For all those who can't stand Kirby's 'commentary' (must be everyone on Bikeradar? About - Carlton Kirby We've asked Colnago for more details but they just shrugged their shoulders in reply. Carlton Kirby: 'Yates is the heart and mind of this breakaway group'. He's ruining the sport I love - I avoid many races purely because he's the commentator. The walls do move when they pile in too. You have a sound wall battle, where theyre shoving one way and were shoving the other while trying to sound calm and interesting on the commentary when actually what you want to do is knock someone out! . And I said: Because I asked him! I asked him at breakfast, because when youre on-site, you can talk to the riders. We saw that on the Tour of Catalunya - a useless piece of motorcycle protocol. 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. We cant do that when hes at his house and Im at mine. His Grand National, Murray Walker shouting in the last 2 kilometres really is unbelievable. His voice tends to wake me up from my nap when something happens. 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. Harmon's attitude can best be described as 'wogs begin at Calais'. Those are definitely the days when you earn your corn. The commentators day doesnt juststart when the racing does, with research and planning underwayas soon as breakfast is taken. Terms and conditions of use. Ive been up the Galibier. Commentating on cycling is not like snooker or tennis, says Carlton Kirby, a principal commentator for Eurosports cycling coverage, who has worked in the sport since 1996. You have your usual office equipment, coffee machine, and sandwich machine. We caught up with Kirby to learn what is gained for the telecast. Minutes later, Sean Kelly points out that Padun is 'not getting around the corners well not comfortable whatsoever on the descent'. How do you call one of the biggest sporting events on the planet? That should have been alarm bells for everyone. And if you ever thought the job of the commentator was easy, think again, with the ability to multi-task a key skill for anyone working in live television. What you are talking about is a place in history. 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. As well as sports commentary his voiceover work includes corporate videos and feature films as well as radio and television advertising. Doesn't look that pretty, cable tied, very practical. It is really sad when you see the consequences of that. But saves my life" German governments helmet advert sparks sexism row, Bristol taxi driver who cut up cyclist and braked in front of him has licence revoked (+ video), Porn Pedallers to carry on riding despite being stripped of British Cycling affiliation, in: Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories, in: Has cycling become F1? Story Time with Carlton Kirby - How British cycling went - Eurosport It is amusing that explaining this is futile, he remarks. You have got to be kidding! Astonishingly though, a single stage of the Tour de France lasts for about more than six hours. 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. 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 I think there seems to be a bad feeling against cyclists and its really strange because theyre only people, he continued. We need to get to tomorrows finish line, and sometimes that is a four-hour drive. Carlton Kirby BikeRadar It's garnering quite a few sarcastic responses on Twitter Yep, I regularly cycle to MacDonalds, get a load of food, then cycle to the off license, get some beer, and then cycle to a lay by or car park and spread it around the place. There are several fan forums that constantly try to have him removed from Eurosport and even made a Carlton Kirby petition their demands on the grounds of inane chatter, terrible jokes, and unnecessary screaming. In their eyes, he is one of the worst cycling commentators. Especially on the downhill runs which is a crazy situation. Creativelyreplacing it witha Trek 1.2, Jack mostly rides this bikearound local cycle paths nowadays, but when he wants to get the racer out and be competitive hispreferred events are time trials, sportives, triathlons and pogo sticking - the latter being another long story. Following a two year broadcasting secondment with the United Nations in the South Pacific he joined ITV as TVams overnight Sports Producer and Reporter. You cant please everybody and as a commentator thats something you have to get to grips with. How much longer do the cycling public have to suffer the idiotic commentary from Carlton Kirby ?? What a load of rubbish - Team Sky Fan !! Nonetheless, one other thing that Kirby believes, sets the very best apart is commitment. 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. 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. And anybody who has watched one unfold on TV will recognise the frantic speed of the commentary as the race reaches its climax. (PS If there's anything here about donating, that's the website host - nothing to do with this petition - there is nothing to donate to. 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. Carlton Kirby: 'Joo Almeida, who won't worry anyone in the General Classification'. Mark thought it was congratulations, but it was Kittel hitting him on the back in frustration. He is now only four short. We will never sell your data and you'll only get messages from us and our partners whose products and services we think you'll enjoy. Carlton Kirby: Tour De France Commentator Carlton kirby - has to go !! | Cyclingnews Forum Listen to Carlton Kirby's Cycling Lock-In on TuneIn Would the football fans be subjected to him commentating on the football matches ? (Clarke is a very good rider, but there is nothing to suggest he SHOULD have won the 2016 M-SR. Watch the race.). Mark Cavendish crossed the line first, and said Kittel came up to slap him in the back. Ill be making notes when Sean Kellys driving, which can be a difficult thing! He believes. Simon Yates drops back to the Peloton in the last 2km - Carlton Kirby: 'Yates has decided this isn't worth the candle' - i.e. The blokes an insult to all cyclists. If you don't like something, how else can you change it - by saying nothing? All the news from the site and beyond as we start a new week. Simon Clarke, who should have won the 2016 Milan-San Remo is just one in a long, long line of things he invents from nowhere and then portrays as facts, banging on about them throughout a season. 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. One example of his commentary, from 11/3/21 Tirreno-Adriatico: Carlton Kirby: 'Yates is the heart and mind of this breakaway group'. I've just discovered, after following a tweet that Orla Chennaoui had re-tweeted, that the esteemed Mr Kirby has blocked me on Twitter. CK: You need the details. wow, all the power to you man! Whilst im not Carltons biggest fan (prefer Backstead w Harmon) I very much doubt I could talk for between 1 and 5 hours without descending into complete nonsense from time to time. or maybe you,re a relative ?? We have seen far too much of it - near collisions as much as actual collisions over the past few years. Nobody but nobody doesnt sprint for 5th at the end of a Monument. Fantasy Cycling: game [at] road.cc You get a sense of the weather a bright morning, going up this morning in a hail storm, and the hailstones are this big. Kittel moves first into Cavendish, who follows the white line. Kittel threw his arms up in the air, and lost not only first place, but second, third and fourth..winding up in fifth because of his complaints. Cycling is a sport where there are no time limits and there are no constant action-packed sequences to speak about. Theres no doubt about it, the most difficult thing to do is cover nothing, he says. Once its out there youre done, so youll just have to forgive me if I make the odd gaffe. While he admits Sagan's explusion for. ), there is a thread in the Eurosport 'comments and suggestions' forum requesting that he be removed from the roster. 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. Valverde gets it very, very wrong!" exclaimed . Teams have been announced for May's Tour de Yorkshire and the Asda Tour de Yorkshire Women's Race. Live blog: "outrageous claims" - Tao Geoghegan Hart lays into Eurosport You are as ill informed as Kirby. Marcel Kittel gesticulates as Mark Cavendish wins stage 14 of the Tour de France ahead of Peter Sagan, Stage six finish: Cavendish edges Kittel again in thrilling finale, WATCH: Moment Cavendish finds out he has won. I just wish we had Liggett and Kelly doing the Grand Tours. In the early 1990's he became a freelance commentator.
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