The Sherwen and Liggett Tour thread *spoilers*

[yello]

.... oh very good

 

[Paul_L]

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

He said that again today. Muppet.

 

[zimzum42]

Today's stage was my new bird's first go at watching the Tour, lots of time spent explaining jerseys, tactics, etc. But almost as much time with everyone joining in the fun baulking at some of the stupid stuff they come out with.

Still, got to love it in a way, feel like I have grown up with the pair of them...

 

[zimzum42]

Sherwen: "The cows are abundant round here"

 

[zimzum42]

They really love cows today...

 

[moxey]

14% rising to 11% ???

 

[Paul_L]

14% rising to 11% ???

just heard that on the highlights. Liggett wasn't it. Something like "this climb is steep. 14%, rising to 11% in places".

 

[Buddfox]

For all the comedy errors, they do bring an energy and an entertainment to it which is sorely lacking on Eurosport.

 

[david k]

i enjoy their commentry

 

[johnr]

Wasn't it great to have intelligent, considered and witty descriptions of the first couple of hours racing today? And then. . . the return of the muppet show

My favourite Sherwenisms thus far: 'riders wear soft leather pads inside their shorts' and 'the tyres are pumped up very hard - up to 100psi' (translation - I used to own a bike, but now I have a chauffeur).

Liggett's description of Cadel as Canadian today caused much hilarity.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Sherwen: "The cows are abundant round here"

They really love cows today...

For all the comedy errors, they do bring an energy and an entertainment to it which is sorely lacking on Eurosport.

For those of us watching Eurosport, we will be aware of Shaun Kelly's cow story and will have a right good laugh at your ignorance!

Oh and the comments about Corby and all the other awful places they have lived/been too, such as when they got to the Ukrainian border in the middle of winter and the border guards who weren't surprised in the slightest when they turned round and went elsewhere instead....

'Welcome to The Land Of The Black Earth'

Eurosport is just a lot more subtle and there are a lot of jokes from previous days brought into things, such as the cows, so you really have to be watching from the beginning to really get what they say sometimes.

 

[black'n'yellow]

"Voyckler"....."Boyson-Hagen"......when will it stop...???

 

[srw]

"For those of you who keep writing in - we know that Voigt is pronounced 'Vocht', but he's been 'Voit' for so long that he's been anglicised". Seems far enough to me.

And compared with Kelly and co on Eurosprot, ITV4's commentary is a model of comprehensibility and decent pronunciation of foreign words.

 

[Arsen Gere]

Not Sherwen or Ligget but a nice quote at the end of the ITV4 commentary yesterday about the stage winner.
"He's the frenchest rider in the race"

 

[Speicher]

For those of us watching Eurosport, we will be aware of Shaun Kelly's cow story and will have a right good laugh at your ignorance!

Oh and the comments about Corby and all the other awful places they have lived/been too, such as when they got to the Ukrainian border in the middle of winter and the border guards who weren't surprised in the slightest when they turned round and went elsewhere instead....

'Welcome to The Land Of The Black Earth'

Eurosport is just a lot more subtle and there are a lot of jokes from previous days brought into things, such as the cows, so you really have to be watching from the beginning to really get what they say sometimes.

Yes, I agree with all of that MDB.