[4] In 2019, Chennaoui left Sky to join Eurosport as the lead presenter for the station's coverage of cycling events. Youll have to excuse me, my producer has just slipped me another note. Ah Bernard Hinault. Every single bike race we watch has some commentator giving their spin on the action. But the days of David Duffield are long gone and no ones laughing now. Every year, thousands of people support our campaigns and together we achieve real change for cyclists. We asked for your help in producing the breadth and depth of coverage that womens cycling deserves. I think that might be the first time I have ever been mentioned in a cycling book so thank you for that, Carlton. Most of them are still commentating on. We do not need to be seeing this. 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. 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). The couple have 2 children and live in London, UK. She retired from racing after 2018, a season where she finished 3rd in the Womens Tour. The 41-year-old TV presenter, from Draperstown, Co Londonderry, is currently hosting Eurosport's coverage of Cycling's Three Grand Tours. How can I watch WTA Doha? I wanted to share a little throwback on the good times and the bad times because wow the world has changed in 10 years for female cycling commentators. 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. Sportsmail has learned that BT Sport and Eurosport will on Tuesday announce the creation of several new channels which will pool Interviewing Harry Tanfield once again. Eurosport (@eurosport) February 28, 2023. After becoming a consultant for high-profile teams like Canyon SRAM and the Danish national track team, Bigham moved to Ineos Grenadiers for 2022. Maybe hell sprint through the chapters like Mark Cavendish eager to get to the finish line and get a hug from the fragrant Peta. . The Italian road race was won by Demi Vollering in a sprint finish ahead of team-mate Lotte Kopecky, who won the race in 2022. A former national track champion, Hannah Walker spent years on the road racing as well. Annabel Nicola Croft (born 12 July 1966) is a former professional British female tennis player and current radio and television presenter. He was initially mixing his GCN duties with the odd spell of commentary but soon changed the balance towards commentary. She lives in Amsterdam with her husband Mourad (45) and. registered in England no: 25185. This is where my passion is and I would fight to find a new place where I could share my love with the sport again. nb: this goes on for three pages in the book. Famousage.com is a global news platform, which serves Entertainment, movie, news content in English language. And there are more of them too! Her father runs a construction company. It shouldnt even be a question. It was a lot to take in and completely overshadowed the nice reactions I got. And, just like Biniam Girmay's podium prosecco debacle at last year's Giro d'Italia . As it happened, the first race I ever commentated on was the Vuelta: a team time trial in Pamplona. I listened to their criticism and learned. She is also the co-host ofa monthly cycling podcast, The Cycling Podcast Feminin, a monthly show dedicated to women's cycling. I dont know if Roger Federer had actually died but my announcement of his win at some tournament surely sounded like he had. FIGARO LIVE - Guest of "Buzz TV", the sports commentator, who will be on France 3 this Sunday to bring the Paris-Nice race to life, assured that "the fight against doping had been brought up to standard". Thats why it matters that we give them a podium. 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. And now hes standing up! Mr Paris-Nice won that race 7 years in a row during the 1980s. Hullo Bob! After 21 years at Eurosport . gbrrrrrr. 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. Its rare to watch either without hearing Martys voice in recent years. In 2019 I started again as an independent commentator in Dutch and English. Cycling UK offers a range of cycling-related services to support and advise our members, the wider cycling community and employers. As a native Dutch speaker, fluent in English, Spanish, German, and French, Jos is perfectly suited to reporting on the modern peloton. Movistar, being based in Navarra, had high ambitions of winning that race, and they did. There is so much to love about womens cycling but we have to make it visible, get it to a bigger audience than the still rather small group of dedicated fans. "To be honest I thought Demi was chasing for Kopecky to obviously jump across but I think because they both caught [Faulkner] itll be interesting to know what the team then said over the radios whether they could just race it out. Working in media is all about meeting people who want to go that little extra step for you. Make Eurosport your go-to source for the latest cycling results.news : Get updates on the latest Strade . I lost that job once, but now in a world where women in sports media are more prominent and more welcomed than ever before, I dont see any reason why I should leave behind what I love, ever again. Australian broadcaster SBS unceremoniously let him go at the end of the 2022 racing and so its no surprise to hear him over in Europe given he had such a high reputation. Advertisement. That would be nice. As a freelance commentator he has worked for BBC Sport, Eurosport, SBS, SuperSport and has provided expert input to news programmes on CNN, Sky, Bein, NBC and more. I apologise to our viewers. - Riders (twitter, insta) - Teams - Races - Podcasts and commentators - Shows (GCN/Eurosport, Peacock, etc) TV Commentator Interview: Between the Eurosport and the GCN channels there are a lot of cycling commentators these days, and one of the most well informed and captivating is Jos Been. It seemed like mixed feelings after the finish today rather than the happy SD Worx that we usually see, Kenny remarked. And then theres the Italian town of Barolo. Theyre all lovely in La-La Land and I look forward to visiting when the film rights to my book are sold. Photo : simon@swpix.com. Friends in cycling media turned out not to be friends at all. I doff my cap to you Brendan. Buy and sell hassle free with Preloved! Im sorry William and David and Thomas and Mark and Linda, I really am, but we have no control over the images we bring you here at Eurosport, the rest home of cycling commentators, thats down to the host broadcaster and they really shouldnt be showing us this, they really shouldnt. Thats the sound of a man whos just happy to have made it across the finish line. 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. What excitement! Of course, I didnt hate cycling but by telling myself I did, it would justify leaving behind the job I had loved so much, knowing I would never commentate again. Hes already breezed his way through the first few chapters even as weve been speaking!. He helped develop the Endura, NetApp (became Bora-Hansgrohe) and MTN-Qhubeka teams in their early days before becoming a staple on Eurosport. Mr Paris-Nice won that race 7 years in a row during the 1980s. Until that moment I savor each and every minute I get behind the microphone again because sharing my love for cycling with you all is the best job I could ever have hoped for. The news broadcasts ended that year and I was promoted to full-time cycling commentary with all the French and Spanish stage races, including the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espaa, plus the track and womens cycling. She retired from racing in 2018 whilst at WNT and transitioned to a Marketing/PR role for the team. She retired from racing in 2018 whilst at WNT and transitioned to a Marketing/PR role for the team. Only joking! But life sometimes has its way and when there was no one available to commentate the first two stages of the Vuelta a Espaa in 2012, I got a text message at 11pm asking whether I could step in. 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. I knew I had my place in this cycling media world. Yes! I started to learn when to talk and when not, how to dose the facts and when not to share too much. The 2012 winner of the Tour de France, Sir Bradley Wiggins, joins the Eurosport team for all three Grand Tours this season whilst also continuing to work on his podcast, The Bradley Wiggins Show . In May 2019 Orla joined Eurosport as the lead presenter for their cycling coverage alongside Sir Bradley Wiggins. No oh no! If you want to wind up a group of journalists, just make them pay for everything! She joined Sky News in 2006 as a Correspondent in Northern Ireland. Dan Lloyd 10 years as pro rider for Cervelo Test Team, Garmin-Cervelo and IG Sigma Sport, 'The Boss' is a Tour de France and Giro d'Italia finisher turned DS, commentator and presenter. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. He also was known to race on the road during US races. She retired from racing after 2018, a season where she finished 3rd in the Womens Tour. She worked almost 13 years as a presenter for Sky Sports. Simon Richardson Eurosport has had a shake-up for this year with coverage also being shared on the GCN app, though many of the same names remain. He could really move. No one. I was back to square one. Much has changed. Its a fabulous book, really fabulous. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. here at the second home of cycling, Podium Caf. 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. All padding and filler. 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! She has also been grid reporter for the World and European RallyCross Championship for the world feed and presented the highlights show for ITV, for Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival. There wasnt even a coffee machine to be found! The Vuelta a Espaa has always been my favorite race. She is also co-host alongside Richard Moore for The Cycling Podcast Fminin which is dedicated to womens cycling. The fact I was not going away apparently bothered some people. 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. The commentary line-up will include regular voices Rob Hatch and Carlton Kirby, who will also joined by cycling legend Sean Kelly at all three major races. A former F1 aerodynamicist, Bigham has turned his attentions to cycling and helped his track team beat national teams. 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. hold that thought just a moment, weve got some action! I love all the little towns and villages cyclings Grand Pianos pass through, insignificant places filled with people so glad to have someone new to talk to they put on a special welcome for us cycling journalists, feeding us, and watering us, and giving us free samples of whatever their local produce is, from cheeses to cashmere coats. She just feels looking at the strengths of Lotte Kopecky last week she was the rider to beat, she was the rider we were all talking about coming into this race and shes been able to beat her on the line as being part of the team so its a very strange dynamic so I think it was a big sigh of relief from Demi Vollering and that will be really beneficial for her going into the rest of the season.. Theyre not. While youve been away lots has happened and . Period. A former rider who has stepped up to lead commentary after initially being a colour commentator. If only wed know them better. A recent addition to the Eurosport team and the only female lead commentator (even if the name catches plenty out on Twitter). Jez Cox is an English Professional Commentator, MC and Speaker/Presenter. Hell usually be heard paired up with Dani Rowe for womens cycling and Jeremy Powers for the cyclocross. Ha! Cycling UKs 100 Women in Cycling is an annual list celebrating inspirational women who are encouraging others to cycle. 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! 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. You know, in all that drama, Ive completely forgotten! 4 March, Bath UK - GCN+, the home of year-round cycling content, will take cycling fans even closer to the action than ever before with the addition of former professional racer and iconic sprinter, Robbie McEwen, to its roster of expert commentators. Your membership will enable us to have a louder voice to lobby government, campaign for improved rights and inspire millions more people to cycle.
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