Following a two year broadcasting secondment with the United Nations in the South Pacific he joined ITV as TVam's overnight Sports Producer and Reporter. Advertising, commercial: sales [at] road.cc Tom Owen vents his fury after cycling blogger highlights verbal abuse on Box Hill, Geraint Thomas returns as domestique in experienced nine-man line-up, Summit finishes dominate opening fortnight with potentially pivotal time trial in final week, The best of the gear that's dropped into RCUK over the last couple of weeks, One carbon bike and two alloy models for 2016 'cross campaign from Chain Reaction Cycles' in-house bike brand. You can sound like youre a genius, with an incredible memory, Kirby says. People were saying track preparation knocks you back for the sprint because it is a different form of physicality that is needed. Its the press guys we see more, because of the mechanics of the day. It just stays online forever. Hence, To be qualified to fill up that huge amount of time is, quite naturally, a daunting job. This afternoon, I yet again, tolerated his insulting drivel on the Dauphine. On rest days we circulate to meet with everybody. Carlton Kirby As a Post Graduate Broadcast Journalist Carlton's Television career began with the BBC as a News and Sports Reporter. Yeah he does. Its quite nice at the Tour de France that we have a roadbook and a history book of everything were going through. I often moan about Kirby myself, but I don't. So, you have to ask yourself: What is different, and why is it worth it to actually go on-site? But not today in the Vuelta or yesterday, and this is the first time I have heard Kirby commentating. We have a quiet conversation about who is going to win today. You have entered an incorrect email address! When actually its just hand-written sheet of notes to recall from.. Essentially, there needs to be some sort of schooling or protocol coming from the International Cycling Union that has a proficiency test for these guys. Thus, the commentary that you hear wont come from the finish line, but rather from some television studio thousands of miles away. And then on day one on Utah beach..boom..Cavendish stuns the previously unbeatable German racer. Le point sur la situation de Yoann Offredo. You always get letters or emails from people who really enjoyed your commentary, but youll always get those who hate every fibre of your being.. Copyright 2015-2022 ProCyclingUK - All rights Reserved, 2024 Womens WorldTour Promotion/Relegation Standings, Commentating on cycling is not like snooker or tennis, says Carlton Kirby, Demi Vollering wins Strade Bianche from teammate Kopecky. He said from the rider's perspective, motorbikes get far too close to the race. It is not just the motocycles remember. It is amusing that explaining this is futile, he remarks. Eurosport's commentator Carlton Kirby has called hundreds of races throughout his career, both on-site and from the studio. And hes trying to improve them. join Outside+. You get the mood of the crowd, and of the press. Carlton Kirby: 'Yates is the heart and mind of this breakaway group'. (Clarke is a very good rider, but there is nothing to suggest he SHOULD have won the 2016 M-SR. Watch the race.). Jason Kenny has recounted to the BBC the near miss he and his infant son Albie encountered while out cycling last month. The moment you have spoken a word, it is out there on tape and on every news website, forum, and who knows what. We had a heated debate about the incident and then the person drove away. i like the stuff the two GCN guys do, is it dan Loyd and Matt Stephens? He came off the corner leading, it was a right hand to the finish in Villars-les-Dombes. He is thinking of five wins, and is finally allowing himself to believe he is going to reach the all-time record of the Belgian all-rounder Eddy Merckx's record for stage wins of 34. My Ultimate Commuter, rebuilding her at the moment, everything external. It is a free-for-all. But, Kirby has to do that, without fail. And thats where comes the utterly significant role of the commentator who not only has to fill the huge time span but needs to stay alert at all times. Mark thought it was congratulations, but it was Kittel hitting him on the back in frustration. For mine, Carlton is the perfect commentator for the 'early shift' on long, flat grand tour stages. In my ear I have a producer telling me when we have interviews, drop-in features, ad breaks and cue points.. Tech in brief: new gear from Shimano, Park Tool, Wahoo and more Tech in brief: new gear from Shimano, Park Tool, Wahoo, Tortec and more Vitus launch three bikes for cyclo-cross season. His cycling life began during his students days, when he cobbled togethera few hundred quidoff the back of a hard winter selling hats (long story) and bought hisfirst road bike - a Trek 1.1 that was quickly relegated to winter steed, before it was sadlypinched a few years later. Nobody but nobody doesnt sprint for 5th at the end of a Monument. Ive been up the Galibier. Carlton Kirby: No matter if youre in a mobile unit at the finish, or in a studio with air conditioning and a coffee machine, youre doing the same thing, the view out the window is just different. After a long journeyback to the hotel, often punctuated by Kelly taking media calls especially on the stages he himself would have thrived on during his career its then a debrief over dinner and back to bed for a seven-hour sleep and restarting the process again the next day. One of the most adaptable voices on British Television, as can be seen from hisworking synopsis, Carltons range is wide. As you say, he doesn't shout unnecessarily either. Creativelyreplacing it witha Trek 1.2, Jack mostly rides this bikearound local cycle paths nowadays, but when he wants to get the racer out and be competitive hispreferred events are time trials, sportives, triathlons and pogo sticking - the latter being another long story. The Tour de Suisse is traditionally one of the last big races before the Tour de France. The youngsters were congratulated by the force on Twitter, as they helped chase down a thief who had stolen over 300 worth of goods. They will tell you, Yes, so-and-so is looking really mentally fatigued, or, they are saying, Hes getting very aggressive in the peloton and weve had a word with the team, that is all great information. They basically work on the principle that people watching cycling in english are only interested in english speaking riders. He is rubbish Eurosport have many other far better options we need a decent commentator not Carltons partridge esque musings. Agreed. It is all clearly not set in stone at the moment, and I hope that I'm not going to have some sharp intake of breath moments on commentary just because bikes are needlessly endangering the lives of cyclists. CK:Its pretty bleak. He also never tells you who the riders on screen are - and if he does, he's usually wrong. I could paint the Galibier and Ventoux and even some of the rarer mountains by memory. Bridport cycles. 2.4K views, 20 likes, 3 loves, 5 comments, 3 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Eurosport: "The pictures were all over the news. There is a rumour that the plane ticket has already been bought for Mark to leave the Tour, but I think the temptation is there for him to go to the Champs-lyses because he believes in his mind that he has worked out how to unpick Marcel Kittel, who is his main threat. She talks about the background to the petition, which you can sign here, in this video. De Gendt, ganador de la primera etapa de la Volta 2019. Some of which have been admitted, some of which weren't. You have engineers popping in and out, you have guests from the different languages, and the only thing separating us from the Germans, on our left, and the French, on our right, are thin sound walls its completely open at the back, he says. It is not just the press core looking for pictures for the following day. As a small example, he started talking to Magnus Backstedt about tyre widths the other day ("weren't you the 27 mm guy?") A football match lasts for hardly ninety minutes, a rugby match is over in eighty minutes, whilst a basketball game takes only thirty-eight minutes to finish. At the moment I turn up to a large building that has been stripped of staff, and there are just 16 people in the building. Being a commentator is all about improvisation and Kirby knows this quite well considering his huge range of experience. Hosted by Duncan Steer Carlton Kirby's Cycling Lock-In Radio Days Events Sports NOV 24, 2021 London live show preview! The man, the myth, the chosen son. Over 3,200 worth of amazing prizes from Pacenti Cycle Design and Saint Piran, including some stunning carbon wheels! Are you sure? From dealing with the never-ending frenzy of action, and incessant radio announcements, to having to tackle the director. Its not something thats learned, or something you can prepare for. Simon Yates drops back to the Peloton in the last 2km - Carlton Kirby: 'Yates has decided this isn't worth the candle' - i.e. Thankfully, no tree roots to overcome. Hosted by Duncan Steer. Like this site? The breaks going to go up the road, theyre going to be allowed anything up to 15 minutes of an advantage and everyone else is just having a chat including us., All the other commentators from all the other nations and all their information are in the same room, so you often get people saying: Have you heard this?, with loads of things to share. I usually increase the pace especially on a sprint day to match the peloton, Kirby admits. VN:So, what really is gained by being on-site? (@StasaZlatanovic) March 24, 2019. Some pros think so, plus more tech news from Shimano, Zwift, Le Col, Dahon, Fairlight + more, Pick-up truck driver crashes into group of cyclists, leaving two dead and 11 injured. It is not so bad if they are in front because the rider can tell the motorbike to go away, but if it is trailing the rider and the rider comes off, there is always the possibility of impact. COME ON WRITE TO EUROSPORT AND LETS GET HIM OFF ! Yep I always watch the ITV coverage if possible - even if that means missing the stage live and watching the highlights package (like the vuelta). 26/8/22: Stage 6 of the Vuelta, Kirby informs us (clearly based on nothing) that Mark Padun is 'a master' at descending in the wet (at that precise moment, Padun is descending very gingerly, taking pretty poor lines). At least he can string a sentence together and he seems to bring good comments out of Backstedt. What blasphemy is this? The unrelenting, inane chatter (did any of us want to know that his wife had their third child by caesarean section? Kirby is not uncomfortable with the spurt of social media and the exponential increase of criticism that has gone alongside with it. I speak no language other than English. It is crazy. We get to see our own output with our team interviewing the riders. Discovery through its international sports unit, it operates two main channels Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 across most of its territories, and streams on Discovery+, which superseded Eurosport Player. Thats one of the vagrancies of Eurosport.. VN:What do you talk about differently when youre in the studio? Would the football fans be subjected to him commentating on the football matches ? There are already calls for a convening of UCI protocol committee so they can start to get some proper rules together about it. Also add in several alert mobile keyholders. UPDATE: New online Zoomcast show, July 16, click through for tickets. Carlton Kirby is one of the successful names in the industry, recently had been a topic of gossip for good and bad reasons. Kirby has more than two decades as a commentatorbehind him and, alongside Irish legend Sean Kelly, has been back at the Tour de France this year calling the action from Utrecht through to Paris. But there are always other lines to cross, and he just loves collecting these plaudits and the deserved success coming his way is just brilliant. I make notes of the corners, pinch points, danger points, acceleration points, attack points all of those things.. PLEASE CONTACT EUROSPORT/GCN INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL AS SIGNING, BECAUSE THAT WILL PROBABLY HAVE A GREATER EFFECT. That is in fact my main Friday occupation. We met a young boy and young girl who recently lost their mum, and its really sad when you see that side of it. Even once the race itself is over, and the post-analysis is done, theres a second race to get away from the finish line. I think this is what is powering Marks mind at the moment. You take yourself to the studio, call up your procyclingstats.com, do your research online. Personally I think Harmon and Brian Smith are the best team. Thats because the Tours largest broadcasters are staying at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than broadcasting the race on-site in France. They seem to think that it is enough to just talk about english speaking riders, or to 'emote' any time there is a crash, or a difficult corner. Apologies it's in super annoying meme form (we couldn't find the originalsource) but this is too good not too share! He suddenly realises how to beat Kittel, working out the formula to finish first. Here they are listed below, but we already know there will be one change - Team Sky will be racing as Team Ineos, with the Tour de Yorkshire being its first race following the management company's sale to the petrochemical business. Well over a 1000 signatories on that petition now. Its a case of trying to keep everybody amused. There is no discussion or debate, just chatter, articles, and just that. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Terms and conditions of use. I've decided and bought a '21 Revolt which is nigh on identical in stack and reach to the Defy, only differences being a slacker front end and Well if you ever go to Chesterfield you will be called "youth" however old you are. And he has outthought Marcel Kittel here. Kirby continues to put his notes togetheronce hearrives at the commentary booth, reading the local press andKellys grasp of colloquial French coming into its own. And alongside everything going on in his ear and on the screens in front of him, Kirby says the booths themselves can be a sourceof distraction from the job of commentating. To cycling fans, Carlton Kirbys voice has become synonymous with the sport, having become an integral part of British Eurosports racecoverage. We will never sell your data and you'll only get messages from us and our partners whose products and services we think you'll enjoy. Antoine Demoitie was tragically killed by a motorcyle at the age of 25. Coverage includes enhanced production with access to helicopter, on-board and superslomo cameras. The Wanty-GroupeGobert rider was air lifted to hospital after the crash yesterday, but thankfully it seems like he's in a stable condition. Eurosport will never get rid of Carlton Kirby, he receives so much fan-mail that it will far out way any negative feedback they get from him. "Beware everybody, he is well and truly back!" yelled Carlton Kirby on Eurosport commentary. It is all well having experience, but at some of the smaller races who are the guys riding these bikes? Every time she fought back from a coma we were warned. Riders who perhaps finished tenth on a day will be livid that we didnt eulogise about them, but Im sorry, I was talking about the person who finished first. Eurosport's lead cycling commentator Carlton Kirby presents a weekly guide to everything that's NOT happening in the sport this year, with stories and reflections from his 25 years in the gantry. It means sometimes were not actually commentating from the finish line because the Tour de France is so huge theres about 8,000 people attached to the Tour. CK:As a commentator, you dont have a great deal of contact with the riders. I am very sorry but he is just nowhere near the standards of messrs. Liggett, Boulting, Miller and Hatch. He's fine when it's all action but flounders when it's a longer stage. Among an awful lot of distractions, as Carlton Kirby explains, commentating on cycling is an arduous process. For all those who can't stand Kirby's 'commentary' (must be everyone on Bikeradar? Nah, Harmon is clued up. JavaScript is disabled. Log in or register to join the conversation. The most interesting people are the race commissars, and talking with them you get a lot of insight into who they are keeping an eye on. We need to get to tomorrows finish line, and sometimes that is a four-hour drive. Stig Broeckx avoids serious injury after being hit by motorbike. He's ruining the sport I love - I avoid many races purely because he's the commentator. Kittel moves first into Cavendish, who follows the white line. I like him. You are calling the race as you see it on the screen. When Cavendish won again on stage 14, Kittel just fell to pieces emotionally. I changed to German commentary on eurosport international today I was so mad. In the early 1990s he became a freelance commentator. Get access to more than 30 brands, premium video, exclusive content, events, mapping, and more. Best known for his work on Eurosport, his voice has also appeared on BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Motors TV, Cycling TV, Speed Channel USA, ABC Australia, SABC South Africa, Canal Plus France, Canal France International and more. 1/9/22 4.2km to go, Stage 12 Vuelta a Espana: the riders are going uphill.Kirby: as they get to this step, but it doesnt last long, its like your mums old step, give it a polish, give it a clean and then a clean pair of heels to everybody else. Its windowless. Would like to cancel eurosport but it's the only way to watch the classics (legitimately at least). Wow, all this over a commentator, so Kirby sees a Quickstep rider and mistakes it for Voeckler - that's funny, it's engaging! Some people take offence for the strangest reasons. I quite like Kirby. Kirby laughs. Without any editing, moderation, or credibility, it is all out in the name of fate. VN:Whats it like calling a race from back home at the studio? To my mind, the motorised vehicles are getting far too close, a point I continue to pick up on commentary. Theyre the best stages, and the most exciting ones, but often as a commentator the days you take the most pride in are actually the ones where absolutely sod all has happened! Cycling is a sport where there are no time limits and there are no constant action-packed sequences to speak about. Among an awful lot of distractions, as Carlton Kirby explains, commentating on cycling is an arduous process. As we reported at the time, the six-time Olympic champion tweeted that he had been on a Sunday bike ride with his son when they were almost run over by a van driver who drove at us, then proceeded to angrily inform me it was my fault we nearly died.. We have Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche, Magnus Backstedt, Dean Downing, Rob Hayles and David Harmon (who although is not the best at least it seems he is really doing some research and background checks on the riders and teams - he is clearly learning from Kelly as they sit in the box)but Kirby doesnt even do any background research. Can you at least extend our premium subscriptions so we can play all races, until you fix the issue? Carlton Kirby Kirby is the most marmite commentator there is. When youre on-site, even though youre there, youre still watching a monitor, Kirby says. Whenever I watch an anglophone stream online because there is no other way for me to watch a race I have to think of the HIMYM episode where Barney goes to get Robin from Canada and, looking at the "funny" Canadian dollars, says: "It's like you want us to make fun of you". Mark is already the greatest sprinter there has ever been. Not that itsa straightforward drive to the finish at the Tour, as Kirby explains. https://yahoo.uservoice.com/forums/1698 ant-drivel, http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85131. Yes Harmon is okay and like I said - at least he does his homework on the teams and riders and hangs on every word uttered by Sean Kellyas though he is keen to learn the professional circuit. Its Kirbys cheat sheetfor every stage in the race, with details of the top finishers, jersey wearers, men in the breakaway and so on. You can also sometimes find your hotel is one or two hours away. Read our full Privacy Policy as well as Terms & Conditions. And yet, love him or loathe him, Kirbys voice is as intrinsically linked to the Tour de France, for Eurosport viewers at least, as other famous voices across the sporting spectrum. Kittel was completely shocked, and has been getting more and more upset as this Tour has gone on. When we drive to the finish well usually get on the course, because were badged up to do it, and then make notes. I do love the sport because its a crescendo sport. But I do allow people to believe Im always on-site. All the news from the site and beyond as we start a new week. Ive gotten drunk on the Galibier and been evacuated off the Galibier. Driver escapes punishment for alleged hit-and-run on cyclist, as victim blasts police inaction and barriers to justice. I'm not sure if they have forgotten about the rule, or if it was always just advisory. He clearly thinks he's the star of the show. Eurosportreports that Kenny expanded on the incident on BBC One today, saying: Someone felt they had right of way and decided that gave them the right to kind of jump on the throttle and drive at us, which was a scary experience. How do you call one of the biggest sporting events on the planet? The demands of media and multimedia these days make it more of a serious problem. That should have been alarm bells for everyone. Carlton Kirby discusses the art of commentary, says thank you to those who enjoy listening to him. In the mountains, when you have say four significant peaks to climb, the day tells itself and often all you have to do is call it as it happens. Star names like Sagan getting knocked off and knocked out of races. Where is the central body that has its own rules of discipline and rules of engagement that respect distance protocol and passing protocol under the race director? View our media pack. I agree listening to the mans over stressed enthusiasm really gets on my nerves. I think you need to be a specialist to be a cycling commentator, yet he covers several sports on Eurosport. Ive done so much and been so many places that I mostly have all of them embedded in my head. Eurosports commentator Carlton Kirby has called hundreds of races throughout his career, both on-site and from the studio. But Kirby is only interested in his own narrative: McEwen told him twice that Herrada had won, but Kirby kept eulogising about Batistella's 'win', even as Herrada celebrated further coming past the camera. Carlton Kirby: 'Joo Almeida, who won't worry anyone in the General Classification'. he's saving his energy. See the recording of the last Carlton Kirby Zoomcast hereEnjoy our vintage/summer Parisian Spotify playlist (plus Little Italy by Stephen Bishop, not French, don't write in) hereSee Carlton's or maybe you,re a relative ?? Astonishingly though, a single stage of the Tour de France lasts for about more than six hours. I can't understand why Eurosport need to use him when they gave at least four other knowledgeable commentators, even without Harmon. It is irretrievable. But he's British and that's all that matters to Kirby. Thus concentrating becomes a difficult job for a commentator.

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