after about a minute of dead air, the camera in the helicopter pans to a castle ... ligget, with excitement: "... would you just LOOK at that buttress!"

I think it was Paul, not Phil, but I like "he's the cat amongst the pigoens".

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when armstrong was going solo to the contador group today in stage three
"shut your eyes, shut your mind to the pain".

something like that.

"Dancing on the pedals in the Polka Dot Jersey"

Favorite Paul Sherwin quote -- "He's really having to dig deeply into the suitcase of courage"

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Phil had a good one before the Stage 1 crashes....referring to Renshaw leading out Cav

"Renshaw is putting in the missile in the tube"

My favorites are from the '87 Tour stage that finished in La Plagne. May not be exact quotes as it's been a while since I've seen the footage - available on youtube.

"armed with a willing group of men out for the day's spoils"

"now Roche must show the sort of courage that makes some men greater than others"

was Phill the first to say, "on the rivet"?

"dancing on the pedals" is great, too

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Great idea for a thread!!! Some of their lines are hilarious; even my wife laughs at them and she has no idea what is actually going on with the bike racing.

"What an exciting combination! Dry roads and a fast cyclist!" or something to that effect during the prologue.

definitely "he's riding like a man possessed" all time fave.

“He’s dancing on the pedals in an immodest way…….”

“He’s wearing the mask of pain!!”

“The elastic has snapped and Ulrich is now rolling backwards!!”

“His suitcase of courage is empty”

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Whenever he mentions Nick or Stephen Roche, I get really excited and imagine it's about me (somewhat uncommon name).

Roche is really digging deep in his man-purse of testicular fortitude!

Then I go out and ride about 1/6th the distance as the Tour guys and call it a day :)

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I don't know if anyone remembers when Cycling News used to have the "David Duffield commentary bingo" in their Tdf guide many years back. Duffield was a Eurosport commentator using phrases and quotes that makes Ligget sound coherent.. Anyway, it was pretty funny stuff.

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That was Paul I think. It's a reference to the old Brooks saddles that had an adjustment nut up front.

"Dancing on the pedals" is definitely a PL original, and classic.


I love the way Phil always manages to pronounce riders names, teams, etc. differently every time. Back when T-Mobile was racing I heard him call them Tee-Moe-Bill, Tee-Moe-Beel, and Tee-Moe-Byle all in the course of a few minutes.

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youtube clip complete with John Tesh accompaniment.

I always look forward to late in the Tour in the mountains, when Phil will always say, "And the heads of state have come to the fore."

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During Stage 3 he was talking about some Italian rider that had wrecked and said "Italians never do well at the Tour de France. Perhaps it's because they don't serve enough spaghetti."

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It's gotta be "Riding like a scalded cat".

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"He's turning the pedals in anger!"

I get a kick out of how PL mis-identifies riders. You get a feeling that PS wants to correct him, but doesn't want to interrupt PL's when he's on a roll. By the time he does have a chance, it's on to the next subject. LOL.

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"Now it's time for the fancy men of the Tour."

Or something like that on prologue day when the last 15 guys were ready to start.

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From Stage 2:

"The teams are setting up their lead-outs for their sprinters...loading the missile (pronounced mis-aisle) into the tube..."

Forget the riders...Phil is on form this year like never before.

With the Versus gig, broadcast TV, cable, satellite, and online, Phil and Paul have to be crushing it. I have to imagine that the now employ a phalanx of interns to keep the lines coming.

"He's calling down to his engine room, but I'm afraid there's no steam left"

About the cobbles today...
"they'll race to enter the alleys of pure stone."

From 2001...

"And Lance Armstrong looks back to ask Ullirich 'Well, are you coming with me?'...And the answer is NOT..."

From today's stage when Lance was trying to bridge the gap on the cobbles :
"Here is Lance Armstrong, he looks like a coal miner from the forest of Arenberg, totally black in the face."
Love the announcing by the great Phil Liggett

During this years prologue he threw out a...












...wait for it....



















...."His seat is to high!"

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And the riders of the Tour are struggling...well, not struggling...

I heard that and blew cola out my nose.

hahah this one was great...also from that youtube video that was posted....

"roche is either mad or full of confidence" ---i'm going to make this my signature line

and
"further up the moutain it was a good time to protest about the price of lamb this year"

"where the drama of the tour will reach a crescendo"


from today's broadcast about stage in the versus pre race show

PS" this stage is going to be a Humdinger"
BR "hahaha, a lolapalooza, a peach a dizzy, a wowzer" ------the other commentators just stared at him.

also....Bob roll comment about Craih Hummer pick of juan antonio flecha ""hehehe, it will not be the arrow salute"

and then PS"im going to through out Bob's book of logic and pick LA""
BR "ya i was thinking like...wow"

That one is so famous because of the association with the famous "Look" but you missed a bit out, it should read:

"And Lance Armstrong looks back to ask Ullirich 'Well, are you coming, OR NOT?'...And the answer is NOT..."



When Dag Otto Lauritzen, the 7-11 domestique won stage 14 up Luz Ardiden in 1987

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw1Eh3BH-To

Phil quipped, "Every Dag has his day!"


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Great thread! To puase briefly... what was he talking about with the motors in the bikes on the cobbles and having to get replacement bikes from another team? What kinda motor , that's helpful, could actually be hidden in a bike? And, didnt Contador get a replacement bike from his own team on the cobbles?

Now, back to Liggett quotes...

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Damn, that's a cold ass honkey.

As I briefly understood it: riders were only allowed to swap out their bikes for other official team bikes to thwart any possibility of them getting onto an illegal bike midway through the stage (e.g. a bike with a tiny motor hidden inside the seat tube). It sounds stupid, I know. Things I never quite understood:

1) have all the "official" team bikes been previously checked by the tour officials to make sure they're legal?
2) where the hell else are they going to get bikes from if not from their team car? Some dude on the side of the road with a huffy?
3) how the hell did this stupid story about tiny motors inside bikes grow legs to the point that it's being addressed at the TdF?

Thanks for correcting me, I hope you've gone back and performed due diligence on every other quote.

Sometimes I am fucking amazed by people on Slowtwitch....

"He's in a spot of bother"

Okay, one of you graphic artist guys mkae a "Top 10 Phil Liggett Quotes" t-shirts. I'd buy that for a dollar.

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Damn, that's a cold ass honkey.

New name for this thread: Favorite Liggettisms

"And Armstrong is coming down the finishing straight like a grand prix motorcar!"

PL talking about Pavel Tonkov on D'Huez...
"And all of the sudden his legs have gone to rubber!"

Both PL and PS commentating on lance's "conquest" on the Sestriere stage in '99...they were so excited and shocked (as was everyone) at Armstrong's climbing form.

No offense intended, mate, but it's only a "quote" if you get it right.


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"and I can think of a better way to pick berries.." Phil during an epic farm road crash about ten years ago

 "my goodness me... he is a beast of a man" Phil describing one of the larger tour riders

"he's descending like a stone!"

How about "Boom, boom and out go the lights!"? Or was that PS?

"He was certainly the strong man today!" is one that Phil has dropped a few times, "dancing on the pedals" and "pedals turned in anger" are always good as well. One favorite of mine was in '03 when Lance, Tyler, Jan and Iban Mayo kept trading places going up Alpe d'Huez - "And now we've got a big fight on our hands!". Phil is awesome.

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Some day, when I have won the powerball lottery, I will spend some of my newfound cash on hiring Phil and Paul to do a voiceover for a video of me and my friends doing a sprint tri, or a 5k or something.

2). Yes kind of. But for the rule most teams would have had a staffer at each cobbled section with a team bike in case the car was too far away to help out.
3). I'm convinced this is going to turn out to be a brilliant piece of guerilla marketing by the firm that makes them. The whole debate is ridiculous and the fact it was allowed to have an effect on the TdF is embarassing. I'm as cynical as the next guy bur come on.

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I liked how he said "They've known about this course for a year now, there should have been no surprises" after Stage 2



Yeah, sometimes he comes across as a ReMax agent who specializes in chateaux

"Been in the same family since the 12th Century and completely surrounded by water"

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

I've got to admit that the French scenery porn really does add to my enjoyment of the race, and I dig all the tidbits that P&P get supplied by local French tourism boards.

Look at the man's cadence... it is poetry in motion.

Referring to Lance's cadence.

My personal fav, I think he used it on Boonen this year on the cobbles.

"He's pedaling squares!"

or you take what is already there and be creative:

youtube: Commuter Dreams
A Portland bike commuter and dedicated Tour De France fan gets up early to watch the TDF live, but as the stage ends he realizes he is going to be late to work. His exciting "race" to work is narrated by Tour de France TV commentators Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI7T2iuGjjc

A few of my favorites from years past.

1. "The riders are spread eagle all over the mountain"

2. "He's a beastie boy" - in reference to jens voigt

3. "Ullrich is saying, bridge to engine room, more power! But there isn't any"


On an unrelated note, I'm really enjoying when they show the inside of the HTC-Columbia car - the things the DS says to the guys over the radio never seem appropriate for the situation. A couple days ago it was (in a unique german? accent):

"Heeeeyy Boys, ok everybooody, time to start thinking about movin up"

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"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

All summed up in one place

http://www.liggettfan.com/main.htm#tier1

stage 5....

PS: "and Fierre joins the battle up front!"
PL: "did you see that, they just ran a red light."

I think I heard this one yesterday from PS:

"8 kilometers remaining - that's 5 miles in old money"

Did anybody hear when PS and PL refered to the breakway/peloton as a fish on a hook with the peloton as the line and fishermen.

"there making a meal of this chase" PL
"Hagen tickles in at 3rd place"

No particular quote but I so enjoy Paul Sherwin's interpretations of the information provided by the race organization on the region each stage is in. The stories about the castles, the history of the towns- the background info. I love that.

The Tour de France is a "tour" in some sense, that it is a braod sporting event that brings sport to the people and now, the people and their homes to us through the media. That connection is a wonderful insight.

Part of the grandeur of Le Tour is that it is never just one story... one plot. It is many stories on many levels being written and told consecutively.

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Can't think of one off the top of my head, but he absolutely makes the t.v. coverage entertaining, it wouldn't be the same without him.

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I'm going to try to make a t-shirt for the tour, here's my list

1. "The fox is in the hen house now"!

2. "Indurain seems to have found his second pair of legs"

3. "He's thrown a cat amongst the pigeons"

4. "He's got the bit between the teeth"

5. "The peloton is riding like scalded cats"

6. "This is a big beefy boy!"

7. "And again they are crossing swords at the front."

8. "The mountains again have produced the truth, and produced two great men"

9. "And Armstrong is coming down the finishing straight like a grand prix motorcar!"

10. "An absolute beast of a man"

11. "And the peleton has been stretched across the road like a long sausage"

12. "The weather is something of a damp squid"

13. "Look at them! They're like goldfish out there!"

14. "He's turned himself inside-out!"

15. "The race is no respecter of reputation, your only as good as now".

16. "They've been thrown a bone... and it's a meaty bone."

17. “He’s pedaling squares”

18. "Ullrich is saying, bridge to engine room, more power! But there isn't any"

19. "And Lance Armstrong looks back to ask Ullirich 'Well, are you coming with me?'...And the answer is NOT..."

20. "And the riders of the Tour are struggling...well, not struggling..."

21. "shut your eyes, shut your mind to the pain".

22. “His suitcase of courage is empty”

23. “Roche is really digging deep in his man-purse of testicular fortitude!”

24. "He's turning the pedals in anger!"

25. “He’s Dancing on the pedals in the Polka Dot Jersey"

There's got to be some snapping elastic in there somewhere.

Are any of these qoutes on youtube?

This is my first year really watching the tour, it would make a cool little best of video...

The elastic has snapped!

#23. It cracks me up every time I read it.

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New one from today...

"Poor chap he's absolutely crucifying himself today...but it is for the yellow jersey."

I don't remember when or about who he said it, but it always comes back to me if I'm suffering up a big hill;

''He's really throwing out the sand bags now''!

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It looks like there's Phil trouble looming ahead:

http://bleacherreport.com/...of-cycling-analogies

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Love the quotes.

Only wish these guys wouldn't say "...I have to say." Perhaps it's the UK answer to the Canadian 'eh', or the US 'umm'.

"Pineau is raising his hand. Does he wish to be dismissed? No! He wants some water."

I can't believe noone's mentioned it yet, as it's such a classic line during the mtn stages (unless it Paul): "He's popped."

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I'm digging the repeated references to "supple" pedal strokes.

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"Nevermind the blood. Hows my bike?..."

Haha, i remember rewinding that one to hear it again to make sure.

Today he used the following the describe Cancellara " He's in the Yo-yo business today."
If you saw the coverage you know what he meant, classic Liggett.

Jim Caple can be hit or miss, but he had a good send-up of P&P today:

http://sports.espn.go.com/...e_jim&id=5367105

"After watching the Stage 3 carnage on the cobblestones, I think the Tour de France directors should really have spiced things up by ending a stage in a major city during rush hour without closing off the road to traffic.

Phil Liggett: "Lance Armstrong is absolutely seething at this red light, Paul. He's so upset his yellow Livestrong band has turned purple."

Paul Sherwen: "It could not come at a worse possible moment. He had two minutes on Alberto Contador and Cadel Evans, but I'm afraid he's lost all that waiting for the light to change."

Liggett: "He is waiting impatiently, NOT turning the pedals in anger, while having a very heated discussion with the driver of the SUV who nearly drove him off the road. He's giving him the same look he gave Jan Ullrich on Alpe d'Huez. But at least Armstrong stopped at the red light. Mark Cavendish went through the intersection. Or more accurately, he got partway through the intersection."

Paul Sherwen: "Yes, the Man from the Isle of Man will definitely feel that tomorrow, Phil."

Liggett: "Still, we should have a very interesting finish, as long as the police have dispersed the striking transit workers on the Boulevard Jambon et Fromage."

I hope to hear "..is going backwards". Always happens on climbing stages.

Today after Contador group crossed the finish..."This is the Tour de France and the crowd demands pain"

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I was trying to remember it exactly so I could post as well.... One of the best....I nearly fell over laughing out loud.

Argh, beat me to to it as well....THis could be the best one ever.

Bob

Phil on the giant dam they passed in stage 7 yesterday:

"Well, Paul, it'd certainly be a mess if someone pulled the plug at the bottom of that one, wouldn't it?"

Near the 1k to go mark this AM, Ligget says...

"Look at Gesink! He is absolutely screwing himself now"

Referring to "turning the screws" or "working hard" but it just came out so so wrong.

During todays stage at 3.2 miles to the finish.......Paul Sherwen: "Armstrong is a broken man in the Tour de France this year, Lady Luck slapped him in the face, I think, one to many times when he went down"

In the very beginning of stage 8 I am pretty sure he said something like . . .

"They are battling a real stiffy out there today!"

Referring to the wind.

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Paul Sherwen today (about Luis Leon Sanchez, CSP)

"He's done, he's cooked, he's fried!! It's been a long day in the sun......but I hate to be the bringer of doom."

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We met PL at Vancouver airport after the winter Olys. He is an absolutely lovely man; every bit as nice as you'd expect him to be.

Mrs G66 told him, very enthusiastically "We love listening to your commentary! We're such huge fans!"

To which Mrs PL interjected dryly: "Well, somebody has to be."

I think he's kept pretty well grounded at home.

My fave is always "the Heads of State of the Tour de France", on a mountain stage, once the men have been sorted from the boys.

Agreed. Phil and Paul are the best and I hope they are around for many more years. The Tour would not be the same without them.

You'll dig this trailer for the current film "Chasing Legends" by Gripped Films (totally limited release.....which kind of sucks)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbv3N-qt2EI

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PS: The sprinter's seem to have a serious allergy. An allergy to mountain roads.

Amazing! I have to get that dvd!!!! Thx for sharing!

At 1:15, that calf muscle cramp is crazy to watch.

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At the end of today's stage, they were commenting on the intensity of the climbs and how the fans were screaming at the riders to get to the top of the climb and finish. Phil says "this crowd demands pain." I thought that was fitting for this thread.

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It's a great movie. I saw it at one of the showings here in San Diego.

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"100% of the people who confuse correlation and causation end up dying."

Lol, damn. Sorry. Was an epic quote though =)

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I want that!

Yeah..... especially if you've had one like that before.

Which ties into my post in the "stupid things you've done mid-race" thread..... I've never drank Heed before, so I just won't drink anything on Run1 in my duathlon....... 15 minutes into the bike, let's watch the amazing twitching calf trick.... while standing by the side of the road watching everyone else go by :)

So, that was painful for me to watch that part of the trailer, lol!

PS: (Early in Stg 8) "It's a really important cheese...."

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"Nevermind the blood. Hows my bike?..."

I’ve had calf cramps on the bike before, but to see what it looks like is freaky. I imagine if I had a cramp like that, I would be done for the day!! I wonder if that dude kept riding and completed the stage…… jpflores might know since he saw the movie.....

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**All of these words finding themselves together were greatly astonished and delighted for assuredly, they had never met before**

That was after Phil had called Paul "The Voice of Doom" when PS had said someone's day was done [not Lance's, maybe Chavanel's time in yellow? I forget]

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"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Mel Gibson quotes are much better.

I have this somewhere in my house and love digging into it every so often:

http://www.amazon.com/...ycling/dp/1891369555

Totally worth $10.

Phil Liggett was the announcer in my head during a 95-degree bike in a local tri this past Saturday:

"Looks like the poor fellow is in a spot of bother."

You've got to love Phil and Paul referring to "natural breaks" and assessing whether the break was for #1 or #2 depending on how undressed the rider appeared to be.

Also love "carbohydrate jelly" in reference to energy gels.

In the very beginning of stage 8 I am pretty sure he said something like . . . "They are battling a real stiffy out there today!" Referring to the wind.

Phil used the term again Saturday in describing the climbs in Sunday's mountain stage. He said, "the boys will be dealing with some real stiffies tomorrow."

hahahaha i did the same thing when I was climbing on sunday.. "he's dancing on the pedals! poetry in motion" kept running through my head.

"The yellow jersey has just run into a BIG FRENCH BRICK WALL!"

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Today with 2.5 miles to go as the sprinters are trying to line up, the coverage switches to a camera that is zoomed in and up close on the arse of a Saxo Bank rider. Phil states eloquently:

"This is an unusual view I must say. I don't know where the camera is..."

After each stage the riders of Ag2R get in an ice bath, this NEW TECHNOLOGY lowers their body temperature to aid in recovery.

"There'll be steam coming from these riders' ears ..."

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

I just watched the end of today's stage on DVR, and I thought he said "speed" instead of "steam." Though I think I like "steam" better!

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"It depends if Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador want to have a ding-dong battle like they did yesterday."

"He's happier than a sand boy" WTF does that mean?

<to guys with Viking helmets on>
Well the Vikings have finally found the Tourmalet. It's taken them a hundred years but there they are.


I also like the reference to the 'racing cape' aka wind breaker.

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Today after Contador attacked Schleck with about 6-7k left on the Col de Tourmalet, Schleck caught immediately back on Contador's wheel, gave him a stare down, and Phil said excitedly" So you think you're hard enough? Do that again and I'll kill you." It was great because of how fired up he was getting.

Any notable new ones for this tour from Phil? It sure seems that there is more tension between Phil L. and Paul S. on this tour then in previous tours. Anyone else notice that?

It was humorous when Paul apologized for "giggling". Was that yesterday?

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Yes, I have noticed. More sniping at each other.

I haven't noticed outright tension but there have been a few moments where Paul has probably been rolling his eyes.

One comment I noticed was earlier when Kittel likley still had aspirations for the green jersey, and when he didn't make the bunch sprint Phil said something like "well if he's not going to win the race, he doesn't care where he comes." Clearly if he wants to win the green jersey he most certainly does care where he comes, even if not first!

I think it was also mostly Phil's fault about all the confusion about Contador's bike yesterday. The guy reporting from the race (forget his name) said he saw a broken frame being loaded into the team car, and 30 seconds later Phil is saying "so it looks like a cracked frame could have been the cause of the crash". The guy out on the course also noted that Contador appeared to have slid 100 feet on the ground. Knowing that it was clearly a bad crash (based on the long skid marks on the grass and the blood etc), it was far more likely that the frame was broken in the crash, than it suddenly cracked and caused the crash. As it turned out it was neither. But it was such irresponsible reporting to have put 2 and 2 together to make 5 and say the frame cracked and caused the crash!

I believe the guy sliding 100 feet was Tiago Machado who actually got into the ambulance, but then got out and back on his bike and finished the stage.

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My 2 favs:

"He's out of the saddle and riding like a man possessed"

"He absolutely turning himself inside out"

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The wet stage with all the crashes where Froome went out, maybe 5?

Commenting on another rider falling near, but not involved in one of the pile ups.

"and another goes down out of sympathy. no one touched him."

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I agree, this one baffled me. It might have pissed off some Specialized people after Phil Liggett wrongly accused the frame of causing the crash.

My favorite:

"Look at the agony.....he's sufferin' now"

This one alone would have almost made it worth it to pay for cable this month.

That phrase has been around for decades.....

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Sorry, I don't follow soccer.

That was funny!

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I wrote the same thing in response to a similar post from 2007 found here:

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...t_Sayings_P1391770-3

At the 1989 Tour de France, as Greg Lemond was about to crush Laurent Fignon (may he rest in peace) in the final stage time trial into Paris:

"And Greg Lemond, who's name in French means 'the world,' has the world's greatest bicycle race in the palm of his hand."

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I'm pretty sure I posted it somewhere in this thread....but it bears another airing.

During the '92 Tour, in one of the early stages around San Sebastian, Ligget says that Atle Kvalsvol placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the 92 Tour Dupont.......all in the same sentence.


I'd have to dig out my old tape to find it, but it went something like "He is in great form this year after having won the Tour Dupont this year, where he finished 2nd behind Breukink and taking 3rd place on the podium."

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"If ever the time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." - Samuel Adams

It's British and old

Don't forget the hair styles and excitement...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dTEjERoQbk

I do wonder if "Mark Cavendish" is the new phrase for this race. We had started counting the number of references since M.C. crashed but long ago lost count.

Phil makes so many mistakes. He is constantly calling riders by the wrong names. PS says the same things over and over. Neither seems interested in cycling, perhaps they lost their interest after defending LA so vigorously. If you get the feed from Eurosport with Sean Kelly or the one with Imlach it is so much better.

I don't care... I love those guys :)

He's happier than a sand boy" WTF does that mean?


In case no-one ever told you, that's an old (and racist) saying, with 'sand boy' referring to blacks.

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"Happiness is a myth. All you can hope for is to get laid once in a while, drunk once in a while and to eat chocolate every day"

It's like listening to MLB announcers. 99% of the time it's just them talking for the sake of talking.

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I can talk about nothing for extended periods, according to TriSpouse, but I take my hat off to people like Phil & Paul. They do a stellar job. I mean, in essence, it's pretty much the same every year. A bunch of guys ride their bikes around France. Up hills, down hills, through the countryside and towns. A bunch of times, they fall off.

While baseball and other commentators can talk for several hours about nothing in particular, Phil and Paul do it day after day, week after week and year after year. Hell, they start at the Tour Down Under and get fully warmed up by July, and carry on for all sorts of other races in between and after. I take my hat off to them.

Come to think of it, I come to work every day, 250 odd days a year. Every day I do engineering, go to meetings to talk about engineering, write reports and specifications about engineering and I've been doing it for 30 years! I'm at least as good at my job as they are at theirs. Well maybe not. They sound mildly interested. I'm clearly bored stiff by engineering work. LOL

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TriDork

"Happiness is a myth. All you can hope for is to get laid once in a while, drunk once in a while and to eat chocolate every day"

With 112 km left to go today, I turned the TV on to hear this gem -

".. I'm minded actually of a butterfly I once saw. It was very forlorn. It was February. It was in Paris. Who knows where it managed to hatch? It must have been on a ventilation system or something. And of course it was searching forlornly for a flower. I was on a bus at the time."

Profound

Just heard that...it was great

[At the bottom of the hill] ..."they took off so fast I thought they were going to take off into space"...

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He was discussing Fuglsang's injuries today and as they showed the peleton on the screen Phil said " Nibali needs Fuglsang, he is his right hand man, even if he is riding on his left just now."

Cracks me up.

HES FREE TO FLY NOW!

THESE ARE DESPERATE MOMENTS NOW IN THE TOUR DEFRANCE

THE HEADS OF STATE ARE ALL ACCOUNTED FOR NOW.

HE WILL BE TURNING HIMSELF INSIDE OUT TO MAKE THAT BREAK

YOU CAN HEAR THE WHISTLE OF THE TURBO NOW.

FABULOUS FABIAN CANCELERA

NO MORE LANCE ARMSTRONG QUOTES!

My dad and I used to listen to Braves games back in the 80's before tbs or TNT, the Dale Murphy-Bob Horner years. By the sixth inning or so, the Braves were usually getting beat so badly that you'd think it was a bass fishing broadcast.

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I think it was Paul, but somebody said something about a kettle of fish...and I have no idea what that means...but I liked it.

This week our local sports talk radio was talking about what sport is the hardest to do radio for. One said that soccer had to be one of toughest because it's non-stop action with no real breaks except at halftime. Other guy went the opposite and said by it's nature baseball is the hardest, because you have so much filler time, that it really is on the announcer to hold your interest. Actually made a lot of sense.

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It is sad that these two doping enablers are still on the air. They are not able to follow the race and I am not sure if they prepare properly before the tour.
This has nothing to do with age. My favorite cycling commentator is Kaggestad and he is over 70.

US cycling fans deserve better commentators.

This US fan does not want to listen to anyone else. And what's up with the doping enablers comment?

Phil up to the bitter end had dismissed any doping by Lance. Even after Lance admitted it, Phil had played it down on air. Reports of the two having common business interests may have something to do with it.
Me, I think Phil has lost too much. Whether he's lost it mentally or visually as in it seeing the screen matters not. Time for him to retire.
Paul is fine. I like Schlanger, Gogo not so much.
I wish they would bring Hummer back; mainly because he is an acquantice of mine and I think he's a good guy.
Todd Harris I can do without.
VDV might grow into a decent commentator, we'll see.
Bobke is always just goofy fun.
Andrej was good, got bumped out be Lance due to his wife.
I like Steve Porino, or at least that role. Someone on a moto in the the peloton brings new info/viewpoint in.