Making them shorter is a no-go because they're unique and the length is part of the test. A few winters ago I did [trainer] videos and I found them great but after Id done each programme a couple of times I struggled to complete them with the same intensity the sessions are challenging but not ridiculously hard. There was talk of Spain, Ireland and the UK locking down. Expected to read about Liz Hatch. S1 Ep33. I think the biggest problem in our business is ego. If we don't make it accessible to everybody then we're not going to get any more viewers. Everyone was looking around, hoping people wouldn't be sitting next to them. Misread thread title. Dan Lloyd quickly moved the conversation on, McEwens comments were left unchallenged, but viewers had heard the 49-year-old. Yes. But we have to cater pandemic or no pandemic for everybody's tastes and talk about things that even to us may sound basic. 'A natural born superstar' - Rob Hatch hails Biniam Girmay Eurosport pundit and commentator Rob Hatch gives his thoughts on Biniam Girmay's incredible win. But there was always the sensation of knowing he was better and waiting for that huge, huge performance from him a lot of people expected it a few years ago as a leader. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. I like Hatch and I approve of his pronunciation. There are so many different things behind the scenes that we're not aware of. As his profile grew, he began compering cycling events like the 6 Day track racing and is regularly used by Zwift for their online commentary race events too. He is known primarily for three games he co-created: the science fiction game Trinity, the super-hero game Aberrant (1999), [1] : 221 and the epic fantasy RPG Exalted (2001). Let us know what you think of the show in the comment section below. 2023 Eurosport, a Warner Bros. But it can ruin your day, your week, your month, when you don't meet the standards you set yourself. For me, being on site and travelling is the best thing. To manage an existing Cyclist magazine subscription, please visit Manage your account or visit our subscription FAQ page. Cyc: Whats it like for you working with Sean Kelly? We saw a few little bits of writing on masks, always welcome of course, things like No to Racism and a few slogans, but I havent seen any solidarity shown. I was lucky to do my work experience at Eurosport News. English & Spanish (bilingual with regional accents) as well as Italian & French (fluent). And it would suit Pozzovivo's agrrrrrressive style of riding! Stands accused of making Sean Kelly giggle during today's commentary. Its frustrating at times you do feel like youre pissing in the wind with social media. I can understand the view on censorship, but I still think thats bad taste. RH: Mathieu van der Poel winning the Amstel Gold Race was the moment of the season. I'm sure if you had the equivilant of Rob Hatch with a native language of german or italian but can speak several languages either fluently or professionally well, then they'd do the same. It was shortlisted for Irish Sports Book of the Year. In the end I had to go to Google to find out where it was and it was nothing like the way he pronounced it! I think people could empathise and it was a way for everyone to realise that we were in it together. Hey at least they aren't complaining about the fact that he pronounces names - or riders and places - correctly, like that other guy did. Amstel '19 was one of the greatest-ever races in the history of pro cycling The commentary in the finale from Rob Hatch, however, is also some of the greatest this sport will ever hear The passion & disbelief in his voice will always be associated with this iconic finale #AGR . Tao Geoghegan Hart of The United Kingdom and Team INEOS Grenadiers Pink Leader Jersey / Sir Dave Brailsford, Rob Hatch broadcasting from his home studio in Mallorca in 2020, Highlights: Pogacar wins Stage 5 of UAE Tour before race cancelled, Rob Hatch in happier times alongside colleagues Sean Kelly, Brian Smith and Jonathan Edwards at the 2017 Giro d'Italia, 'There's no continuity between races' - Wiggins on Covid, Rohan Dennis - Giro d'Italia 2020, state 20 - Getty Images, Jai Hindley and Tao Geoghegan Hart | Giro d'Italia 2020, Jai Hindley, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Rohan Dennis | Giro d'Italia Stage 20, 'What a ride!' Todays [workout]felt like going for a bike ride more than any turbo session Ive done before. So I started really thinking seriously about it. [1] : 227. But in terms of the planning, I just thought the Monuments going up the Grand Tours, and the Grand Tours clashing with each other for a few days that should have been something that wasn't contemplated. JavaScript is disabled. Skip to main content. But the atmosphere was eerie. We got to May and there was talk of things maybe starting up again. Take nothing away from Pogacar and his teams celebrations. Rumours were circulating overnight and this morning that finally the bunch are going to get together and show their solidarity. Then I was in Spain and Orla was in Amsterdam, where she lives, at the Dutch Eurosport studio. The biggest problem in our business is ego: Rob Hatch Q&A, Lige-Bastogne-Lige 2023, one day monument, April 23 (men's), Eschborn-Frankfurt 2023, one day classic, May 1, Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres 2023, one day monument, April 2 (men's), Paris-Roubaix 2023, one day monument, April 9 (men's), Amstel Gold Race 2023, one day classic, April 16 (men's). To follow along as Moore, Birnie and Hatch document the highs and lows of their winter training program with TrainerRoad, listen to The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, follow their online training journal andsubscribe below to get bi-monthly updates with training news and event details: // AG2R seems to have fallen somewhere: ah-jay-deuze-err is not correct. The lead commentator for cyclocross and womens cycling on Eurosport. We wont take any credit for that. In broadcasting half of getting it right more, even is in the voice. 10. Its f***ing Sean Kelly! Is that it, asked Rob Hatch. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. Sean and I looked at each other thinking, This is a bit scary. The full replay of the days live coverage is usually made available online by early evening but stage 10 was missing. But in those cases I think they should try to learn it for the next race he or she competes in. How about a thread in praise of Rob Hatch? But there was also talk of working remotely. thanks OnYourRight, AGRR would have been less confusing! She retired from racing in 2018 whilst at WNT and transitioned to a Marketing/PR role for the team. From a spectator's point of view, I thought it was strange to have to decide which classics to watch. I appreciate his efforts to pronounce names correctly. [15], Beginning in 2018, Daniel Friebe became a member of ITV's cycling coverage team for the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espaa, and started appearing on the podcast less frequently during those races, and often contributing in the way of a guest pundit. There were lots of different factors, including a psychological one. In 2013, he published Hunger, the long-awaited autobiography of Irish cycling legend Sean Kelly. He will write a book about the experience one day. It makes sense when you find out that he was a languages graduate Rob was in fact in his 4th year of Uni at Bangor when I started my 1st year there (also in the languages department). Date Day Stage Link Start time (BST). Cycling interviews carried out live during the Giro d'Italia in 2010 & 2011, with excerpts from the Giro 2012 Presentation in Milan.Interviewer: Rob HatchIF . Definitely. Half an hour later, after McEwen had handed over stage 12 commentary to Hatch and Kelly, the Australian also issued a statement. It's like taking an exam every day. The Service Course,[21] a new tech show by The Cycling Podcast launched in 2019 with YouTube star Keira McVitty and radio producer Tom Whalley. And the other was just before that, when Katarzyna Niewiadoma won. On the opposite end of the scale you have Sean Kelly talking about the Tour du Romondia and Primoz Rojlick. Eurosport has a select core of lead commentators who find themselves describing the action we see. Spanish cycling journalist and communications manager for Lizarte, Fran Reyes provides insight during the Vuelta a Espaa coverage. Here, in an interview with Felix Lowe from his studio in Sller, Rob discusses the early warning signs of the pandemic, his experiences in lockdown and the season re-start. 11/05/2021 AT 17:22. Exceptional job. So Ill tell you again whos in the breakaway, reiterating how many kilometres to go, what the gap is. Rob Hatch: 8/5/2021: Saturday: Giro d'Italia Stage 1: Click here to watch: 12:50: 07:50: 04:50: Rob Hatch, Sean Kelly, Daniel Lloyd. When a Grand Tour is on, I can't function as a human being because all my energy is tied up in the race. Most famous for winning the 2004 edition of Paris Roubaix, Magnus Backstedt had a long pro career. Probably now the highest-profile commentator on Eurosport, the only criticism Rob seems to get is due to his perfect pronunciation of all words in all languages. 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. 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. Cyc: During a six-hour stage you will often repeat yourself. Ineos announce Giro line-up featuring Thomas, Geoghegan Hart & Ganna. Mental. For me, you need someone who can fill the dead airtime and Stephens is doing that very well in California. 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. 04611236. Football, Volleyball, Cycling & more. If he pronounces the names correctly you should be happy he does it like this. Its a performance because, if youre going to do it properly, you need to modulate your voice, you need to work on your intonation. Or Vingegaard. Monumental Mohori. Cyc: Youre not afraid to reply to people who knock you on Twitter, are you? That Giro I'm not sure we'll see anything quite like it again. cheers for the language explanations, my French colleague said pretty much the same and it was down to the 'R' sound being 'err' meaning the deux was fully sounded and the two words ran into each other. After those moments, you're asking yourself whether you got it right, and it's difficult to switch off. It makes sense when you find out that he was a languages graduate - Rob was in fact in his 4th year of Uni at Bangor when I started my 1st year there (also in the languages department). 447 following. JavaScript is disabled. 6,355 Followers, 1,951 Following, 550 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Rob Hatch (@robhatchinsta) Rob Hatch, cycling commentator; Simon Richardson, former professional cyclist; Giro d'Italia. Rob Hatch Just a guy living with my wife and love of my life Vikki . Everyone did their best and it was great that we could have as many races as we had. You used to hear Declan Quigley covering the Giro dItalia but now seems to find himself part of the B-tier. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Watching the last stage of the Tour de Romandie, I gave up trying to understand the town of the finish. Or that 83% of the peloton is in the "Form of His Life"? What happens when three renowned cycling journalists decide to jump in the saddle for an intense winter of structured indoor training? Alison Jones. I knew Id heard the voice before and the photo above gave a little clue. Sorry, Declan Quigley is not a good listen. You only take notice of what's going on outside the race once it's over. Calm down Rob it is only a city! 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. I know people disagree with this, but I feel the most important thing about broadcasting is getting those moments for archive. - Froome 'warrants more respect' - Wiggins podcast. Once you click onto hearing his penchant for listing riders, you cant un-hear it! And I didnt want him to think I was crap, because hes a nice bloke. Remember, were commentating from a studio in London. Without the strict medical and social protocol part of it, we've always been living in bubbles anyway in Grand Tours for years. The Grand Tour Diaries, the second book by the team behind The Cycling Podcast was released in November 2019. All rights reserved. Smashing your head against a brick wall for an hour is no fun and it makes it hard to look forward to the next session. Do we really know what's going on in the heads of sportspeople? Esteemed French journalist[18] and author Franois Thomazeau[19] (winner of the 2015 Prix Jacques Goddet) has joined them in their coverage since 2017.[20]. Only in cycling do we have to put up with indecipherable Italian, French and Spanish names of riders and teams! An Olympic, World and European champion on the track, Dani Rowe can now be heard covering womens cycling on Eurosport. Im not saying everybody has to say the names like I do. 3. When would we all see each other again? Hatch tries to make everything exciting even when it clearly is not. I enjoy his insights into aspects such as Italian dialect and sayings. The way that they rode was absolutely incredible. The Cycling Podcast was the first podcast ever to be accredited to the Tour de France. It is also published by the UK broadsheet newspaper, The Telegraph. Again, it's not a huge criticism of the people who devised the calendar. Usually, I get ill because I'm exhausted, and when you stop, your body just gives up. As I said in my post, when he gives names of riders and teams in a peleton he is just speaking gobbledegook to English speakers. Our French producers will say, If you dont show it, its censorship. Ive had this argument, going back to my work experience. Rob Hatchis afreelance broadcaster that can be found commentating on cycling for Eurosport television, BBC Radio 5 Live, IMG Media and more. How is it, the whole of the winter sports on Eurosport, the commentators managed to pronounce all of the European names without having to resort to OTT pronunciations?? Blythe was a consistent lower-level classics racer and sometime sprinter. 9/5/2021: Sunday: Giro . I didnt learn a great deal, but it did give me the opportunity to have a go at broadcasting. Hatch now has at least two angry threads about him, maybe only Armstrong had more in this forum, more than a decade ago. A last-minute plan had to be formulated for. The Cycling Media Awards Best Podcast 2016. That performance is something we'll talk about for ever the way it came together it wasn't until the second rest day when, sitting down, I thought, hang on, he can win this. In 2016, The Cycling Podcast team covered the Giro d'Italia for the first time, thanks to new sponsorship funding from Science in Sport. Following the title sponsorship of cycling clothing brand Rapha, The Cycling Podcast added the third Grand Tour to their coverage in August 2016. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Rob Hatch Retweeted. 101 followers. Currently, Moore, Birnie and Hatch are working through TrainerRoads Sweet Spot Base and Pursuit training plans to prepare for their big event. 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. I worried it would be. And this existence of not leaving the house too much apart from going for the odd run or to meet up with one friend on a Friday for a quick beer it was a really important thing to take those lines as a starting point, and it helped me write it. for hours talking cycling especially this Giro . So you feel quite a bit of pressure when that happens. You must log in or register to reply here. The Telegraph is a long standing media partner of The Cycling Podcast.[24]. Meanwhile their YouTube content is unwatchable unless you are a fan of Top Gear. Bear in mind that over the last decade I've lived in airplanes around the world. Notably, The Cycling Podcast was referenced in the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee's report into Combatting doping in sport.[12]. And should it look like an accident? Would there be an outbreak in the hotel we were staying in at Richmond-upon-Thames? Certainly in the Giro you could start to see that the shadows were longer, the light was different, certainly the mountains were different. Whether you televise all of it from start to finish is a debate for another day. Discovery company. Yep. We've all watched our favourite sports and not been happy with things. Would we be stuck in hotels? We chose not to publish Stage 10 coverage until an offensive phrase was removed and we apologise to anyone offended during the broadcast. She brings insider knowledge of the womens peloton to the race commentary. The Cycling Podcast is an independent sports audio production created by Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, and Daniel Friebe. She initially was heard commentating on womens cycling races but has also been seen in the studio during coverage of 2021s Giro dItalia. As someone who speakstwo dialects of Chinese, I would never dream of pronouncing names in their correct way to an English speaking friend, that is considered downright rude, as they wouldn't know who or where I was talking about!! In summer, I dont go out and smash myself for an hour on the road. I've just been. A few news articles started to appear about the peloton entering Malaysia. Not for the first time they leave us in shock. It's understandable when you're watching something, you want it to be perfect, especially if you've been waiting for so long. The podcast was given best podcast at the 2016 Cycling Media Awards. RH: I was born and raised in Accrington. And the other was sort of between the two: semi-suspicious, bit of pity, the whole crossing to the other side of the carriage thing. But, wow, I'll never forget those rides. It's difficult to say you're going to ride like that, though. There will no doubt be loads of events I'm going to have to cover from here because we won't be on site soon, unfortunately. The distinctive Irish voice on Eurosport. I can now watch both without getting distracted by bad commentry, which I can't with Kirby. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Support from sports nutrition brand Science in Sport saw The Cycling Podcast cover their first Giro d'Italia in 2016 and title sponsorship from cycling lifestyle brand Rapha, secured the future of the podcast for the following two years. Two days after the incident, on stage 12, it was still radio silence from GCN and McEwen. There was certainly more time for coaches to plan and more time for people to do new things. Tour de France riders were expected to show solidarity with anti-racism messages at the start of the final stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, but the paucity of the gesture was striking. Unfortunately this time its in rather poor taste., 'The guy nearly died!' Everyone's been suffering this year it's been a nightmare for us all. Im genuinely sorry for the language I used, and for letting the team down, but mostly I want to say sorry to anyone who I offended.. As soon as I landed in Spain, lockdown was declared. Rob Hatch and Dan Lloyd react to the underwhelming promised display of solidarity with anti-racism sentiments at the start of the final stage of the Tour. And I wanted to make an effort more for their families and this is a bit like the name thing, when I want to get people's name right out of respect for them and their families if they're watching. Complaining about Rob Hatch pronouncing riders' names correctly is the equivalent of British holidaymakers complaining when people in France speak to them in French. Follow. Everyone was wearing these makeshift neck-warmers out of fear. For the next 18 weeks, you can follow their progress, Riding by Feel: TrainerRoad Outside Workouts With RPE, Winter Cycling Training Guide: 11 Ways to Become a Faster Cyclist. At that time, I was amazed that the race carried on. For many hours of the day, doing what I do is a solitary job anyway. See more Ganna was good for the team, obviously, especially the morale his wins brought. People at home only see or hear the on-air personalities. I felt the same. All rights reserved. Now it's the best in the world: I've got 600 mega bites, fibre optics. Registered in England. The Cycling Podcast Presentation Hosted by Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe, Orla Chennaoui, Franois Thomazeau, Rose Manley, Lizzy Banks, Tom Whalley, Ian Boswell Genre Sports Language English Updates Thursday Production Production Jonathan Rowe, Jon Moonie, Tom Whalley, Alex Adey, Paul Scoins, Will Jones, Adam Bowie Audio format
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