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nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
So how does the CC intelligencia see today panning out? At what point do Roglic and Nibali start racing instead of looking at each other? Can't keep letting the likes of Landa and Carrapaz chip away, particularly as almost anything is possible on S16
I'm off for my own Giro today...half the distance and half the climbing of this stage but will probably take me longer...particularly if I find a nice cafe in Buxton
I'm off for my own Giro today...half the distance and half the climbing of this stage but will probably take me longer...particularly if I find a nice cafe in Buxton
- Location
- Essex
I hope rob hatch is not the main commentator for the TDF on eurosport.He goes into this pidgin english when talking about riders and his voice grates on your nerves.
I know a lot of people complain about carlton kirby but i'd rather have him any day than hatch.
I know a lot of people complain about carlton kirby but i'd rather have him any day than hatch.
Whatever you think about Hatch"s voice and habit of pronouncing riders" names correctly, surely it's better to have a commentator who recognises the riders, understands the tactics and defers to the resident expert pundit. Kirby still fails massively on all three counts.
My bet today would be that the GC guys guys mark each till Landa tries and fails leaving the others to mark each other and Lopez takes the win with a late break
Or summink else entirely
My bet today would be that the GC guys guys mark each till Landa tries and fails leaving the others to mark each other and Lopez takes the win with a late break
Or summink else entirely
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I always find it a bit strange when people complain about Hatch pronouncing names correctly. Given that he speaks fluent Italian he'd actually have to make an effort to Anglicise Italian riders' names. I think he speaks French too, so the same would apply there. Others are just down to good research. I don't know what other languages he speaks.
But if it just grates, then just grates. Not much you can do about that. Like my aversion to Kelly mispronouncing just about every word in every language.
But if it just grates, then just grates. Not much you can do about that. Like my aversion to Kelly mispronouncing just about every word in every language.
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Adam4868
Guru
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
He did speak a sentence in Flemish yesterday. From what I remember he was talking about a non-Dutch rider living in the Netherlands who'd managed to learn some Dutch and he spoke what that rider was reported to have said.
Actually, I think his ability to switch to Italian within an English sentence is pretty unusual. As a rule, it seems to be only when the speaker reverts to his or her native language that it works successfully.
I doubt it today. I think in this field, Nibali is capable of something similar in the final week, especially if the weather is bad, I don't know if anyone else is.
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
froome wants to watch the giro but has a seven hour training ride..
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View: https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1131931432694276096
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View: https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1131931432694276096
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I dunno, when I come across words or names from one of the two foreign languages I can get by in (and I'm FAR from fluent) I'll naturally use the local pronunciation, as best I can, rather than anglicising it. For example I said "Chartres" this morning and I didn't say char-trees. I even have a bash at getting it right in languages I don't speak. I guess that makes me a pretentious tw@.
