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Didn't go well for him!

Great atmosphere too

Yeah, peaked too soon! Tasty finish.

I always wondered what would happen if he got a decent start and now we know he'll just blow up

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Turned on the Vuelta a San Juan on Eurosport, and there’s no commentary! Is it supposed to be like this? Just wind noise from the helicopter! I was hoping for some epic south american banter.

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Isn’t there a choice of languages - with the choice of ambient as well … ?
It’s only Kirby though … Ten minutes in and I won’t be moaning about Jez Cox doing the Tour Down Under anymore …..

Kirby and Brian Smith. Wind noise from a helicopter is a better option.

Probably offers more insight too.

Other languages are available. Just not English.

Isn’t there a choice of languages - with the choice of ambient as well … ?

Alas, no. It’s Eurosport through Amazon Prime (they had a deal ages ago), I’m not sure if it’s an issue with the platform but there’s only one option for audio language which is English, but there’s no speaking at all. Just the wind and the helicopter. Every now and then there’s a women speaking frantically in Spanish on the back of a motorbike.

Kirby and Brian Smith. Wind noise from a helicopter is a better option.

This is true. But I have no clue what’s going on at all!

You're including Kirby and Smith in that, right?

Careful now

Kirby is the worst commentator in sport.

Esssspectacularrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Rumours coming out of Colombia that Quintana is about to announce his retirement.

Officially

Giro 2014 Stage 16

:'(

Sad to see him go. My parents are bummed as well.

Good news for any BT Sport subscribers, you now get access to Discovery+ / Eurosport live and on-demand. Perfect timing for me as my Eurosport subscription was due to renew in March.

I never knew one of his nicknames was Nair Force Kingtana . Shame he's quitting already, but to be true his prime was in his mobistar days.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairo_Quintana

Benidorm womens race was insane?!?