First Mike now Robbie. SBS started going down hill with cycling commentary when there was no longer Phil and Paul. Mike and Robbie were the only two bright sparks left on the team. Listening to Mathew Keenan is so boring. Like watching grass grow.

Very poor decision by SBS by axing Robbie and Mike both very popular with cycling fans. It’s about time we are told what is behind these decisions.

C’mon, seriously?! McEwan and Keenan shared the same commentary box, but they were hardly a ‘team’. Keenan is hopeless, and clearly outclassed by McEwan. Sometimes the embarrassment level was palpable, and I’m surprised Robbie’s still got a tongue left, with all they biting he must have done over the years every time Keenan said something excruciatingly cringeworthy, awkwardly irrelevant, or desperately clueless. I must admit though, the pained silences from Robbie all the times Keenan failed at saying something funny were ironically amusing.

It’s a cycling race, but you don’t like it when they talk about cycling?! WHY are you even commenting on a cycling website?!

Matthew Keenan is SO excruciatingly cringeworthy, he’s an embarrassment to commentators everywhere. I could feel Robbie’s eyeballs roll upward many times a night. Even Robbie, the ONLY worthwhile member of the team, couldn’t save the SBS Tour broadcast when for the sake of, y’know, ‘equality’ or something, they added that embarrassingly bland, banal woman! That was the end for me. I’m actually grateful SBS gave me the push I needed because it prompted me to look for alternatives online, and it turns out that even for Australians, there are FAR better options available. So NO more SBS fo

Thanks to the below for letting us all know about GCN: I think I’ll sign up. Losing Robbie and Thommo will be terminal for the SBS coverage: it’s great to know where we can still spend our winter nights watching credible cycling coverage. Man: this is going to cost the network a hell of a lot of viewing hours…

I totally support SBS in updating their programming delivery when things are going badly however I do not believe this to be the case with the original cycling team. It amazes and saddens me that we have now been denied the insights that Robbie used to bring to our screens and his analysis of sprint finishes were incredible. With Thommo and now Robbie gone SBS had big shoes to fill to keep viewers loyal!! Very disappointing SBS. The report card will read ” Could have done better!”

Good bye SBS. You have definitely lost the plot big time. Eurosport here I come.

Totally disappointed in SBS’s handling of Robbie McEwen, what ever direction they are taking it should be by using the best commentators and Robbie is one of the best commentators on cycling. (Tomalaris and now McEwen)
As it is we don’t get enough coverage of world class cycling event on free to air!
I’m not happy SBS.

Unbelievable news! First Thommo then Robbie. Who next? What are SBS thinking?
My wife and I have been religiously watching SBS cycling since the Commonwealth Bank Classic days from the early 1990s. Robbie was a young up and coming racing cyclist then and Thommo starting his commentary. They have too much experience to be lost to us fans. Hope they are snapped up other Networks! A big mistake SBS!