The Sherwen and Liggett Tour thread *spoilers*

[iLB]

"glacial" ... ¬_¬

 

[postman]

Of Maxime Monfort, Liggett observes: "Because he's Belgian he can ride a time trial..."

I hadn't noticed any particular link between being Belgian and being able to ride a time trial.

And he likes chocolate.

 

[Ajay]

And he likes chocolate.

And putting mayonnaise on his chips.

 

[srw]

Agreed, BUT he does know his oignons.

I'm unconvinced. His commentary style is to take a feed line like "and you'll know better than most Sean that they'll want to use such-and-such a tactic", and say "I completely agree with you" for three minutes.

 

[Paul_L]

Agreed, BUT he does know his oignons.

I quite like Kelly, but i'm pleased there are no time bonuses this year (like last year) as the way Kelly describes them as "bonifications" really winds me up.

 

[thom]

Guardian link to this today - no commentary back in 1953, guess it's before even Liggett's time :

The promo vans are cool - they should get them back like that.

 

[youngoldbloke]

'One kilometre, or a thousand yards' Sherwen, a moment ago

 

[yello]

At least it's easier than mentioning the Russian President on French TV or radio...

Yes, I can imagine it has resulted in many a Frenchman choking, double taking and generally being momentarily concerned about what they think they've just heard on prime time news!

Re that clip of Voight and the pronunciation of his name, I had to smile when he said the pronunciation is sometimes so different that he wonders who people are taking about. It made me think of the French footballer Louis Saha. I was so used to hearing his name pronounced as the English do they I had no idea who the French commentators were talking about. I'd never heard of a footballer called Louisa!

 

[Crackle]

After the last big chute

Sherwen: Well, Cavendish is not in that crash, Sky have been riding at the front and he was not caught
me: .....Are you sure I thought I saw him walking back
Sherwen: Sky have been really clever here and they've kept their riders out of trouble
me: Boassen Hagen was in it
Sherwen: Most of the major sprinters are missing from this front group but Cavendish is safe
me: I don't think he's there
Sherwen: BMC and Sky have avoided the crash though, they've protected their riders well and Cavendish is in the front group
me: He's not there.........Are you watching the same feckin pictures or what!?
.........
Sherwen: Well, we're just hearing from race radio........Cavendish is not in the group......Greipel is not there
Me: I just saw Greipel
me: presses Mute button

 

[dragon72]

I can totally forgive them for poor pronunciation, but at least they should be consistent about it.
In the same minute I heard about 3 different versions each of "Sagan" and "Gesink".
Pick one and stick with it.

 

[Dave Davenport]

'They're topping up with liquids and fluids'

 

[Dave Davenport]

Actually, maybe they meant Dave Z. he'd need both being as he doesn't eat anything.

 

[zimzum42]

funny take on the pair:

http://www.cyclismas.com/2012/06/the-tour-de-france-on-american-tv/

 

[Crackle]

Who's Cereal Gautier. Liggett said he was getting dropped but I can't even find him in the start list?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Who's Cereal Gautier. Liggett said he was getting dropped but I can't even find him in the start list?

Numéro wheat?