asap

ThisRegard

Inquitus wrote: »

Just set all cycling to record with a 45 min window either side of scheduled start and finish, then you'll rarely be blighted in future!

In my naivety I saw that Eurosport had updated the start time of the highlights show to reflect the overrun from the tennis and thought they'd do the same with the end time.

I'll just have to grab it when it goes up on the catch up service on Sky, in the usual ****ty quality they put up. I was away for the last couple of stages of the Giro but had the house to myself on the Sunday so went to watch them. The audio track of the 3 stages I caught up on was like those robots from the Smash ads in the 80s being battered about the voice box with a metal bar. Something had seriously gone wrong with the upload.

pelevin

In the tug-of-war I'll be pulling for Carlton!

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Kirby irritates the fcuk out of me too, and I know fcuk all about pro cycling. I don't even know when he's getting things wrong most of the time, that would send me over the edge.

Some people like certain commentators, others don't. Matt Stephens irritates me too. Love SK. I like Dan Lloyd and Declan Quigley.

pelevin

Otoh I find Quigley professional but dull & bland.

Andre 3000

Kirby is an idiot. His bias towards Sky and British riders is embrassing as well as the current flavour of the month. Give me Hatch and Kelly any day. Hatch can match Kirby any day in the emotional department too.

Andre 3000

As for tomorrow, almost certainty that it'll rain apparently. Contador is plagued by allergies and as a guy who is suffering from shocking hay fever the last few days I can empathise with any athlete who struggles with it, it's f*cking cruel. If it rains tomorrow and he doesn't show up then it's safe to say he hasn't got the legs this week.

pelevin

Kirby is brilliant. Hatch is a total fool. It's a world of absolutes here. If you don't agree with me, you obviously need help, and never mind being allowed contribute on the internet, should have been prevented from developing the most basic literacy skills. Green for GO, and Red for Stop - that's about as far as you should have been allowed to go.

ThisRegard

Andre 3000 wrote: »

Kirby is an idiot. His bias towards Sky and British riders is embrassing as well as the current flavour of the month. Give me Hatch and Kelly any day. Hatch can match Kirby any day in the emotional department too.

A British commentator on the British Eurosport having a grã for British riders and British teams, that's bleedin shocking that is, and thoroughly unexpected.

surripere

I never could bear Kirby either. What a relief it was to be rid of him for the Giro.

neris

Not a big fan of of kirby but dont like quigley or his little scottish sidekick from mtn. David millar on itv could nearly put you to sleep but hes actually good to listen to and good at pointing stuff or talking about whats going on and how the riders would be feeling

Lusk_Doyle

Maggie Backstead is the best.

pelevin

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Maggie Backstead is the best.

She was very good in Emmerdale Farm all right.

irishrover99

What's the guys name who done the giro with SK. I like him and the Irish lad isn't too bad either. Matt Stephens is good also when he's with someone other than Kirby.

I find anyone with him gets brought down to jokey buddy level with stupid phrases that they feel they must laugh at, kinda like match of the day when lineker is presenting.

Lusk_Doyle

irishrover99 wrote: »

What's the guys name who done the giro with SK. I like him and the Irish lad isn't too bad either. Matt Stephens is good also when he's with someone other than Kirby.

I find anyone with him gets brought down to jokey buddy level with stupid phrases that they feel they must laugh at, kinda like match of the day when lineker is presenting.

That was rob hatch. The same fella who used to do the football italia on c4 all them years ago. He's ok but his overpronunciation of names can be a bit wearing after a while.

Brian?

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

What makes him:

1. Pompous
2. Self important
3. A windbag?

Why are the opinions of people who think the two aforementioned comedy shows (and very successful, I might add) any less valid than yours? My dad likes both of those shows and in particular, mrs bucket. Nothing wrong with him.

Yours was a very elitist, narrow minded and needlessly hateful post IMHO about a guy just doing a job and enjoying himself doing so and trying his best to be as entertaining as he can for the viewers, whom you have also rounded on for no sound reason. Uncool, man.

Carlton Kirby is an abysmally bad commentator. If that's uncool to say, well colour me uncool.

Lusk_Doyle

Brian? wrote: »

Carlton Kirby is an abysmally bad commentator. If that's uncool to say, well colour me uncool.

Doesn't make him pompous, self important, etc.

Brian?

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Doesn't make him pompous, self important, etc.

True. I wouldn't consider him pompous or self important, just a brutal commentator. He gets far too emotionally involved in the action and it causes him to make mistakes.

Having said this, Kelly seems to genuinely enjoy working with him so he can't be all bad.

MPFGLB

Brian? wrote: »

Carlton Kirby is an abysmally bad commentator. If that's uncool to say, well colour me uncool.

Yes but to express an opinion of not liking the man and his humour and prefering Kelly is

Yours was a very elitist, narrow minded and needlessly hateful post IMHO about a guy just doing a job and enjoying himself doing so and trying his best to be as entertaining as he can for the viewers, whom you have also rounded on for no sound reason. Uncool, man.

A personal attack where I am entailed to express an opinion for a service I pay for...I am not talking about a man in the street ...I am talking about the quality of a broadcaster whose wages I contribute to and I cannot switch him off if I want to see the race or hear Sean Kelly

I was also commenting on the quality of broadcast including sense of humour ...not on morals of the broad caster...so the comment on Kelly doping is neither here nor there in this discussion...(There are many sportsmen o the 20th century who are revered and we don;t know what their drug up take was ...in athletics,boxing, tennis, football, etc...but I cannot like Kelly becasue he hasa doping ban ?)

And if Kirby is fine including his humour and the TV shows I mentioned are fine how is it elitist and narrow minded to equate one to the other ? I don;t understand the attraction of the humour of either was my point and to cast an aspiration of this analogy being narrow minded & elitist would conclude a greater degree of judgement than I made on behalf of the viewers who like both or either


And I can be attacked for calling him pompous and a wind bag

But it goes unchallenged for him to be called a fool or an idiot by others on here ?

But I am hateful?...very strong and uncalled for comments

I think the above personal attack is harsh and uncalled for and anyone thinking that should be supported should think again.

I am surprised the mods allow this and thus I won’t be staying on the site

Lusk_Doyle

It was not a personal attack. It was a response to a comment.

Good luck.

MPFGLB

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

It was not a personal attack. It was a response to a comment.

Good luck.

To be called "elitist, narrow minded and needlessly hateful"

is not personal ?

" about a guy just doing a job" whom i "have also rounded on for no sound reason."

..I see only one attack on this thread and its not towards the others who have expressed strong opinions on broadcasters but only toward me


You keep your luck ...you need it

Lusk_Doyle

MPFGLB wrote: »

To be called "elitist, narrow minded and needlessly hateful"

is not personal ?

" about a guy just doing a job" whom i "have also rounded on for no sound reason."

..I see only one attack on this thread and its not towards the others who have expressed strong opinions on broadcasters but only toward me


You keep your luck ...you need it

All right pal calm down. There's no bias against you. Read your post again and then read mine again.

Andre 3000

Brian? wrote: »

Having said this, Kelly seems to genuinely enjoy working with him so he can't be all bad.

Well yes ahhhhhhhhhh it's an honour to be able to watch these guys in full flow, the speed some of these rider can reach is very impressive...ahhhh the likes of Whacking Rudriguess and Roman Cruisinger and the rest of the GC contenders in the pelotonneee it's something....quite special

at1withmyself

So any action on the road yet?

Inquitus

No TV until the last 30km or so, fécking tennis.

Inquitus

Tinkoff seem to be trying to get riders up the road to attempt a "Nibali" according to the cycling new ticker.

velo.2010

Hopefully, we might get the last two climbs on TV and the GC guys will have kept their powder dry until then but... Contador might have a crack on the Madeleine and the thing blown apart by the time we see live coverage.

dastardly00

The riders in the attack are:

Ben Hermans (BMC), Robert Kiserlovski and Roman Kreuziger (Tinkoff), Thibaut Pinot and Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Laurens De Plus and Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step), Mikaël Chérel and Ben Gastauer (AG2R-La Mondiale), Daryl Impey (Orica), Jurgen Van den Broeck (Katusha), Tony Gallopin and Louis Vervaecke (Lotto-Soudal), Serge Pauwels and Daniel Teklehaimanot (Dimension Data), Marc Soler (Movistar), Thomas Voeckler, Bryan Nauleau, Perrig Quémeneur and Romain Sicard (Direct Energie), George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo), Marco Minnaard (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Cesare Benedetti and Patrick Konrad (Bora-Argon 18), Tsgabu Grmay (Lampre-Merida).

Andre 3000

Star studded breakaway. Pinot, Kreuziger, Van Den Broeck, Gallopin, Tony Martin.

retalivity

Kreuziger and Kiserlovski in the break spells fireworks from contador

velo.2010

3.10pm is the earliest live start on France3.

neris

Inquitus wrote: »

No TV until the last 30km or so, fécking tennis.

theres always the enthralling euro 2016 fixture of albania V switzerland to keep you occupied till 3:30

retalivity

Starting very early!!!

12:56:58 GMT
It will now be up to Sky and BMC to chase to protect the GC positions of Froome and Porte.

12:55:51 GMT
Also in the move is Fabio Aru, plus Jesper Hansen (Tinkoff), Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), Dayer Quintana (Movistar) and Bjorn Thurau (Wanty).

12:55:11 GMT
As we suspected the Col de la Madeleine has inspired an attack from Contador!

12:54:07 GMT
Here we go, the break hits the Col de la Madeleine!

velo.2010

Vuelta 2012 all over again. Its up to ASO to dictate when the race goes live and its locked in with schedulers some weeks out but jaysus you think they would have some sense that this would kick off early in the stage.

Only one hour to go til live coverage. Frown.

Andre 3000

Contador who's joined by Aru, J-Rod and baby Quintana have 30 secs on Froome and the main group.

neris

velo.2010 wrote: »

Vuelta 2012 all over again. Its up to ASO to dictate when the race goes live and its locked in with schedulers some weeks out but jaysus you think they would have some sense that this would kick off early in the stage.

Only one hour to go til live coverage. Frown.

i can never understand why they cant just put up the feed from the race on eurosport palyer. they can show any number of poxy tennis matches over 8 or 9 channels but can never show the cycling till their broadcast goes live. surely the tv cameras on the road are broadcasting and relaying pics from the start of the race and not plodding around the peleton till someone in a tv control room tells em to turn their cameras on

at1withmyself

Contador caught by Sky before the summit of the madeline, wonder will he go again. I think he was hoping froome would chase and that would break the sky train but didn't work this time

neris

its not quite carling the CDD but the end of the tour de suisse TT is on the uci channel on eurosport player

bazermc

Poxy tennis

ednwireland

bazermc wrote: »

Poxy tennis

no live pictures yet according to itv4

tigerboon

Andre 3000 wrote: »

Well yes ahhhhhhhhhh it's an honour to be able to watch these guys in full flow, the speed some of these rider can reach is very impressive...ahhhh the likes of Whacking Rudriguess and Roman Cruisinger and the rest of the GC contenders in the pelotonneee it's something....quite special

No Fooglesang that day?

retalivity

Ive got a french stream with live pics....40k left

bazermc

ednwireland wrote: »

no live pictures yet according to itv4

Cheers. I forgot about itv4.

mhiggy09

Live now on itv4 for anyone interested

retalivity

sky sitting back and giving bardet almost 3 minutes now...

at1withmyself

retalivity wrote: »

sky sitting back and giving bardet almost 3 minutes now...

Bardet to go into yellow this evening then???

irishrover99

retalivity wrote: »

sky sitting back and giving bardet almost 3 minutes now...

I don't think they want to burn there riders out with tinkof riders up the road

godtabh

why are ES showing stage 6 repeats?

neris

pinot's funky tri color shoes