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"

solid gold

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You beat me to it.

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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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Jonathan
USA Triathlon Coach/Adventure Extraordinaire

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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Jonathan
USA Triathlon Coach/Adventure Extraordinaire

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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