More TdF - Sherwinisms

[onb]

Excellent Spanish Inquisition sketch yesterday when they were listing the riders who had held yellow so far  .

I have to say that, despite giggling at Sherwinisms, it's a job that I couldn't do and I don't have any real problems with their commentary.  Sure I'd prefer Harman and Duffers, but ITV4 is free for me so I'm happy to have their commentary team.  Could do with a few less adverts through, even for commercial TV it seems a little rich in them - imagine the outcry if they'd had so many in the World Cup coverage!

I agree a few less ads would be nice ,but I assume that the ads pay for the cycling coverage ,which means without them there would be no TdF other than on Eurosport .Its chicken and egg .

[mattc]

The live coverage squidges 3 early ad breaks in 20 minutes, leaving the action end relatively ad-free. And a much lower %age of competition time.   

[Biggsy]

Panasonic DMR-EX769 HDD recorder skips over the ads with a press of a button

[IanDG]

I thought Phil and Paul were going to fight over their disagreement over the Schleck chain incident yeaterday. Funny lissening to them both bickering

[Rig of Jarkness]

Did you hear Paul winding up Phil about wind turbines the other day ?  Obviously a very sore point with Phil !

[Rig of Jarkness]

So far this year, I'd only heard Paul's voice-overs, but I saw him on tonight's highlights porgramme. He looked really old. 
Is the man no well? 

He's just said "I've told you so many times throughout history".  So may be he's older than you think !

[citoyen]

Apparently, the leaders have gone 831km off course and are about the start the climb of the Col du Telegraphe.

That's going to bugger up their chances of winning today's stage, eh, Phil?

d.

[Hot Flatus]

This is the town where Pastis comes from. It's made from aniseed and herbs..... it's a bit like  Pernod really.

[citoyen]

 

[groucho]

Today's the last day in the Alps!

[citoyen]

"The crowd are getting deeper by the inch!" - Phil

[eck]

"This climb goes all the way to the summit".
Cheers Phil. 

[citoyen]

"This climb goes all the way to the summit".
Cheers Phil. 

I think it was Paul who said: "the finish is at the very, very, very, very, very top of the mountain."

Except it was at the top of the pass.[/pedant]

d.

[IanDG]

Sherwen tonight 'look at the average speed 34.4 kilometres an hour, that's 19 miles an hour' - it's a bit faster than that Paul 

[Rig of Jarkness]

Funny that Chris Boardman didn't do his ride across the finish line today.  In fact, when he was doing his piece on the Mende climb there was a distinct creaking noise coming I presume from the BB and I don't think we've seen him doing another such piece since.  I wonder if its kaput ?

[Exit Stage Left]

Funny that Chris Boardman didn't do his ride across the finish line today.  In fact, when he was doing his piece on the Mende climb there was a distinct creaking noise coming I presume from the BB and I don't think we've seen him doing another such piece since.  I wonder if its kaput ?

The Segway they use for the filming can't climb a 1 in 10.
I'm impressed that Paul or Phil haven't  called any of the riders Thor Heyerdahl, all the components are there, I'd have him riding for Team Kon-Tiki.

[Mr Larrington]

That pair of bozos are rapidly turning into Murray Walker Part the Next

I am wont to follow the progress of the riders with the assistance of my Michelin road atlas, which enables me to shout "where the fuck is the Marie-Blanque¹?".  Messrs. Liggett & Sherwen clearly feel in no need of such hi-tech bobbins, which is how I managed to identify Argelès-Gazost while they were busy assuring everyone that the break was approaching the sprint in Adast.

Edit: And another thing.  "Contador is the best time-triallist in the race".  Is he buggery, Phil.  Ever heard of Fabian Cancellara?

1 - right on the join between two pages

[Pingu]

Liggett was rather persistently geographically challenged yesterdaty 

[Mr Larrington]

Liggett was rather persistently geographically challenged yesterdaty 

Both of them were.  Mr Sherwen, if you turn left in Hostens (site of the final intermediate sprint) you will most assuredly not reach the Atlantic in fifteen kilometres.  More like fifty as the crow flies.

[LindaG]

"Someone throw a blanket over them!"

Why?

[Exit Stage Left]

"Someone throw a blanket over them!"

Why?

'Close enough to throw a blanket over', meaning barely seperated or too close to call.
The last two shows were really good, the Time Trial day explained why Schleck was at a disadvantage and the Champs Ellysee action was well commentated. The montage of shots at the end was superb, the best was the helicopter shot of the Tourmalet where there is a long zoom out as the helicopter ascends revealing the mountain setting, excellent!

[Thor]

Heard in the ITV4 TdF Review

"Contador just concentrating on the back brakes of Schleck's saddle"

[Bledlow]

Minor irritation: consistent mispronunciation of names, e.g. Who_shovd, rather than Hoose_hovd.

All the commentators seem to do it.