It is a thrilling climax and its my job to convey that to the public. Kirby is a shockingly bad commentator, but Harmon is not much better. For me, Carlton is the perfect commentator for the 'early shift' on long, flat grand tour stages. Once its out there youre done, so youll just have to forgive me if I make the odd gaffe. Ive now just watched the end of Milan-Sanremo again: Aranburu wasnt in the first group behind Morhoric, so he literally couldnt have come higher than 10th. So, were close to the press guys who have spoken to the riders, and they wander up during the day, and weve been in place for two hours already, and we meet with you guys. 27/8/22: Stage 7 of the Vuelta, Herrada wins the sprint and has his arm in the air in celebration. For over 20 years, be it the Tour de France, Olympic Games, Monte Carlo Rally or Le Mans 24 Hours, his easy-going manner coupled with incisive commentary and a dramatic edge has made him an audience favourite. Antoine Demoitie tragically died after being hit by a motorbike. I just wish we had Liggett and Kelly doing the Grand Tours. Following a two year broadcasting secondment with the United Nations in the South Pacific he joined ITV as TVam's overnight Sports Producer and Reporter. Essentially, there needs to be some sort of schooling or protocol coming from the International Cycling Union that has a proficiency test for these guys. This latest incident proves exactly that. The Tour forces us to have dinner. So, you have to ask yourself: What is different, and why is it worth it to actually go on-site? Among the big names the Belgian put time into today were Alejandro Valverde, fourth overall and 2 minutes 56 second down in fourth place overall, and Team Skys Egan Bernal, a further 1 second back. To cycling fans, Carlton Kirbys voice has become synonymous with the sport, having become an integral part of British Eurosports racecoverage. However, a lot of his fans understand this and support him. But I do allow people to believe Im always on-site. But he's British and that's all that matters to Kirby. Help us to make it better. And this sort of meaningless, demented jabber is not at all unusual I could have chosen many examples just from today. What you are talking about is a place in history. 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As a small example, he started talking to Magnus Backstedt about tyre widths the other day ("weren't you the 27 mm guy?") and apologises to those who don't. 00:04:00, 29/05/2020 at 08:52 Related All material FarrellyAtkinson (F-At) Limited, Unit 7b Green Park Station BA11JB. Punching the handlebars is the almost universal sign of frustration at losing. But he's British and that's all that matters to Kirby. Id love to see this Eurosport commentator substantiate even 1% of the outrageous claims he makes. Especially on the downhill runs which is a crazy situation. You take yourself to the studio, call up your procyclingstats.com, do your research online. theres nowhere like ENOUGH cycling on tv. Le point sur la situation de Yoann Offredo. The rest is very monotonous and quite naturally the onus of filling that gap falls on the commentator. All the news from the site and beyond as we start a new week, Thomas De Gendt bosses Volta a Catalunya opener and solos into 3-minute overall lead. e-bikes are very much the SUVs of the car world with every manufacturer seemingly keen to add at least one to their range to not miss out. . Tony Martin scared everybody with his breakaway, says Etixx chief. It is amusing that explaining this is futile, he remarks. It is amusing that explaining this is futile, he remarks. Owned by Warner Bros. The blokes an insult to all cyclists. Next time you watch, ask yourself how many of his critiques are aimed against non-Anglophone riders. Hence, talking on something is difficult without matter. I realise that commentating on a race involving nearly 200 riders is challenging, but since 1986 I have always been able to follow what is going on thanks to the commentary. Eurosport's lead cycling commentator's weekly guide to what's not going on in cycling during the lockdown. UPDATE: New online Zoomcast show, July 16, click through for tickets. Its a whole other much more positive view of commentators as a whole. It means sometimes were not actually commentating from the finish line because the Tour de France is so huge theres about 8,000 people attached to the Tour. He's fine when it's all action but flounders when it's a longer stage. Brentford today angry guy in grey car can't see why he should wait till it's safe to overtake hoots horn, shouts abuse and 100 yards later I'm in front again anyway. When asked about the criticism, Kirby opined Its not like the written press where you can write something out and finesse it and shave it, I dont have that gift. He kept on saying, Its gone, its irretrievable. He threw the toys out of the pram because his head is scrambled by these defeats. We get to see our own output with our team interviewing the riders. Theyre the best stages, and the most exciting ones, but often as a commentator the days you take the most pride in are actually the ones where absolutely sod all has happened! That is exactly what has happened now. And suddenly some feel like a part of the race. Discovery company. We dont want this man commentating. That is in fact my main Friday occupation. You have entered an incorrect email address! You have to say who they are, where they are on the road, what colour theyre in and call the tactics and often all within 30-45 seconds of sheer hell and manic action. Carlton Kirby discusses the art of commentary, says thank you to those who enjoy listening to him. Every stage of the Tour de France LIVE on British Eurosport HD. He is rubbish Eurosport have many other far better options we need a decent commentator not Carltons partridge esque musings. Would like to cancel eurosport but it's the only way to watch the classics (legitimately at least). March 2, 2022 . Matt Stephens will be Eurosport's dedicated reporter on all Grand Tour coverage, bringing breaking news, updates, and interviews from inside the peloton. So poor . Carlton's voice is familiar to fans of Motorsports and Cycling both on British Television and throughout the world. Eurosport have a lot of these, so theres a lot of conversation going on in your ear [between producers] and its quite a task trying to keep the flow of what you are saying, Kirby says. Being on the site always gives you extra material which makes the commentating so natural and energetic. 1/9/22 4.2km to go, Stage 12 Vuelta a Espana: the riders are going uphill.Kirby: as they get to this step, but it doesnt last long, its like your mums old step, give it a polish, give it a clean and then a clean pair of heels to everybody else. I could paint the Galibier and Ventoux and even some of the rarer mountains by memory. Continuing our discussion of 2020's cancelled/postponed races continues, Eurosport bon viveur Carlton Kirby discusses why riding up Swiss mountains is easier than riding up French mountains; villages accessible only by ladder; the world's highest lighthouse; 70s balladeer Gilbert O'Sullivan; human . Create a personalized feed and bookmark your favorites. We have Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche, Magnus Backstedt, Dean Downing, Rob Hayles and David Harmon (who although is not the best at least it seems he is really doing some research and background checks on the riders and teams - he is clearly learning from Kelly as they sit in the box)but Kirby doesnt even do any background research. but the bike was nowhere to be found!" Where is the central body that has its own rules of discipline and rules of engagement that respect distance protocol and passing protocol under the race director? I think it is just individual race directors who decide who gets to ride these bikes. As a Post Graduate Broadcast Journalist Carltons Television career began with the BBC as a News and Sports Reporter. Join Outside+ to get complete access to exclusive content on VeloNews, training plans for road and gravel, and more. Talk about what you know. Those are definitely the days when you earn your corn. We have seen far too much of it - near collisions as much as actual collisions over the past few years. Kirby has more than two decades as a. And alongside everything going on in his ear and on the screens in front of him, Kirby says the booths themselves can be a sourceof distraction from the job of commentating. His voice tends to wake me up from my nap when something happens. Carlton Kirby: What inspired Chris Froome's golden era Eurosport's voice of cycling Carlton Kirby analyses Chris Froome's performance in winning a fourth Tour de France. CK:Its pretty bleak. I make notes of the corners, pinch points, danger points, acceleration points, attack points all of those things.. Well over a 1000 signatories on that petition now. Mark thought it was congratulations, but it was Kittel hitting him on the back in frustration. What is the point? I've just discovered, after following a tweet that Orla Chennaoui had re-tweeted, that the esteemed Mr Kirby has blocked me on Twitter. This afternoon, I yet again, tolerated his insulting drivel on the Dauphine. Terms and conditions of use. Kirby says he opens the Tours road book (the bible for riders and media alike) first and foremost, having to change all of the notes to match his commentary notes and the on-screen graphics counting down the kilometres, rather than up as the book does. There must be so many ex-pro riders out there who would give valuable commentary and insight into the races. Carlton Kirby and His Approach On Commenting for GCN and Eurosport This Year: While cycling commentator Carlton Kirby and his teammates would normally head across the channel for the Tour de France, the recent situation suggests he will be covering the 2020 edition from the Eurosport studios in London. For god's sake grow up the man's just doing his job some of it good, some of it bad Is it my imagination or has there been more talk about commentators than cycling on here recently? The very aspect of commentating that requires filling the gaps spanning hours of no action is the reason. Harmon's attitude can best be described as 'wogs begin at Calais'. Log in or register to join the conversation. Conversely, a Carlton Kirby Fan Club exists for those who love the cycling commentator. Kirby has more than two decades as a commentatorbehind him and, alongside Irish legend Sean Kelly, has been back at the Tour de France this year calling the action from Utrecht through to Paris. Riders who perhaps finished tenth on a day will be livid that we didnt eulogise about them, but Im sorry, I was talking about the person who finished first. Story Time with Carlton Kirby: Mankini's and mechanicals | "The pictures were all over the news. He is thinking of five wins, and is finally allowing himself to believe he is going to reach the all-time record of the Belgian all-rounder Eddy Merckx's record for stage wins of 34. Some of which have been admitted, some of which weren't. He suddenly realises how to beat Kittel, working out the formula to finish first. Theres no doubt about it, the most difficult thing to do is cover nothing, he says. For mine, Carlton is the perfect commentator for the 'early shift' on long, flat grand tour stages. Yeah he does. Carlton Kirby As a Post Graduate Broadcast Journalist Carlton's Television career began with the BBC as a News and Sports Reporter. because there wuld be an uprising in the country. Being a commentator is all about improvisation and Kirby knows this quite well considering his huge range of experience. Thus, the commentary that you hear wont come from the finish line, but rather from some television studio thousands of miles away. We have to get him off eurosport. I heard him doing weightlifting once. if many people would do this via twitter it could at least give a sign. You don't need to be that close to the riders to get snaps. This is why he often cracks jokes and laughs heartily. "Oh! Fully agree Kirby is the most irritable commentator ever. Tech, reviews: tech [at] road.cc Eurosport's lead cycling commentator Carlton Kirby presents a weekly guide to everything that's NOT happening in the sport . With very little data being sent to them, and some pretty bad camerawork they have made a good fist of the event in Spain. The moment you have spoken a word, it is out there on tape and on every news website, forum, and who knows what. They kept the suspect in view and assisted us in the footchase before he was caught and arrested pic.twitter.com/QcQg7PBcsn, Wednesfield Police (@WednesfieldWMP) March 24, 2019. Its a massive operation. Among an awful lot of distractions, as Carlton Kirby explains, commentating on cycling is an arduous process. Kirby is not uncomfortable with the spurt of social media and the exponential increase of criticism that has gone alongside with it. If youve watched Eurosport cycling, you'll know. We need to get to tomorrows finish line, and sometimes that is a four-hour drive. Once they pass by, they have to repass the peloton to get the shots they want later on. he's saving his energy. I'm not sure if it was security, medical or a photographer who hit him, but essentially there was braking with four riders on the ground and the bike flipped before landing on the riders. He has been commentating on the Tour de France since 2009, and his deep knowledge of the race and the riders makes him one of the most respected commentators in the sport. Stay tuned! Theres so much stuff going on because in front of us for starters, we have live timing, results sheets, stage profiles, live pictures, alternative live pictures and a sub-monitor with the schedule. From wrestling with sound walls, coping with dropped audio, working with Sean Kelly and deciphering the Kirby CODEC, we caught up with Kirby midway through the raceto getan insight into life on Tour as a commentator. Star names like Sagan getting knocked off and knocked out of races. At least he can string a sentence together and he seems to bring good comments out of Backstedt. If its one of those days where its going to end in a sprint and you need to cover 240km, then its gonna be a bit of a drag. The current situation has made things difficult, where previously they would head over to the channel to cover Tour De France, now they sit in their studios and practice social distancing and looking at monitors. He inspires such devotion that he has his own fan club, yet also is on the receiving end of a petition to get him sacked. The breaks going to go up the road, theyre going to be allowed anything up to 15 minutes of an advantage and everyone else is just having a chat including us., All the other commentators from all the other nations and all their information are in the same room, so you often get people saying: Have you heard this?, with loads of things to share. Most races have one unit but the Tour de France has four double-decker units. See the recording of the last Carlton Kirby Zoomcast hereEnjoy our vintage/summer Parisian Spotify playlist (plus Little Italy by Stephen Bishop, not French, don't write in) hereSee Carlton's I don't think much does get through to him, I really wish it did. The commentators day doesnt juststart when the racing does, with research and planning underwayas soon as breakfast is taken. All the news from the site and beyond as we start a new week. pic.twitter.com/TkvUUUeBXs. Mark Cavendish crossed the line first, and said Kittel came up to slap him in the back. In the second episode of Story Time with Carlton Kirby, the Eurosport commentator reads an excerpt from his book (Magic Spanner) about how British cycling caused a seismic change in the. They seem to think that it is enough to just talk about english speaking riders, or to 'emote' any time there is a crash, or a difficult corner. I've decided and bought a '21 Revolt which is nigh on identical in stack and reach to the Defy, only differences being a slacker front end and Well if you ever go to Chesterfield you will be called "youth" however old you are. PLEASE CONTACT EUROSPORT/GCN INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL AS SIGNING, BECAUSE THAT WILL PROBABLY HAVE A GREATER EFFECT. Plus the the week's top tech news, in: Flying Tom Pidcock wins Strade Bianche, in: Cyclists call on council to reconsider unsafe diversion, in: Call for Scottish safety portal that would "deliver justice", in: Campaigners: Remove pedestrian vs cyclist conflict, in: Highway Code changes haven't helped cyclists, Near Miss of the Day 853: Driver of lorry urging cyclists to Please take extra care near this vehicle fined for close pass (includes swearing), Continental unveils the "strongest" and "fastest" ever Grand Prix 5000 tyre models, Brompton boss frustrated to be fighting "war of attrition" against rip-off rivals, Remove conflict between cyclists and pedestrians, urge campaigners in wake of manslaughter case, Have bike tech wars turned cycling into Formula 1? I speak no language other than English. I think as well that audiences will be sympathetic, so even if they know were not there, we will be upfront and honest about it. On the last Vuelta a Espaa, Tinkhoff threatened to pull his team out because two of his riders - one of whom is Peter Sagan - were hit by vehicles. If you are not interested you can unsubscribe at any time. Youre at the finish line, essentially watching the TV albeit with extra screens.. After a long journeyback to the hotel, often punctuated by Kelly taking media calls especially on the stages he himself would have thrived on during his career its then a debrief over dinner and back to bed for a seven-hour sleep and restarting the process again the next day. He believes. Driver escapes punishment for alleged hit-and-run on cyclist, as victim blasts police inaction and barriers to justice. One of the most adaptable voices on British Television, as can be seen from hisworking synopsis, Carltons range is wide. but the bike was nowhere to be found!" Eurosport commentator. It is irretrievable. The schedule and time duration work differently for every sport. 35m is 100ft. There have always been deaths since the early 1900s from vehicle-related incidents. They only received compensation a couple of years later. This year alone, we had a Sky rider getting his elbow clipped by a security vehicle when he went for a gap when none existed. 2008present unless otherwise stated. It is all clearly not set in stone at the moment, and I hope that I'm not going to have some sharp intake of breath moments on commentary just because bikes are needlessly endangering the lives of cyclists. And anybody who has watched one unfold on TV will recognise the frantic speed of the commentary as the race reaches its climax. You can do that by clicking one of these links - TAKES 30 SECONDS: https://help.eurosport.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new, https://help.globalcyclingnetwork.com/hc/en-gb/requests. Thus concentrating becomes a difficult job for a commentator. Whilst im not a great fan of Carlton Kirkby I very much doubt I could talk for between 1 and 5 hours without descending into complete nonsense from time to time. We usually have to drive to the finish line, which is where the commentary positions normally are theyre like double-decker coaches all lined up there, Kirby sayd. JavaScript is disabled. I have been speaking to (former cyclist and Eurosport expert) Sean Kelly about it at various races, and we have both had hold your breath moments. It is really sad when you see the consequences of that. It just stays online forever. De Gendt, ganador de la primera etapa de la Volta 2019. 4th in last year's Giro d'Italia. He's obsessed with what he thinks is going to happen, preferring baseless speculation to commentating on what is actually happening. Valverde gets it very, very wrong!" exclaimed . Wow, all this over a commentator, so Kirby sees a Quickstep rider and mistakes it for Voeckler - that's funny, it's engaging! He has to engage with the directors in the ear, guarantee that innumerable hours of gaps are filled in suitably, deal with incoming radio announcements, all the while tackling an uproar of a different kind with the action around him. The problem is that social media has allowed anyone and everyone to voice their opinion, regardless of their credibility. Im a bit annoyed at myself because I lost my temper at the time. You can get every picture you need from in front of the peloton. or maybe you,re a relative ?? And he has outthought Marcel Kittel here. I usually increase the pace especially on a sprint day to match the peloton, Kirby admits. Ive gotten drunk on the Galibier and been evacuated off the Galibier. After moving to 30 Tour de France stage wins with four rousing victories that has shattered Marcel Kittel on this year's Tour, Eurosport's voice of cycling Carlton Kirby tells Desmond Kane why he . Astonishingly though, a single stage of the Tour de France lasts for about more than six hours. I don't have anything against him personally, but he doesn't seem to get the basics of the sport. And his constant er, er, erms.. all the time were extremely irritating. It is a free-for-all. Yates ended up going out the back of the peloton, losing 1.22. The Vuelta a Espana used to be the worst of the Grand Tours because theyd have transitions day of 250km across a desert. As you say, he doesn't shout unnecessarily either. Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro dItalia, Tour de France, Vuelta a Espaa, and everything in between when you In the mountains, when you have say four significant peaks to climb, the day tells itself and often all you have to do is call it as it happens.

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