Why and how? I never would have thought he’d get so close to official commentating (if you could Peacock’s abysmal coverage “commentary”).
It’s not the most insightful podcast, but I like the move for what it is and think Lance and George would be an interesting duo on the main stage. It caught me off guard since I thought he was barred from being close to the sport in any official capacity, including commentary. Though I also didn’t know he was on for an interview a few years ago.
Contador’s interviews in Spanish with Spanish riders are pretty good… and he’s arguably more insightful than anyone else on NBC coverage.
It used to be better, but, as time goes on, Lance—and even George—seem more out of touch. Bruyneel is the one who is more connected and still understands the sport. JB Hager is just a sidekick, but I have found the shows with him and JB, and esp with the one that does the sport betting show to be a lot more entertaining/informative.
Lance is still barred from appearing at the Tour or any other events in any official capacity. But he can comment on his own. There have been a couple of times when they have gone “on location”, but it’s in their own facility or trailer—they can’t go in the press room or anything. And there probably would be an issue if lance was on the official broadcast. But all they are doing is showing his podcast—he is not doing any real time commentary.
And maybe Contador’s translators are not doing him justice. I don’t like him anyway, so I’ll admit that was a bit gratuitous.
lance is going to be a full on rogan style right wing reactionary within 2 years. expect the cycling content to diminish quickly
Why do you think Rogan is right wing? Seems quite left is his opinions.
lol lol lol
I'd rather listen to Floyd Landis.
This is just another reason my Flo bike's $150 yearly subscription with TV VPN set to Canada is worth it.
if you’re using a vpn you could also watch gerrans and bridie on SBS for $0/yr
I had to Google the names you mentioned as well as SBS. Thanks for the info. It's legit free to watch. Will set my VPN to Australia and check it out later. Cheers!
Friends with the Peacock broadcast team now. Not the case when Frankie Andreu was still there.
I've got some bad news for you about Christian Vande Velde... Unfortunately, most riders of this era did it and it you want decent commentary you have to accept it.
I don’t care as much about commentators having a doping past, I care if they’re decent commentators. CVV isn’t the latter.
Agree
Fuck Armstrong. I can't understand why people are slowly letting him inch back into the sport after the shit stain he put on it for so long.
I agree. His legacy is doping and it has done damage to the sport (obviously not just him) which persists to this day. Anytime somebody does something impressive there are doping allegations. Letting him back in is counterproductive to any goal of getting past the dirty history of doping in the sport.
Clearly what he did is impressive, and again, he wasn’t the only one, but cycling should drop him if they want to move on.
Great pun included there. I see what you did.
No interest in anything from him.
I was kind of undecided on him until I watched the 30 on 30 last week while in covid jail. He is such an arrogant MF. The way he talked about other riders, how to talked to the interview lady and the fact he made it feel like he did nothing. It was short of him saying "These guys did it too...".
Screw him and his podcast.
Arrogance and confidence is imprtant to succeed. Granted, he should have done more to own up, but… here we are.
all the lance fans want to pretend it was just about the doping and not him being a wild asshole about it for years
Clearly most cyclist doped. The difference was that Armstrong was brutal against anyone accusing him of doping. He tried to destroy people's finances, businesses, reputations and names. Ironically Floyd Landis, also a doper, brought him down. So yeah, he's not a villain for doping (we all suspected at the very least). He's a villain for using his fame and fortune to destroy anyone who spoke the truth. Peacock aring Armstrong commentary only validates his lies.
I wouldn’t listen to him if he had the last podcast on earth.
This is a barometer for a future where George and Lance are the official commentators. I'd be surprised if this didn't happen in the coming years (<5).
Let's hope so! LA deserves to be back.
No he doesn't, he's a true stain on cycling's history, embodying the darkest aspects of the sport.
Fuck that guy. He can suck a dick.
People are upset that he was the best of all the dopers at the time. A feat us peons can’t imagine.
Nah people hate Lance more for the gigantic piece of shit he was and the lives he ruined while defending his lies. Plenty of dopers are still beloved or it their doping gets overlooked among the cycling community. Lance is hated majority for other reasons, he ruined lives, sued people defending himself when he was in fact doping and was an all around Grade A narcissistic ass hole.
They had him on a couple of years ago to do an interview. Whether you like him or not, his podcast is popular, and I guess they figured enough time had passed to bring him back. He is still friends with everyone on the Peacock broadcast team. And while I feel that Lance deserved the harsher punishment among the dopers of his era, you’ve got proven dopers doing broadcasts all over the Tour, including at least 2 team managers. Not only does Discovery have Contador doing commentary, he doesn’t even speak English (and he has precisely nothing insightful to offer ever).