The podcast was given best podcast at the 2016 Cycling Media Awards. The full stage will soon be available in English without this section of commentary.. Rob hatch has been fab! The Cycling Podcast has been nominated for several awards since 2016. So Ill tell you again whos in the breakaway, reiterating how many kilometres to go, what the gap is. But there was still disbelief about how big it would be and this denial about it being a strong flu. Team Vital Concept Cycling Club rider France's Kevin Reza waits prior to the 21st and last stage of the 107th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 122 km between Mantes-la-Jolie and Champs Elysees Paris, on September 20, 2020, Van Aert on #NoToRacism: I wrote this message in the biggest letters I could, we need to show unity, Torrevieja Torrevieja (CLM par quipe 14,5km). However, for the Tour, nobody expected what happened. RH: Mathieu van der Poel winning the Amstel Gold Race was the moment of the season. She retired from racing after 2018, a season where she finished 3rd in the Womens Tour. We chose not to publish Stage 10 coverage until an offensive phrase was removed and we apologise to anyone offended during the broadcast. And the back-up plan to work from the Eurosport studio was up in the air because we didn't know when they would be reopened. In fact, it was quite hard to keep down to the power numbers and cadence required. Hatch is often on the biggest races and usually covers the race finishes too. There didn't seem to be too much will for accommodation. I'd be happy to have the chance of hearing Rob Hatch's commentary! Rob Hatch is a freelance broadcaster that can be found commentating on cycling for Eurosport television, BBC Radio 5 Live, IMG Media and more. As a foreigner, I like him waaaaay better than Kirby. And why do GCN need both Blythe and McEwen 2 sprinters who basically say the same things, make the same 'jokes' and have the same 'insights' there is no colour. That's how the cycling season began and abruptly ended for me. Sorry, Declan Quigley is not a good listen. Rumours were circulating overnight and this morning that finally the bunch are going to get together and show their solidarity. Todays [workout]felt like going for a bike ride more than any turbo session Ive done before. Let us know what you think of the show in the comment section below. AG2R: Association gnrale de retraite par rpartition. We have now completed scheduled maintenance. Contact Us. We still need to educate people. Id just done a masters degree in Madrid that was sort of run in conjunction with Eurosport. And, as Joanna Rowsell will tell you, I do tend to get animated. Graham has also narrated Eurosports Re-Cycle cycling history podcast, called the 2022 Tour for talkSPORT, spent four years subbing on the sports desk at The Sunday Times and written for Rouleur, BikeBiz and various others. Following the stage, won by Biniam Girmay, no apologies were issued. Sometimes you have ideas in your head. Each expert has the same goals: They want to get faster and win the race against each other. Increased coverage is provided at the Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espaa) where daily episodes are recorded at the end of each stage. But thats the state the worlds in. Take nothing away from Pogacar and his teams celebrations. Is it fair to say you have a TV voice and a regular Rob Hatch voice? The UAE Tour was abandoned with Covid positives the first race to be hit by Covid and suddenly there was this scramble to lockdown in Europe. That sort of riding wasn't done by design. Listener numbers hit 9,000[11] halfway into the race which helped secure funding from Jaguar for the following year. 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. 'A natural born superstar' - Rob Hatch hails Biniam Girmay Eurosport pundit and commentator Rob Hatch gives his thoughts on Biniam Girmay's incredible win. Broadcasting is a skill, contrary to what a lot of people believe, and if you don't have the tools then you're not a broadcaster. Half an hour later, after McEwen had handed over stage 12 commentary to Hatch and Kelly, the Australian also issued a statement. But Ive got to steer him in that direction because thats when they shine. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. for hours talking cycling especially this Giro . . It also receives support from Science in Sport. Powers can be heard exclusively during cyclocross races, usually paired up with Marty McCrossan. Not for the first time they leave us in shock. A few news articles started to appear about the peloton entering Malaysia. It features my chat with the voice of cycling, Eurosport and GCN commentator Rob Hatch. // ]]> If youre not familiar with who Moore, Birnie and Hatch are, heres a quick rundown on each of them: Richard Mooreis a journalist and the award-winning author of the biography, In Search of Robert Millar. And I'd say he pronounced 'Fribourg' pretty much like I'd have expected: Cyclist: You seem to be recovering well after coming off your bike a few weeks ago in what your co-commentator. In the end, the last day was cancelled and we managed to get our flights pulled forward by a day. But I'm not counting any chickens. Definitely. Send me the good emails, Copyright Diamond Publishing 2023. Everyone was wearing these makeshift neck-warmers out of fear. RH: Brexiters are the ones who give me crap on Twitter, about saying peoples names with the correct foreign pronunciation. Stands accused of making Sean Kelly giggle during today's commentary. Cyc: What are the hardest moments youve commentated on? In terms of technique, those bits of commentary were the starting points for me. Freelance cycling journalist and broadcaster Graham Willgoss was previously chief-subeditor and cycling editor at Sport magazine. For the next 18 weeks, you can follow their progress. Read our interview with Hatch on arguing with French TV producers, talking posh and why people get angry about his pronunciation of Vincenzo Ni-ba-li here. How about a thread in praise of Rob Hatch? Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. RH: We have things called cue points in commentary where you reset the scene. Its a performance because, if youre going to do it properly, you need to modulate your voice, you need to work on your intonation. The bad thing, from my point of view, is when there's something you could have done better. Rob Hatch and Rob Hayles persevere despite their desk collapsing during commentary on the final moments of stage four of the Tour de France. Ill ask questions that people at home will think, God, thats a basic question!. Once you click onto hearing his penchant for listing riders, you cant un-hear it! 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. The retired sprinter, who says he was axed from commentary duties on SBS Australia earlier this year, got picked up by GCN in March to become part of their 2022 broadcast team. You are using an out of date browser. I think the biggest problem in our business is ego. Calm down Rob it is only a city! It was the big unknown. [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. Hatch now has at least two angry threads about him, maybe only Armstrong had more in this forum, more than a decade ago. 101 Followers, 447 Following, 61 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Rob Hatch (@rob.hatch) rob.hatch. Another supporter of Rob Hatch, good to listen to unlike Matt Stephens, who I find painful to listen to as he continually uses short sentences. RH: I was really nervous when I started working with him. Ineos announce Giro line-up featuring Thomas, Geoghegan Hart & Ganna. He will write a book about the experience one day. It would be nice to be back together for Paris-Nice, the Monuments, the Grand Tours. Expected to read about Liz Hatch. Stevens was trying too hard at the start of the week and now seems to be settling in. Hopefully they will be doing the Tour as well. There was talk of Spain, Ireland and the UK locking down. It has to be natural. English & Spanish (bilingual with regional accents) as well as Italian & French (fluent). The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Log In. You are using an out of date browser. The Cycling Podcast is an independent sports audio production created by Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, and Daniel Friebe. She retired from racing in 2018 whilst at WNT and transitioned to a Marketing/PR role for the team. The American former pro rider won 4 national titles in cyclocross and was a top-10 ranked rider. You must log in or register to reply here. Its nice that you can have a relationship I just wish people were a bit more civil and understanding. Im a Blackburn Rovers fan, but I used to watch Accrington Stanley when Blackburn played away. In his absence, Birnie and Friebe were the main presenters during the Giro d'Italia, and during the Tour de France, the podcast was hosted by Birnie, Franois Thomazeau and recently retired cyclist Mitchell Docker. Hatch has toned down his OTT local pronunciations and is becoming less annoying. 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). Then it became serious, very, very serious. Rob Hatch. What happens when three renowned cycling journalists decide to jump in the saddle for an intense winter of structured indoor training? Shes taken pictures of me standing on chairs and all sorts. As of 2020, The Cycling Podcast is sponsored by Supersapiens, having until the end of 2019 been sponsored by Rapha [22] and after that by iwoca,[23]. on every little minor mishap. Honestly Never even noticed it. He has a first class degree in Italian (and French and Spanish), so I think he's a bit above 'Allo 'Allo level. And should it look like an accident? 2.36 w/k sounds so pathetic but before this week I had no idea how good (or bad) I was at cycling.. Rob Hatch, Sean Kelly and Brian Smith are LIVE on our Facebook page right now, recapping the . A former F1 aerodynamicist, Bigham has turned his attentions to cycling and helped his track team beat national teams. Why? Usually, I get ill because I'm exhausted, and when you stop, your body just gives up. or. Robert Hatch 41 subscribers 28 Dislike Share 7,659 views Dec 27, 2012 Cycling commentary reel by British Broadcaster Rob Hatch. It is also published by the UK broadsheet newspaper, The Telegraph. Over an Orval (Mitch Docker's favourite Belgian beer), we traded anecdotes about rounding off seat post bolts, indulged in some Pogaar-based Paris-Roubaix speculation, and . 61 posts. Watching the last stage of the Tour de Romandie, I gave up trying to understand the town of the finish. And as the riders rolled through kilometre zero and the stage officially began it become clear that no group stand was going to be forthcoming. Skip to main content. For example, if somebody pronounced a French Martin like an English Martin, it would definitely take me a few seconds to figure out who they are talking about. Leading journalists reported news of an expected stance, with Orla Chennoui saying: I understand the peloton will make some sort of gesture today against racism. Whatever way they wish to do it, whether that be taking a knee or not, we were led to believe that something was happening, but it looks as though unless theyre going to pleasantly surprise us now that the moment has passed. She brings insider knowledge of the womens peloton to the race commentary. The week afterwards is always very surreal. But I really enjoyed it and I really hope people enjoy reading it. I do it because I feel I have to do it. McVitty was subsequently replaced by Lizzie Banks, a double Giro dItalia stage winner. On the Tube, going to work, there were three types of reaction to how I looked after the crash. Its frustrating at times you do feel like youre pissing in the wind with social media. "We chose not to publish Stage 10 coverage until an offensive phrase was removed and we apologise to anyone offended during. I met people at the airport and there were doubts whether Paris-Nice or Tirreno would happen. 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. Log in or register to join the conversation. Kirby is the most marmite commentator there is. Sounds like it was a rider-initiated move, in conjunction with the CPA. I've been disappointed by Stevens at California and as a commentator he needs to up his game. It wasn't until we got to mid-February and the UAE Tour that it was starting to really affect things. Id hope more than half the time that I know the answer, but Im steering the expert the way I want them to go to explain certain things. Rob Hatchis afreelance broadcaster that can be found commentating on cycling for Eurosport television, BBC Radio 5 Live, IMG Media and more. The way that they rode was absolutely incredible. If I had to make a criticism he is just that little bit too bland, a little bit more personality or as FF says emotion would complete the package. You have to find the right language, read the race, have knowledge of your subject. 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. You have to have the voice. The viewers in UK want to know what is going on and are poorly served by this commentator who seems more interested in pushing his linguistic qualifications than informing viewers what is going on, THAT is his job. In the end, it all paid off for me. Theyre basic things that if youve just tuned in you want to know. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe, along with a cast of special guests, have provided analysis and insight from each of the 21 stages of the race every year since. Meanwhile their YouTube content is unwatchable unless you are a fan of Top Gear. Domestique for the rider 16th on GC gets a puncture with 137km to go on Stage 8, "Dearohdearohdearofdearohdearohdear!". 9/5/2021: Sunday: Giro . For me, you need someone who can fill the dead airtime and Stephens is doing that very well in California. When he is pronouncing names and teams in a peleton you might as well not bother listening it is just garbled gobbledegook! I think people could empathise and it was a way for everyone to realise that we were in it together. I haven't done much writing in English. I hope we do whether it's Ineos or another team. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. This clip is originally from 5 live Sport on Tuesday, 5 . I can understand the view on censorship, but I still think thats bad taste. And I wonder how they say Chris Froome back home! Hatch says his prep for the Grand Tours will start in the autumn before and expresses frustration at the changes to the Giro d'Italia this year as he'd "done more prep than ever". There are so many different things behind the scenes that we're not aware of. 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. Someone died in a car crash at a motorsport event and the French wanted to show it. It's difficult to say you're going to ride like that, though. Cyc: Whats it like for you working with Sean Kelly? What were these guys doing racing? I really miss Carlton Kirby, glad he's doing the Tour. If you have a training question, submit your question for Jonathan to answer on the next episode of TrainerRoads podcast. Sean and I looked at each other thinking, This is a bit scary. But there's a lot more behind the scenes. However, aside from a select group of riders writing anti-racist messages on their masks before the stage, there was no sign of a clear stand during the roll-out when the television cameras were rolling, with Kevin Rza left largely on his own during the opening kilometres. - Froome 'warrants more respect' - Wiggins podcast. In broadcasting half of getting it right more, even is in the voice. Carlton Kirby Kirby is the most marmite commentator there is. 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. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. I certainly expect a commentator to make an effort to pronounce names and places correctly, but I'm also prepared to overlook mistakes when it comes to the names of lesser known riders. Sean Kelly is a great of the sport of cycling a 9-time monument winner, 4-time Tour de France green jersey winner and winner of the Vuelta a Espana in 1988. There were lots of different factors, including a psychological one. 04611236. Or Vingegaard. When Im not on TV, obviously. Yep. 2023 Eurosport, a Warner Bros. Obviously, financially it was good for us. Articulate, insightful, intelligent commentary enhancing my Giro viewing immensely. Having chosen foreign language stations for the Kirby classics, I have found myself switching back to Eurosport, (except for the infuriatingly frequent ad breaks) almost exclusively. [14] It has been renominated in the Sports category in 2019. Remember, were commentating from a studio in London. We met for a pre-dinner beer in the centre of Gent in the middle of Holy Week. Cyc: Fortunately it didnt affect either of your voices. Nothing has happened so far.. "We had been led to believe that there was going to be a show of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. It was taking each day as it comes, let's get what we can from the race. As ITV didn't typically cover the Giro d'Italia, he remained a key part of the team during the Italian Grand Tour. Exceptional job. "Form of his life" and "ride of the century" for every moderately good performance. To subscribe, or for other enquiries, please contact us. RH: For me, theres a sort of emergency protocol that subconsciously kicks in. Its rare to watch either without hearing Martys voice in recent years. He needs to work on his banter/library of useless facts for boring flat stages. Weve seen it in so many different areas of sport since competition resumed, and we havent really seen it in cycling. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Hell often be heard covering non-WorldTour classics and stage races with his distinctive Irish accent. Jonathan Lee is a Level II USA certified cycling coach and the host of the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast. Everyone's been suffering this year it's been a nightmare for us all. You must log in or register to reply here. Blythe was a consistent lower-level classics racer and sometime sprinter. I worried it would be. So I do like being there, even if the travelling is tiring and you do want a break. 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. 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. For mine, Carlton is the perfect commentator for the early shift on long, flat grand tour stages. The next morning, the replay was now available, but not the English commentary version. Date Day Stage Link Start time (BST). Robert Hatch is a game designer and writer who developed key role-playing game releases for White Wolf Publishing from 1993 to 2001. Blazin' Saddles: The stand-out cycling moments of 2020, Blazin' Saddles: The top 10 riders of the 2020 cycling season, Blazin' Saddles: The riders who must do better in 2021, Blazin' Saddles Winners and losers of the 2020 Tour de France, Exciting, exhilarating and unpredictable: Cycling produces spectacular season. In terms of the calendar, there's a few things that I would have changed anyway before the pandemic. To shed light on what it takes to work through a properly structured training plan, these professional cyclingjournalistsare documenting their training. Unfortunately for her, her quarantine was brought in less than two weeks before the Tour, so she had no choice really. With the joining up of GCN and Eurosport, hes now regularly seen across all coverage. Most people hadn't invested in a home set-up like I had but they don't live abroad and they were expecting to go back to the studio. I appreciate his efforts to pronounce names correctly. Hatch is often on the biggest races and usually covers the race finishes too. Just like the cyclists they report on all year long, they too are preparing for a big race: a three-man4K Pursuit at the Herne Hill Velodrome, the iconic venue in South East London. To be honest, if I'd been approached before I'd have been too stressed to deal with it too wrapped up in doing the commentary. See more From a free read and a slow ride to three years co-hosting Eurosports Bradley Wiggins Show podcast, for which Graham followed the 2021 Tour around France with Brad. One visit to the supermarket, then the police started driving around the area with recorded messages: stay inside your homes. We had Carlton [Kirby] and Jonathan [Harris-Bass] in London at the Discovery studios in Chiswick, with Dan [Lloyd], Brad [Wiggins], Brian [Smith] and Sean [Kelly] in Bath at the GCN studios. Discussions during the "empty" kilometers are a thing of experience, imo. Currently, Moore, Birnie and Hatch are working through TrainerRoads Sweet Spot Base and Pursuit training plans to prepare for their big event. With Rob Hatch on the world feed coverage this season, Quigley covered a lot more of the classics in 2021, including the womens Tour of Flanders. Please share any bugs or issues you encounter HERE. Announcement to be made before the stage., Classy Cavendish makes the time-cut with minutes to spare, And Daniel Friebe of the Cycling Podcast and ITV backed up those reports, saying: Kevin Rza will lead the Tour out of Mantes-la-Jolie later, alongside the jersey wearers, as the local boy and also to honour the Black Lives Matter movement, ASO say.. We got to May and there was talk of things maybe starting up again. It increases the chance that you pronounce the names correctly should you ever visit the country. He pronounced it with what sounded like a T. While it might be watched by other than English, that is not the language he is commentating in and therefore he should be able to make the names understandable to his main audience. But we are waiting and we desperately hope that something will happen. He reports on cycling's largest events. Suddenly everybody in every movement was a bit more wary. The general public is becoming wiser to cycling, but were nowhere near as big as we think we are. But it can ruin your day, your week, your month, when you don't meet the standards you set yourself. To be fair, these days he aren't just commentating for people in the UK, what with races being available through GCN+ and the Eurosport Player. Grounded from doing the job he loves, Rob Hatch thought outside the flat-pack box to set up a home studio in Mallorca where he managed to cover the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia for Eurosport. Rob Hatch Just a guy living with my wife and love of my life Vikki . Everyone was looking around, hoping people wouldn't be sitting next to them. S1 Ep33. Anyone whos watched the Tour Series/Womens Tour/Tour of Britain in person or was at the Harrogate Worlds will have heard Jez on the mic. Hard to imagine Lloyd (for example) building the finishing excitement to exaltation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oashhn4TnY. Hatch then shared an anecdote about how he and Kelly had spotted a fudge shop on their way back to the studio and how hed eaten the majority of it before their return to commentary duties. The Telegraph is a long standing media partner of The Cycling Podcast.[24]. In summer, I dont go out and smash myself for an hour on the road. Mainly when I've written it's been for Spanish publications. Does anyone have a clip of Hatch pronouncing Fuglsang and Vingegaard? But we have to cater pandemic or no pandemic for everybody's tastes and talk about things that even to us may sound basic. My impression is that Hatch carries out the required role better than the rest of the personnel. 6,355 Followers, 1,951 Following, 550 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Rob Hatch (@robhatchinsta) Going on-site at the Tour had been ruled out: too complicated and too risky. He'd been saving himself to ride for someone else, so there was the psychological shock there, too. GCN and Robbie McEwen have apologised after the latter said a homophobic slur live on-air during coverage of the Giro dItalia. Without the strict medical and social protocol part of it, we've always been living in bubbles anyway in Grand Tours for years. Heres what Birnie, a skeptic with the opinion that turbo trainers are instruments of torture, had to say about his first week of training with TrainerRoad: The first session was so engaging but I thought, Well, Im always enthusiastic for the first session, its the second or third one thats the problem. [Now] Im two rides in and already Im finding it really beneficial and different to anything else Ive ever done. Now it's the best in the world: I've got 600 mega bites, fibre optics. Did he really just say that? asked one person on Twitter, others also expressing disbelief at what had been said. :P. The various accents, personalities and styles of commentary of the Eurosport commentary team may not agree with everyone but the fact is we are absolutely spoiled by the current standard of coverage. I said, Our British viewers wont accept that. A GCN spokesperson directed CyclingTips to McEwens Twitter statement when asked for comment from their commentator, while a further statement from the broadcaster was not forthcoming. So, Sean, why are they not going to chase the breakaway now? Well, its bloody obvious, isnt it? When a Grand Tour is on, I can't function as a human being because all my energy is tied up in the race. Its f***ing Sean Kelly! We tested and we were ready to go again. He is now a consultant for high-profile teams like Canyon SRAM and the Danish national track team. Ok, I'll accept if he speaks that language he'll do it naturally without thinking, still confusing as I'm having to re learn who's who and what teams are which. He's been talked up for years.