As we saw with the Tour and Giro this year day 20 and day 21, you have to be able to race all the way to the end. Rob Hayles tries to grab the desk and keep it up while his BBC colleague Hatch just kept going like nothing had happened. Ill ask questions that people at home will think, God, thats a basic question!. Everyone did their best and it was great that we could have as many races as we had. I came back to Spain for a few days, then went to London for Paris-Nice. A few news articles started to appear about the peloton entering Malaysia. It was while writing for the original London freesheet that he won the media TT at a Team Sky winter training camp, where Sir Dave Brailsford questioned how it was possible for a group of people to ride quite so slowly. The one area Eurosport consistently come out on tops with is in HD picture quality. Carlton Kirby Kirby is the most marmite commentator there is. So, Sean, why are they not going to chase the breakaway now? Well, its bloody obvious, isnt it? I hardly listen to the commentary but I was listening yesterday and am listening today. It depends. There was talk of Spain, Ireland and the UK locking down. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. It is also published by the UK broadsheet newspaper, The Telegraph. Remember Domenico Pozzovivo going down [on Stage 3 of the 2015 Giro]? Past contributors: Matthew Beaudin, Ned Boulting, John Bradley, Caley Fretz, Rupert Guinness, Andy Hood, Matt Rendell, Owen Rogers, Owen Slot, Anthony Tan, Hannah Troop and Moeen Islam (avid fan of the show). Rob Hatch | Cyclingnews Forum And because of that you might come across less ignorant to local people. There didn't seem to be too much will for accommodation. Shes taken pictures of me standing on chairs and all sorts. To kick things off, they dusted off their turbo trainers and completed their FTP tests. Spanish cycling journalist and communications manager for Lizarte, Fran Reyes provides insight during the Vuelta a Espaa coverage. Read our interview with Hatch on arguing with French TV producers, talking posh and why people get angry about his pronunciation of Vincenzo Ni-ba-li here. Maybe take the opportunity to learn something instead of demanding the world be sanitized to your POV. I do it because I feel I have to do it. The next was pity. I was working on the Giro and, from a professional point of view, I tried to watch the end of the Vuelta each day, but I didn't want to pay too much attention to it in case I got it mixed up with the job in hand. Rob Hatch Retweeted. AG2R: Association gnrale de retraite par rpartition. As of today, the hosts are two weeks into their training plans and already seeing improvements in their fitness. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe, along with a cast of special guests, have provided analysis and insight from each of the 21 stages of the race every year since. It was very much a last-minute idea. How does a young potential fan of this sport feel tuning in to hear a prominent commentator say a really common and deeply unpleasant slur, even accidentally, and more importantly what does the subsequent non-response and attempt to just ignore the issue say to that fan? another viewer commented. Whatever way they wish to do it, whether that be taking a knee or not, we were led to believe that something was happening, but it looks as though unless theyre going to pleasantly surprise us now that the moment has passed. When would we all see each other again? But I would say the most important skill is getting those moments right. As soon as I landed in Spain, lockdown was declared. Usually heard doing .Pro level races (and the odd WorldTour one too), it would be great to hear him able to do some more womens cycling commentary on Eurosport as well. Discovery company. Why? Football, Volleyball, Cycling & more. My 10yo was asking me the other day why he pronounces all the 'foreign' riders with an accent but doesn't say Michael Matthews with an Aussie Twang. I think it added to the camaraderie and interaction between commentators and viewers this year that we disclosed where we were. Fair point I thought! If youre editing highlights, its the perfect place to come back in. A recent addition to the Eurosport team and the only female lead commentator (even if the name catches plenty out on Twitter). Once I moved house in August, I fitted out the studio and tested new programmes with Eurosport and GCN. I think people could empathise and it was a way for everyone to realise that we were in it together. Is it fair to say you have a TV voice and a regular Rob Hatch voice? It also receives support from Science in Sport. Slightly off-topic I've made a short list of weird pronounciations on German Eurosport: Yea, that sentence is downright hilarious, after all the years of "Dorothy Wierer" (replete with dental fricative), "Jarkko Meaty-Eye" (Mtt), "Michael Hey Beck" (Michael Haybck), "Ida Ings mah daughter" (Ida Ingemarsdotter) and literally Goldstrom going with "Eva, and apologies to Eva but I'm not going to try her last name" for Eva Puskarkov. For anyone who knows me, I'm not particularly attached to a flag or a nation. Luckily at the headquarters of Eurosport, Discovery, they were already well into devising a system that would work. For example, if somebody pronounced a French Martin like an English Martin, it would definitely take me a few seconds to figure out who they are talking about. I also missed my colleagues from other channels and media. ah-jay-deuh-err would be closer surely? Of course, in the back of my mind, and [co-commentator] Sean Kelly's mind, we were thinking about getting home. However, aside from a select group of riders writing anti-racist messages on their masks before the stage, there was no sign of a clear stand during the roll-out when the television cameras were rolling, with Kevin Rza left largely on his own during the opening kilometres. I bought a brand-new computer, a microphone (an old-fashioned lip mic), a sound interface box to broadcast, desks, things like that. I think I only managed three bike rides during two Grand Tours I just didn't have the time. Bear in mind that over the last decade I've lived in airplanes around the world. We chose not to publish Stage 10 coverage until an offensive phrase was removed and we apologise to anyone offended during the broadcast. Theyre always paired with an ex-pro to provide the colour commentary, with insights about the racing, learned through their time in the pro ranks. It was taking each day as it comes, let's get what we can from the race. In terms of technique, those bits of commentary were the starting points for me. Hatch now has at least two angry threads about him, maybe only Armstrong had more in this forum, more than a decade ago. We still need to educate people. You are using an out of date browser. But given the situation the world was it, we were extremely lucky to be able to do some work, so that's not something I'd complain about. But, wow, I'll never forget those rides. Calm down Rob it is only a city! Its nice that you can have a relationship I just wish people were a bit more civil and understanding. I've lived in lots of different countries and I just want to be entertained no matter who wins. Leading journalists reported news of an expected stance, with Orla Chennoui saying: I understand the peloton will make some sort of gesture today against racism. Unfortunately for her, her quarantine was brought in less than two weeks before the Tour, so she had no choice really. He needs to work on his banter/library of useless facts for boring flat stages. Rob Hatch: It was a real social education. The global pandemic meant Eurosport commentator Rob Hatch had to broadcast the Grand Tours from a makeshift studio at his home in Spain. We tested and we were ready to go again. Everyone knows that Rob Hatch is the guy who pronounces each foreign word ultra-correctly and that Carlton Kirby will be the one telling the dad jokes. Im not a huge fan. All rights reserved. A GCN spokesperson directed CyclingTips to McEwens Twitter statement when asked for comment from their commentator, while a further statement from the broadcaster was not forthcoming. We got to May and there was talk of things maybe starting up again. ..There's not a lot of competition on Eurosport though! BBC Radio 5 Live commentators Rob Hatch and Rob Hayles show true British spirit by keeping calm and carrying on as their desk full of notes and equipment falls apart at the seams. To subscribe, or for other enquiries, please contact us.