The facts came out fast. The American former pro rider won 4 national titles in cyclocross and was a top-10 ranked rider. Just because, is the answer I would like to give. Every single bike race we watch has some commentator giving their spin on the action. And bits of music. Cycling. 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. I was back to square one. The lady from Dalen in the province of Drenthe, the Netherlands knows her stuff - Vik says so. Menu. She was also the presenter, reporter, and voiceover for the Voxwomen Cycling Show, scripting and producing at the biggest cycling races in the world. I hope theyre not on the naughty list, otherwise Id have to refer to them using a euphemism like forbidden candy. And now Magees about to settle into his armchair and start reading. And while weve been enjoying a gaggle of giggles, McCabe has already reached the Queen Chapter of Carlton Kirbys Magic Spanner The World of Cycling According to Carlton Kirby, Eurosports Legendary Tour de France Commentator, written by me, Carlton Kirby and brought to you by Bloomsbury books, the funeral home of Brendan Gallagers opus magnum about the Giro dItalia, Corsa Rosa. It was 5/6 seconds even at times, they saw him up the hill. Carlton Kirby, Eurosport's legendary of Tour de France commentator Title: Magic Spanner - The World of Cycling According to Carlton Kirby, Eurosport's Legendary Tour de France Commentator. Novak Djokovic has broken a new record: 378 weeks as world number one, no one like him in either the men's or women's circuit. 2023 Eurosport, a Warner Bros. People are always writing to me at Eurosport, the care home of cycling commentators, asking how do I remember all these myriad factoids and inanities I fill the day with. Some of the critique was true because it was about the way I did my commentary job, and lets be honest: it wasnt great in those first races. Lets go reading! Copyright 2015-2022 ProCyclingUK - All rights Reserved, 2024 Womens WorldTour Promotion/Relegation Standings, Demi Vollering wins Strade Bianche from teammate Kopecky. Its rare to watch either without hearing Martys voice in recent years. Orla Chennaoui is part of Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling 2019 list for her broadcast career in cycling, including the hugely popular Cycling Podcast Feminin that exclusively promotes and celebrates women's cycling. For me, Carlton is the perfect commentator for the early shift on long, flat grand tour stages. And then there were threats about how they would come and find me at work because when everyone hates her so much, we can do something about that.. Working in media is all about meeting people who want to go that little extra step for you. . August 18, 2012. Create a personalized feed and bookmark your favorites. Hatch is often on the biggest races and usually covers the race finishes too. I think for Lotte shes defending a race she won last year so I can see maybe how shes been caught in emotion like I said, Id just love to know whether they had any team orders or whether they just raced it out. Matt Stephens will be Eurosport's dedicated reporter on all Grand Tour coverage, bringing breaking news, updates, and interviews from inside the peloton. 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Simon Richardson I knew Id heard the voice before and the photo above gave a little clue. We are within reaching distance of our next goal: to send reporters to all the major races on the womens racing calendar. When I joined Eurosport, it was well known that I loved cycling but I was also told straight away, on the day of my interview, that for a woman without a past in professional cycling there would not be an opportunity to become a cycling commentator. The best Eurosport commentators are David Mercer and Frew McMillan or David with Bob Hewitt. With nothing doing, Carlton Kirby still finds plenty to talk about and discuss, with the dad jokes aplenty too. Thank you for joining us here at Podium Caf, the second home of cycling. As one of the highest profile women in the cycling media,Orla is being recognised for her role in promoting cycling, particularly women's cycling, and her enthusiasm and talent for encouraging more women to take up riding a bike. I started with Eurosport Benelux in 2011. 01/03/2023 at 01:50. 'I'm sure all is well!' Join, donate, volunteer or be involved in our inspiring campaigns and projects. She retired from racing after 2018, a season where she finished 3rd in the Women's Tour. The third member of the panel, Adam Blythe, added he hoped that the pair were given the license to race. Or maybe its going to be like a long day out in the fabled Circle of the Deaf, where no one can hear your tears, those five fabled climbs in the Pyrenees that include the Col dAspirin, the Col de Turnip, and the Col de Mount Vindaloo. She retired from racing after 2018, a season where she finished 3rd in the Womens Tour. I really hope Fair-gull Ma Keye can comfortably make it to the end today, even without his name being in the index. What Dan doesn't know about pro cycling, and who he doesn't know in the sport, probably isn't worth knowing. I got invited to the Healthy Ageing Tour, Gent-Wevelgem, Tour of Flanders, Tour of Norway, and the Tour of Luxembourg but then COVID hit and these smaller races were all cancelled. Read more on podiumcafe.com. The Vuelta a Espaa has always been my favorite race. She worked almost 13 years as a presenter for Sky Sports. But most of the criticism I got was on how I looked, that I had ugly glasses or an ugly face in general, how much I weighed, the size of my butt, how horrible my voice sounded, how stupid and dumb I was, how terrible I was at languages, and how I pretended to know how to pronounce names but was apparently always wrong. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. It would be possible to throw in cycling stats, race outcomes, summaries of online articles (Velonews, Cycling Weekly, Cycling News, and those are just the english language ones). I used to think Murray Walker in F1 was over-excitable, but CK makes him seem positively tranquil. Founded in 2018, Our mission is to provide latest news and information to the people around the world. 'The idea of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games were immediately on my mind' Everyone knows why they should watch Roubaix. The Tour de France (officially Tour de France), also known simply as the Tour, is a professional cycling stage tour on a disputed route throughout French geography although it usually passes partially through neighboring countries.It is traditionally held in July and belongs to the UCI WorldTour calendar, the highest category of professional racing. Talking about the days events and doing analysis with the touchscreen TV. She is former presenter for Sky Sports and currently working as Cycling presenter for Eurosport. There are many different ways you can get involved with Cycling UK and help us support many more people to cycle. Create stars and the public will follow.. Orla hosts all of the action, live and daily highlights for the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana amongst other prominent races in the calendar. My anecdotes are funnier than his. And there are more of them too! The 41-year-old TV presenter, from Draperstown, Co Londonderry, is currently hosting Eurosport's coverage of Cycling's Three Grand Tours. He also was known to race on the road during US races. Thats what I want to do. With the joining up of GCN and Eurosport, hes now regularly seen across all coverage. She lives in Amsterdam with her husband Mourad (45) and. I stopped engaging and started blocking. Cycling UK is more than just a membership charity, which provides you with excellent insurance, information and a magazine. As amultilingual TV sports presenter, host and journalist with over 18 years of experience working in both news and sport she's currently cycling presenter at Eurosport UK. Every year, thousands of people support our campaigns and together we achieve real change for cyclists. [6] Personal [ edit] There was hardly a bad word to be found. Hell usually be heard paired up with Dani Rowe for womens cycling and Jeremy Powers for the cyclocross. To me that is the basis, although not flawless because I dont believe the two sports are carbon copies. A new signing for Eurosport and GCN is the Aussie Robbie McEwen. A former rower, Laura is very much at home at Henley Royal Regatta and has been the dedicated roving reporter for BT Sport and the world feed for the last four years at the iconic social event. In May 2019 Orla joined Eurosport as the lead presenter for their cycling coverage alongside Sir Bradley Wiggins. I didnt even know I had so many facts about the riders taking the start. Forums Road Professional Road Racing Prev 1 231 232 233 234 235 236. nb: Sean Kelly calling stockings ladies panty-hose is actually in the book. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Dear oh dear. Cycling Commentators on Eurosport & GCN 2022 Mathew Mitchell Published on March 7, 2022 in Women's Cycling The voices of the cycling commentators on Eurosport are beamed into our homes. Magic Spanner, by Carlton Kirby Carlton Kirby's Magic Spanner - The World of Cycling According to Carlton Kirby, Eurosport's Legendary Tour de France Commentator written by Carlton Kirby and . Hell often be heard covering non-WorldTour classics and stage races with his distinctive Irish accent. Too fast. Time flies when you are having fun, as the old saying goes, but its true. She perform a dance at Dancing with Skys Stars and fact is she learn dance in only 6 week. 20151 jaar 1 maand UK Women's Tour For Sweetspot and Century TV I. An Olympic, World and European champion on the track, Dani Rowe can now be heard covering womens cycling on Eurosport. I just want to be a cycling commentator covering cycling races. He won a stage in the Tour de France in 1998 for GAN and after retirement, ran development teams in his adopted country the UK. We are on our way to a cycling media landscape where women will be equal to men and to a place where the adjective female really doesnt matter. Why do I love mens cycling? As of 2022, she is 42 years old, as she was born on 13 November 1979, in Draperstown, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. He surpassed Steffi Graf, stopped at 377 weeks and wrote a new piece of history in this sport.The mathematics of the last few weeks, after the triumph at the Australian Open, took everything for granted, but getting here has been a long journey, which has surprised . He failed miserably to notice the jury review into the women's Team Pursuit, and didn't twig from the Dutch team arguing with the officials and Joy Beune . I think thats what we saw there today on the line, two leaders coming together within that team and the director just saying this is up to you, you two fight it out and do whatever you want to do, you race your bikes and youre in a race which is fair enough and you can understand from both sides, even if there was an acceleration from Kopecky, youd do that if it wasnt your team-mate and if they are racing its game on., Rowe agreed, saying: Theyre both going in on the same team, as two riders that can win the race, and then theyre battling it out in that final and Demi Vollering has come out on top. As a direct result of your support we're excited to announce that we'll be working with a new CyclingTips contributor, well-known TV commentator, writer and reporter Jos Been. The race, which remains in the Women's World Tour for 2023, will once again feature three stages, with two taking in the lanes of Essex before the final jaunt around London's tourist hotspots. 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. Your membership will enable us to have a louder voice to lobby government, campaign for improved rights and inspire millions more people to cycle. There was never anything measured about his attacks. Most famous for winning the 2004 edition of Paris Roubaix, Magnus Backstedt had a long pro career. 28/02/2023 at 23:52. Eurosport - British Cycling National Women's Road . 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. Daniel Lloyd jumped in to say Were really trying to build this up arent we? Matt Demon is rumoured to be interested in playing me. It was part of being in the public eye as a woman. She did her early education from St. Marys Grammar school in Magherafelt before her enrollment in Queens University Belfast and Rennes University in France. What excitement! But we have to offer a guide to these races, show people why they should tune in. And just look at the relief on his face when he turns to the final page and tries to sprint through the final paragraphs. That reminds me, I must get the gas boiler serviced. Cycling UK offers a range of cycling-related services to support and advise our members, the wider cycling community and employers. He won a stage in the Tour de France in 1998 for GAN and after retirement, ran development teams in his adopted country the UK. Like our dear, departed monarch, the Queen Chapter is a rather serious and sombre affair in which I explain by example what a slow day at a Grand Tour is like. I listened to their criticism and learned. She married to Mourad and currently lived in London with her family. As a native Dutch speaker, fluent in English, Spanish, German, and French, Jos is perfectly suited to reporting on the modern peloton. here at the second home of cycling, Podium Caf. With nothing doing, Carlton Kirby still finds plenty to talk about and discuss, with the dad jokes aplenty too. Maggy will often be heard on lower-level Belgian classics although not exclusively. The fact I was not going away apparently bothered some people. Ill be your commentator today airdoors to manual! Zoe, in particular, became a double junior world champion in the last year. And then they organised a wine tasting where and this is where some press guys lost it you were expected to pay! With the Olympic road race course looking particularly hilly this. I apologise to our viewers. Maybe hell sprint through the chapters like Mark Cavendish eager to get to the finish line and get a hug from the fragrant Peta. We run a range of projects, groups and programmes across all nations of the UK to encourage people to cycle. I am not a feminist, nor an activist. As coverage was cut back to studio, the panel were shown pictures of Kopecky and Vollering in the post-race area and Blythe remarked looks awkward now., Lloyd added: Its not all hugs and kisses at this point is it? Interviewing Harry Tanfield once again. You used to hear Declan Quigley covering the Giro dItalia but now seems to find himself part of the B-tier. One day it will all come full circle again when I return to this race I love most, as a commentator. The then-manager Danny Nelissen had spotted my tweets and needed someone to write short news stories. Friends in cycling media turned out not to be friends at all. Well unfortunately thats all we have time for today, well have to leave McCants podium celebrations for another time, weve got to get off air and make room for the Tractor Pulling from Gdask. But gradually the negativity piles up. Having presented on location from nineTours de France, two Giros d'Italia, two Olympic Games and one Commonwealth Games her career includes lengthy spells working onSky Sports News and the Sky Sports rugby and cycling coverage. But theres much more suffering in line for McKey today as he attempts to tackle in a single sitting all 28 chapters of Carlton Kirbys Magic Spanner, written by me, Carlton Kirby, and brought to you by Bloomsbury books (available in all good charity shops, pay no more than 75 pence). After that it looked as if Kopecky accelerated away briefly before Vollering caught up and then eventually triumphed in the sprint finish. Cuts to ad break. And that is only at my work place. With a couple of exceptions, almost everyone on this list will be Tour de France commentators 2022. It wasnt fun, to put it mildly. 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. 'I'd love to know!' She have a degree in law and postgraduate degree in journalism from Napier University, Edinburgh. An awful little town in northern Italy thats so full of itself that when the Giro passed through it they didnt put the welcome wagon out for us cycling journalists and actually insisted we pay for our own drinks! Laura is one of the lead presenters for F1 TV, presenting from Grands Prix all over the world, including the thrilling climax to the 2021 season, which was watched worldwide by over 100m people, and the 2022 season, which saw the dawn of a new era of Formula One. Dear oh dear! Ted and I are actually good friends, even though he does work for ITV94. Furthermore, Orla commenced her vocation with radio channel, 2 ten FM in reading. Hes sitting down now and hes started reading again. Orla Chennaoui is a immediately recognisable face and voice tofollowers of professional cycling, with a clear passion to promote women's cycling in particular. Hes scratching his bottom. A snooker legend, O'Sullivan is vying with Stephen Hendry for the highest World Snooker Championship wins. for Cycling, Triathlon and Running events both live and for television. McEwan, 49, enjoyed a distinguished career on the bike . Talking about orlachennaouihusband- She married Her husband Mourad Chennaoui. Each commentator has their own style and you only have to listen for a few seconds to work out who they are. Theyre waiting beyond the finish line to do interviews so they see the dynamics between the two riders immediately.. Join CAN our network of local campaigners and speak up for cycling in your neighbourhood and wider community. Apparently their pumped-up, over-muscular, drink-only-with-aged-liver-or-well-hung-game plonk was too valuable to be given graciously and freely to those supposed to comment on it. Here at CyclingTips we have some very talented female writers and at Eurosport, GCN+ and Discovery+ more and more women are picking up the microphone. After 21 years at Eurosport . He initially started combining riding with Eurosport work in his final season in 2019. Ha! Discovery company. Available on Eurosport app. British cycling commentators rue the airwaves, from me and all my wonderful friends and colleagues at Discovery Eurosport please do not call us DiscoSport, its not clever and its not funny to . Theyre all lovely in La-La Land and I look forward to visiting when the film rights to my book are sold. I can remember . In 2010 Chennaoui made a move into sports broadcasting for Sky Sports specialising in cycling; she was also Sky Sports' principal correspondent for the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. gbrrrrrr. Although I think George Clooney would be a closer fit. At the moment of the story being published we have not yet had confirmation whether there were team orders or not. No oh no! Carlton Kirby and Sean Kelly on eurosport are the best by far. With the joining up of GCN and Eurosport, hes now regularly seen across all coverage. Another former National Road champion, in 2016, Blythes relaxed style has seen him move from the studio to behind the mic. Eurosport has a select core of lead commentators who find themselves describing the action we see. I did the screentest and in June of 2011 did my first news broadcast. 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A slow day is where the Encyclopedia Carltononandonandonica comes into its own as I fill the gaping void of dead air with stories about the time I worked in a biscuit factory in the lovely little Norman town of La Haye-du-Puits (crumbs but what a Nice time I had there, HobNobbing with all the local bigwigs) and cloud formations (that ones a rabbit, and thats a sheet of foolscap writing paper, and that ones another rabbit) and crop rotation (clockwise, the same way you pass the port) and the prevailing winds of the Mediterranean (Ive been told Im full of hot air myself!). A true rouleur. It would be really interesting to know what team orders were when it was just the two of them and Demi did a lot of work. Its all just speech. Shell kick off her CyclingTips coverage from the Ronde van Drenthe, near her hometown, and will provide in-depth reporting and analysis throughout the spring classics season. The realistic answer however is that its necessary. Cycling commentator world championships Ponferrada, with Phil Liggett. Everyone else is measured against him. Our reader today is the Caf Bookshelfs chief book stacker, Fergus McKie and hell be trying to get through all 250 pages of this epic tome written by me, Carlton Kirby, Eurosports legendary Tour de France commentator. Because our sport is worth it, the riders are worth it, and our society is worth it. And ad breaks. I assume she was referring to Kopecky maybe accelerating slightly after Faulkner had pinned Vollering against the barriers. Read about Orla Chennaoui Age, Height, Weight, Net Worth, Orla Chennaoui Husband, Career, Television Drama Series, Awards, Some Lesser Known Facts and more. Most recently, Laura has also worked for ITV Sport, as reporter for their snooker coverage at the Players Championship and Tour Championship. Drama! Ive no idea what sort of day McKee has in store today. Odds & lines subject to change. Vollering said: Lottes a killer and I was a bit surprised by her action but yeah it also made it very exciting I think. She stands 5 feet and 7 inches tall and, her weight is believed to be 59 kilograms, it may differ. . Pidcock 'faultless' in Strade Bianche masterclass as experts hail 'fantastic' ride. Remarkable. And, just like Biniam Girmay's podium prosecco debacle at last year's Giro d'Italia . As you all know by now, British cycling hasnt always been where it is today. In 2019 I started again as an independent commentator in Dutch and English. Apparently, I was not awful, dumb, and annoying after all. Everything I know about the Giro I learned from that book. [4] In 2019, Chennaoui left Sky to join Eurosport as the lead presenter for the station's coverage of cycling events. I may well be renowned the breadth and length of Great Britain for being a painter with words I have been called the Dali of cycling commentary by some, others say that I talk Pollocks but no I would not like to fill Radio Norwichs early morning slot, thank you very much! I said I ignored them but of course I didnt always. If you saw the Vuelta Ciclista Valenciana this season, you would have heard Jez and Ive also heard him in a couple other races on the mens side this season too. The lead commentator for cyclocross and womens cycling on Eurosport. I knew that it wasnt the job or the sport that was the problem but I needed to step away from that spotlight and the big podium and to choose a smaller podium with less prominence and fewer viewers. I just love cycling and the stories it has to offer, whether its men or women telling them to me. And I'm pleased to announce that he's still Carlton Kirby. The voices of the cycling commentators on Eurosport are beamed into our homes. As well as his global work as a host and commentator Anthony is a campaigner for the development of women's cycling and has founded two successful media businesses, Cyclevox and .