The American former pro rider won 4 national titles in cyclocross and was a top-10 ranked rider. 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. All rights reserved. The Grand Tour Diaries, the second book by the team behind The Cycling Podcast was released in November 2019. JavaScript is disabled. Felix Lowe hooked up with Hatch for a chat about the. It was the big unknown. You have to find the right language, read the race, have knowledge of your subject. But it was Dennis who really did the damage that ride on the Stelvio physically and psychologically did the damage for the other teams. He'd been saving himself to ride for someone else, so there was the psychological shock there, too. Discussions during the "empty" kilometers are a thing of experience, imo. 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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). So, Sean, why are they not going to chase the breakaway now? Well, its bloody obvious, isnt it? Cyc: What was your favourite race you commented on last year? Yep, hopefully ES will see sense and make him their number one with Stephens / Smith as the backup team and Carlton demoted to tea making duty. 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". Nothing wrong in commenting on that - it's a discussion forum after all. Not for the first time they leave us in shock. 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). Listener numbers hit 9,000[11] halfway into the race which helped secure funding from Jaguar for the following year. To subscribe, or for other enquiries, please contact us. In the end, it all paid off for me. Definitely. Log in or register to join the conversation. Maybe it's the quality of his voice that some find disliking. Cyc: What are the hardest moments youve commentated on? Un podcast que sigue los pasos de su hermano mayor, The Cycling Podcast pero ahora para hispanohablantes. Phenomenal Pogacar has changed cycling - Wiggins, Fearless Pogacar forced crack in Roglic's resolve. To manage an existing Cyclist magazine subscription, please visit Manage your account or visit our subscription FAQ page. That's as close as the Romford Pele ever got to continental sophistication. With a good. 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. Disagreed. His description of the city of Milan on the Giro was so 'passionate' I thought he was going to have an orgasm on air. Todays [workout]felt like going for a bike ride more than any turbo session Ive done before. We havent seen that, apart from a few slogans on some facemasks. In 2015, audience numbers grew to 30,000 and partnerships were developed with The Telegraph and Eurosport. He's been talked up for years. 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. Apologies for the off-topic diversion, but when Arsene Wenger arrived at Arsenal and started hoovering up French talent, one of the Danish commentators confused the hell out of me by his pronunciation of our new French rmidfielder, Ray Parleuuuur. 16 Apr 2023 11:21:22 We chose not to publish Stage 10 coverage until an offensive phrase was removed and we apologise to anyone offended during the broadcast. Besides, there's no alternative for someone - like Hatch - who speaks a foreign language and therefore knows the approximate pronunciation. It was a crazy day and the race commentated for itself, really. The lead commentator for cyclocross and womens cycling on Eurosport. I worried it would be. How does a young potential fan of this sport feel tuning in to hear a prominent commentator say a really common and deeply unpleasant slur, even accidentally, and more importantly what does the subsequent non-response and attempt to just ignore the issue say to that fan? another viewer commented. One visit to the supermarket, then the police started driving around the area with recorded messages: stay inside your homes. Past contributors: Matthew Beaudin, Ned Boulting, John Bradley, Caley Fretz, Rupert Guinness, Andy Hood, Matt Rendell, Owen Rogers, Owen Slot, Anthony Tan, Hannah Troop and Moeen Islam (avid fan of the show). Cyc: Whats the thing youre criticised for the most? Yes. Usually, I get ill because I'm exhausted, and when you stop, your body just gives up. I think the biggest problem in our business is ego. Only in cycling do we have to put up with indecipherable Italian, French and Spanish names of riders and teams! Our French producers will say, If you dont show it, its censorship. Ive had this argument, going back to my work experience. After training as a journalist he spent five years working for a local newspaper before joining Cycling Weekly in 1998. I was heartened to hear when people didn't actually realise that I was broadcasting from home in Spain. 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!' I didnt learn a great deal, but it did give me the opportunity to have a go at broadcasting. At that point we were worried because it was so new and confusing but we didn't think it would last all year, that there would be a lockdown for months. I hardly listen to the commentary but I was listening yesterday and am listening today. "And aside from a word hearing that Nicolas Roche and Luke Rowe tried to organise something today, I have to say that Im pretty indignant, angry, disgusted that nobody has shown solidarity with the man at the front (Rza) at all. Watching the last stage of the Tour de Romandie, I gave up trying to understand the town of the finish. His background in the sport of motocross has translated into a passion for cycling, mountain biking and all things training. I think everyone just got on with it the best they could. 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. No I didn't. Follow. But we are waiting and we desperately hope that something will happen. Borg. 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. People at home only see or hear the on-air personalities. We have now completed scheduled maintenance. It might sound sad, but my work is my life. It would be nice to be back together for Paris-Nice, the Monuments, the Grand Tours. When would we all see each other again? If youre editing highlights, its the perfect place to come back in. Stands accused of making Sean Kelly giggle during today's commentary. I don't think any of them has yet figured out how to pronounce Fuglsang. Remember, were commentating from a studio in London. All rights reserved. Mental. And then to be there again a couple of days later at Sestriere that was scarily good. 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. Sean and I looked at each other thinking, This is a bit scary. An Olympic, World and European champion on the track, Dani Rowe can now be heard covering womens cycling on Eurosport. But there was part of you that felt it was way more serious than that. Then it became serious, very, very serious. RH: I think in Paris 2007, Eurosport News. 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. He was initially mixing his GCN duties with the odd spell of commentary but soon changed the balance towards commentary. Its nice that you can have a relationship I just wish people were a bit more civil and understanding. There are 100+ professionals named "Rob Hatch", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. I do normally have an idea in my head before I speak. 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). Mr Paris-Nice won that race 7 years in a row during the 1980s. The distinctive Irish voice on Eurosport. I'd be happy to have the chance of hearing Rob Hatch's commentary! Hell often be heard covering non-WorldTour classics and stage races with his distinctive Irish accent. Unfortunately for her, her quarantine was brought in less than two weeks before the Tour, so she had no choice really. 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. Suddenly everybody in every movement was a bit more wary. Yes Hatch is doing a good job, not Harmon standard yet but getting close. Another former National Road champion, in 2016, Blythes relaxed style has seen him move from the studio to behind the mic. Robert Hatch. I also missed my colleagues from other channels and media. Mainly when I've written it's been for Spanish publications. [14] It has been renominated in the Sports category in 2019. In 2016, The Cycling Podcast team covered the Giro d'Italia for the first time, thanks to new sponsorship funding from Science in Sport. Again, it's not a huge criticism of the people who devised the calendar. It is also published by the UK broadsheet newspaper, The Telegraph. Jonathan Lee is a Level II USA certified cycling coach and the host of the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast. 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]. I bought a brand-new computer, a microphone (an old-fashioned lip mic), a sound interface box to broadcast, desks, things like that. I knew Id heard the voice before and the photo above gave a little clue. 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. You may be alongside someone, but you're concentrating and in your own world. Sign Up. Hopefully they will be doing the Tour as well. I saw Kevin Rza looking quite an alone figure near the front, just a few of his French friends chatting to him. It increases the chance that you pronounce the names correctly should you ever visit the country. A recent addition to the Eurosport team and the only female lead commentator (even if the name catches plenty out on Twitter). He might be dead here. Then you start changing your tone. Hatch tries to make everything exciting even when it clearly is not. So Ill tell you again whos in the breakaway, reiterating how many kilometres to go, what the gap is. Rob hatch has been fab! Metropolis International Group Limited, 10th Floor, Southern House, Wellesley Grove, Croydon, CR0 1XG. See more In summer, I dont go out and smash myself for an hour on the road. If London was going to be behind the curve coming out of lockdown, then we had to be ready to work on those other races which were happening before the Tour, but maybe remotely, because we knew travel could be complicated. BBC Radio 5 Live commentators Rob Hatch and Rob Hayles show true British spirit by keeping calm and carrying on as their desk full of notes and equipment falls apart at the seams. Monumental Mohori. During that period, instead of travelling back and forward between Spain and the UK, I only travelled once or twice. Although Rob Hatch's knowledge of cycling seems good, his insistence of pronouncing every foreign word in the right dialect annoys me. Monumental Mohori. The Cycling Podcast began as daily dispatches from the Tour de France in 2013. Cyclist: You seem to be recovering well after coming off your bike a few weeks ago in what your co-commentator Magnus Bckstedt called an NBF: Nothing But Face. As ITV didn't typically cover the Giro d'Italia, he remained a key part of the team during the Italian Grand Tour. GCN and Robbie McEwen have apologised after the latter said a homophobic slur live on-air during coverage of the Giro dItalia. Freelance cycling journalist and broadcaster Graham Willgoss was previously chief-subeditor and cycling editor at Sport magazine. His latest cycling book, tape: the untold stories of the Tour de Frances defining stages, was published last June. 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. If we don't make it accessible to everybody then we're not going to get any more viewers. Unfortunately this time its in rather poor taste., 'The guy nearly died!' Why? Making them shorter is a no-go because they're unique and the length is part of the test. You say it how you want I couldnt care less! I never minded him early on, but in more recent times I suspect he's been told by those higher up to be more excitable, esp in the finales - so now he's starting to yell himself almost into Kirby territory, nowhere near as bad, but I have found myself muting him on some of the finishes lately. Fair point I thought! 9/5/2021: Sunday: Giro . To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. We got to May and there was talk of things maybe starting up again. [4], The Cycling Podcast began as short audio dispatches from the 2013 Tour de France supported by sponsorship from Sharp. 101 followers. To shed light on what it takes to work through a properly structured training plan, these professional cyclingjournalistsare documenting their training. Articulate, insightful, intelligent commentary enhancing my Giro viewing immensely. 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. On the Tube, going to work, there were three types of reaction to how I looked after the crash. Laura Meseguer y Rob Hatch les ofrecen historias y anlisis del ciclismo desde dentro del pelotn profesional. From a spectator's point of view, I thought it was strange to have to decide which classics to watch. Obviously, there was no mask enforcement at that point. RH: Previously people would just forget about something that might have annoyed them, but now its so easy to pick up your phone and tweet. Maybe take the opportunity to learn something instead of demanding the world be sanitized to your POV. I wrote it immediately after the Giro the week after, when it was all still fresh. Who doesn't want to look at Tuscany in the summer? 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. My favourite is still CK, with his jokey, relaxed style. or. Dan Lloyd quickly moved the conversation on, McEwens comments were left unchallenged, but viewers had heard the 49-year-old. It might not be what he'd personally prefer though, who knows. The podcast was given best podcast at the 2016 Cycling Media Awards. Because that's the kind of race that forms a season within a season. I needed a new internet connection. What does it pay? JavaScript is disabled. I'm not somebody who's done a lot of written journalism because I'm broadcasting for the whole year. Following the title sponsorship of cycling clothing brand Rapha, The Cycling Podcast added the third Grand Tour to their coverage in August 2016. 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. Sorry, Declan Quigley is not a good listen. I met people at the airport and there were doubts whether Paris-Nice or Tirreno would happen. A former rider who has stepped up to lead commentary after initially being a colour commentator. I like Hatch and I approve of his pronunciation. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Decent amount of emotion yesterday - could do with more of that and a few more anecdotes. 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. Three months, and basically the first day I went in I was broadcasting. Nothing has happened so far.. Which is bizarre! I actually reckon my accent has got broader since I moved away. . The bad thing, from my point of view, is when there's something you could have done better. Yep. Ganna was good for the team, obviously, especially the morale his wins brought. Id like to think I dont need the validation. For me, you need someone who can fill the dead airtime and Stephens is doing that very well in California. Rob Hatch, cycling commentator; Simon Richardson, former professional cyclist; Giro d'Italia. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. I have rarely been less in agreement with an opinion than here. But, wow, I'll never forget those rides. In terms of the Grand Tours, I'd like them to all stay three weeks. My impression is that Hatch carries out the required role better than the rest of the personnel. Sometimes you have ideas in your head. You must log in or register to reply here. Is it fair to say you have a TV voice and a regular Rob Hatch voice? 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. It also receives support from Science in Sport. For someone who usually travels the world commentating on sports events while living out of a suitcase, 2020 has been a sobering year. I can understand the view on censorship, but I still think thats bad taste. He initially started combining riding with Eurosport work in his final season in 2019. A lot of the time, people think we should just talk and not get excited. Would there be an outbreak in the hotel we were staying in at Richmond-upon-Thames? On the Tour de France, you don't only find professionals in the bunch, as this short clip of the BBC's commentators shows. 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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. Hatch is often on the biggest races and usually covers the race finishes too. 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. Please share any bugs or issues you encounter HERE. The Cycling Podcast features regular contributions from journalists Franois Thomazeau, Ciro Scognamiglio, Fran Reyes, Brian Nygaard and sports commentator Rob Hatch. ah-jay-deuh-err would be closer surely? But the atmosphere was eerie. Whether you televise all of it from start to finish is a debate for another day. I appreciate his efforts to pronounce names correctly. I had to work hard at going out for a coffee or a run. Expected to read about Liz Hatch. You are using an out of date browser. Hatch and Kelly are a good combination. 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. Cyc: During a six-hour stage you will often repeat yourself. 11/05/2021 AT 17:22. Why is it that Rob Hatch has to pronounce names of riders and places in accents that are not understandable to English speaking viewers? None of the commentators or presenters were on site but we did have Bernie [Eisel] in the field. At that time, I was amazed that the race carried on. And, as Joanna Rowsell will tell you, I do tend to get animated. Last week was the journalists first week of structured training. It's exhilarating when it goes well. For anyone who knows me, I'm not particularly attached to a flag or a nation. And we knew that one of two people was going to win the race. Theyre always paired with an ex-pro to provide the colour commentary, with insights about the racing, learned through their time in the pro ranks. I tried to go through my notes and remember what happened each day. Nothing wrong in commenting on that - it's a discussion forum after all. Each expert has the same goals: They want to get faster and win the race against each other. Hey at least they aren't complaining about the fact that he pronounces names - or riders and places - correctly, like that other guy did. I got home. Someone died in a car crash at a motorsport event and the French wanted to show it. Its a performance because, if youre going to do it properly, you need to modulate your voice, you need to work on your intonation. 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