Rob Hatch has been the voice of some of modern cycling’s most incredible moments: Pogacar beating Roglic in the 2020 Tour de France finale; to the older Slovene’s revenge in this year’s Giro his words have become as memorable as the pictures that he married them to.
But as Bobby and Jens learn, the role is far from straightforward. This eye opening conversation highlights the incredible lengths he goes to in order to prepare for a race, how he manages with remote broadcasts and the changes to his job as full day broadcasts become the norm. We get a full guide around his home studio, discover his route into the sport, why he loves the sport of cycling in the first place and how he kept broadcasting when tragedy hit the peloton.
Bobby and Jens is a Shocked Giraffe production for Velo. This episode was produced and edited by Mark Payne .
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2 Comments
Rob is the BEST!!!! Love him! Just wish I could watch him all the time. I live in the US and the stupid territory restrictions keep a lot of the big races off TV here. But we got the Giro this year. Hopefully, we'll get more and more going forward.
Just fascinating. He’s such an interesting guy, and the level of preparation he puts into preparation.
I thought Bobby’s suggestion of a commentator as knowledgable and passionate as Rob making a credible DS was brilliant! I understand why he wouldn’t want to… but part of me now wonders what it’d be like if he did!