Sarah Kemp

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@Uncle_Worry It’s so confusing and frustrating. If we can get the A-team for the highlights, why not for the full broadcast?

Does the Eurosport/TNT cycling schism mean there are now two parallel English commentary teams? I get Carlton Kirby & Brian Smith live, but when I watch the highlights it’s Rob Hatch & Sean Kelly, whom I haven’t heard all day. Curiouser still is that Matt Stephens pops up on both

@carltonkirby can we keep you for the EU broadcast please? We need your humour and dulcet tones!

@GavinHoulgate @cyclingontnt @LeTour He’s sorely missed here in Europe… thanks @warnerbros @StreamOnMax or whoever you are

Rob Hatch in sublime form - demonstrating again why he is Sports Commentator of the Year (Broadcast Sports Award) @cyclingontnt @LeTour

@itvcycling Precisely!! The voices of the Tour are part of its joy and heritage. This has not been taken into consideration clearly by @WBDsports or @StreamOnMax or whoever they are now, for English speakers in Europe. No more Sean Kelly/Rob Hatch. Travesty.

"More than anything, it was the commentary of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen" Jake Stewart talked to Daniel about his first memories of the Tour de France, the summer of 2009 🇬🇧👶 #TDF2025

@ADW34636053 Give us Rob Hatch I say!

Trying to watch The Tour de France is very frustrating. Ad after ad after ad. And then the commentators can be annoying with their drivel. The only commentator worth listening to is Brian Smith who is extremely knowledgeable.

@Ucakar @carltonkirby @TirrenAdriatico I would also very much appreciate it! There doesn’t seem to be any method to the madness.

Welcome to the office this morning! Opening day ⁦@TirrenAdriatico⁩ ...so to all of those in our gang today: strap yourself in Canada, Asia Pacific Rim, South Africa and.... wait for it: The International Space Station ! That's quite a club! 👋 🔭

@Tissie90 @cyclingontnt Hear hear. I can’t understand why they’re doing they when we occasionally get Carlton but then we’re stuck with the other 2. Why pay additional English speaking when there’s a perfectly good team already? It feels like a downgrade.

@cyclingontnt why can't we get your cycling commentary on HBO MAX in the Netherlands. I need Rob Hatch

Bring back Eurosport 😭 @cyclingontnt English speakers in Europe have lost their favourite commentators. It’s not right! This new way has downgraded long term cycling fans, used to hearing Rob Hatch etc. Not these 2 dullards!

@StreamOnMax I HATE that you control sports streaming. You’ve KILLED European cycling in so many ways. why don’t I have access to the best English speaking commentators? Why not let the best commentate for TNT/Discovery and HBO Max?? Sometimes they do so why not for le Tour!! 😤

So after enduring the public brand identity crisis, now English speakers in mainland EU are paying and no longer get lead English commentators?? @carltonkirby @AdamBlythe89 send help 😭 @HBO @cyclingontnt @bikesontnt don’t even know who to tag here… #shitshow

@medicinexthings Shocking! Half waiting for a tally ho chaps 😅 We’re spoilt with Rob Hatch et al.

What on gods green earth was that? The @lavuelta team presentation TV production. I’m confused😅 Pitiful announcing/sound (oh look, another team!) Entirely bizarre @eurosport @StreamOnMax

@davjohn01 @eurosport Grating in me…. Bring back Dan.

@eurosport why does Danny feel the need to interrupt other commentators?

Come back @daniellloyd1 not digging the new team member #sorry Opinion isn’t quite as easy on the ear as Dan Data 🤓 @gcntweet @eurosport @wbd

@LeTour @MaillotjauneLCL @romainbardet @dsmfirmpostnl Pure class 💛

📷 Bravo Romain, quel bonheur de te voir en Jaune ! #TDF2024

Do you plan to watch the Tour de France in-person? 📢 DO NOT TOUCH THE RIDERS. 📢 DO NOT USE FLARES. 📢 KEEP YOUR ANIMALS ON A LEASH. 📢 KEEP YOUR PHONE BEHIND THE BARRIERS. 📢 DON'T STAND ON THE ROAD. Just don't do anything stupid. 🙏 @LeTour #TDF2024

@johndegenkolb @LeTour @dsmfirmpostnl @romainbardet @fvandenbroek Absolute perfection 👌

What the hell! not even in our wildest dreams we predicted a double victory at the grand depart of the 2024 @LeTour . what a race. perfect @dsmfirmpostnl teamwork. a battle in the heat and then @romainbardet attacked 50 k to go and finished with @fvandenbroek chapeau mates!!!

@daniellloyd1 Best day of the year 💛

The Tour de France really is the greatest show on earth, isn't it?! I absolutely love this sport. The three best weeks of the year about to kick off. #letourdefrance

@writebikerepeat @daniellloyd1 @AdamBlythe89 @SportsOrla @mcewenrobbie @gcntweet @carltonkirby @SeanKellyCC Couldn’t have put it better myself. A real loss. All the best @daniellloyd1 for the next chapter.

@daniellloyd1 @AdamBlythe89 @SportsOrla @mcewenrobbie @gcntweet @carltonkirby @SeanKellyCC You'll be sorely missed Dan. Your measured and well-informed commentary was a pleasure to listen to, and your rapport with the team was evident and added to the experience. A sad day for cycling fans 😢

As some of you will have read/seen, we recently regained financial and editorial control of PSN (PlaySportsNetwork) from Warner Bros Discovery, which means some changes for me. I could never have imagined when I joined GCN at its inception in 2012 that we'd go from a small start-up YouTube channel, to multiple channels with many millions of subscribers, billions of views, to starting a successful subscription service that showed the biggest races in the world and a heap of amazing cycling documentaries. GCN’s journey with Eurosport and live racing is something I’ll never forget - we achieved a hell of a lot in a very short time. I think we made some really positive changes for cycling, and I will always be very proud of that. However, it's been a tough 8 months or so for GCN - the shuttering of GCN+, and now the website, has meant we've lost a lot of very talented, hard working colleagues who are incredibly passionate about the sport. The show must go on, though. GCN is still full of amazing people, and more importantly, supported by an incredible community of cyclists. I firmly believe that the next part of our journey will be more exciting than ever - I want to be part of, and instrumental in that next adventure, the next chapter. Unfortunately, that means I will no longer be on The Breakaway or Eurosport’s cycling commentary. It's a part of my job that I will dearly miss, but more than that, I will miss the fantastic group of people (on screen/mic and off) who I had the privilege of working with there for the last few years. I really couldn't have asked for a better team to spend three weeks at a time with. Thanks to all of you who have been so kind in your messages of support for GCN these last few months - it's really meant the world to everyone at the company. As an aside, I know a lot of you have been waiting for the GCN+ documentaries to find a new home, and the good news is that they'll be available again via a YouTube membership that we're setting up LATER TODAY. I'm heading out to Florence this week for the Grand Départ, so I look forward to bumping into some of you there. Thanks for reading. Dan

@JonBurley3 @eurosport Ah I couldn't agree more! Well put. I'm watching the takeover of Mountain Biking as we speak, killing the essence of the sport, in my opinion. Sterilising and as you say Americanising it needlessly. I fear the same for cycling and sport as a whole. Vive Eurosport!!

@SarahHMuir @eurosport The Americanisation of sport continues. We don't want everything to be big and brash and locked behind massive paywalls. Eurosport was just enough, not overcomplicated or shouty. Such a famous name in Europe that WB chick in the bin like trash.

@eurosport ending is a complete travesty. Ok so the app UX is terrible and spoiler mode is a joke but it’s a one-stop shop for sports coverage. I don’t want some American rubbish where sport is the add-on. Such a shame… #longliveeurosport