Road World Championships (Spoilers)

[zimzum42]

I'm sorry to all the valiant supports of female cycling, but there's a reason I've tuned into the Men's race and only watched the highlights of the Women's.

I am not that interested in Women's cycling...
So why is that all they are talking about during the Men's race????

I want commentary on the race I'm watching, not a boring discussion about races I didn't want to watch...

 

[zimzum42]

Finally, Phil got a word in!

I never thought I would want to hear more from Liggo!

 

[tug benson]

I can't put up with this pish, Ryder cup it is..well until they shut up

 

[lilolee]

Jo Rowsell did some commentary during the Commonwealth Games and she was excellent. Knew all the riders, insights into their strengths and weaknesses, plus also amusing.

 

[jarlrmai]

BBC have Liggett and Jose Been, The were also chatting to Marianne Vos and Rochelle Gilmore so these are the people who know nothing about cycling?

They were talking about the womens race with one of the top contenders and the multi commonwealth medal winning owner of Wiggle Honda.... The reason being that the middle of a long long stage race like this is not the most interesting phase of the race.

 

[rich p]

This is truly a dull race so far. I may go and prune the pyrocantha

 

[zimzum42]

BBC have Liggett and Jose Been, The were also chatting to Marianne Vos and Rochelle Gilmore so these are the people who know nothing about cycling?

They were talking about the womens race with one of the top contenders and the multi commonwealth medal winning owner of Wiggle Honda.... The reason being that the middle of a long long stage race like this is not the most interesting phase of the race.

No one said anything about them not knowing anything about cycling...

I know who they are, but I'm still not interested in hearing about the womens' races, nor am I interested in the answers to tweets such as 'what do you have for breakfast'.
It's just my POV - I tuned in to watch the men's road race, I want to hear about the men's season and riders.
I'm not as interested in the women's, so I only watched the UCI highlights yesterday. It's a shame Lizzy got zarked over by the other breakaway riders

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

No one said anything about them not knowing anything about cycling...

Errr...

Could they not manage to find some decent pundits for the coverage, these ladies are incredibly dull and don't seem to know the riders. Would much rather have Sean Kelly or someone who knows there stuff rather than this drivel

 

[zimzum42]

Errr...

I said they don't seem to know the riders - I would rather listen to dull anecdotes about those in the race I am watching than full anecdotes about riders from another race I chose not to watch live coverage of.
I want a commentator who knows their stuff about men's racing, not just cycling in general or women's cycling or cross or whatever...

Anyway, this Jose Been seems more interested in plugging her twitter account than doing a good job of commentary...

Now, if only Eurosport were able to cover it...

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Norwegian Team car crash - one seriously injured, 2 further less serious injuries:

 

[jarlrmai]

fark that looks bad

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I said they don't seem to know the riders...

Yes, you did type that, then you typed this as well:

Would much rather have Sean Kelly or someone who knows there stuff rather than this drivel

So, Kelly "knows his stuff" and the women are talking "drivel".

 

[rich p]

Yes, you did type that, then you typed this as well:



So, Kelly "knows his stuff" and the women are talking "drivel".

You and Zimmers are more interesting than the race - keep it up guys!

 

[rich p]

Let's speculate - which team lacks a sprinter and it will be in their interest to attack earlier?

 

[rich p]

Spanish, Polish, Italian?