Vuelta talk - spoilers allowed

[ny biker]

I just watched the end of stage 4. What a steep hill!!

It's interesting to see a grand tour that isn't all about the sprinters in the first week.

[pll]

I miss the commentary of Bobke, Phil and Paul...

[Crankin]

I've enjoyed watching some of it so far, but the production quality seems amateur-ish. The announcers are sitting in a booth, not even at the race? That's what it seems like. They are fine announcers, but I also miss Phil, Paul, and Bobke. And the picture quality of the actual race is pretty poor.
It is fun to see different riders, though.

[ny biker]

I've enjoyed watching some of it so far, but the production quality seems amateur-ish. The announcers are sitting in a booth, not even at the race? That's what it seems like. They are fine announcers, but I also miss Phil, Paul, and Bobke. And the picture quality of the actual race is pretty poor.
It is fun to see different riders, though.

They're not at the race, but then the Versus guys are also sitting in a booth and commentating on what they see on a screen and hear over race radio. Sometimes they're on another continent when doing so. FWIW that's how Speed TV covers Formula One and other motor races -- announcers in their HQ watching on a screen.

I am really missing the high def pictures that you get on most races on Versus. And although I also prefer Phil and Paul (over Bob and that other dude on Versus) I try to remind myself that the Universal guys have not been doing this nearly as long as P&P, who have had many years to hone their skills.

[malkin]

Another not-particular-fan of Gogulski here, although I was relieved to hear him say that Thor was riding in the Norwegian road race champion's jersey rather than "the blue plus with red" as he had described it earlier in the week.


really, I think gogulski is a sign of the coming zombie invasion