Inferno7
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| 07/10/2014 11:48 AM |
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Geez Phil wait to call the winner would ya, when you give someone the win and they don't get a top 10 ....lol.
It's a crap shoot every time when he identifies a rider, much less call the winner 100 M out with the peloton less than a second behind you. But he does have a pleasant voice. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 07/10/2014 11:59 AM |
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Phil's voice is the best sleep-inducing sounds ever created. I can put on an old racing DVD and be asleep in seconds.
Beyond that, he has little value anymore. 
I couldn't help but laugh yesterday when Boom crossed the line and he made some comment about having the World Champ's stripes around his arms. Really? Since when were red / white / blue stripes those of the World Champ? |
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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Entheo
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| 07/10/2014 02:23 PM |
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| today he was claiming the speed was too high for the tired giant shimano team in the final couple k's. kittel had punctured of course, but why let the facts get in the way of a good story? |
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Orange Crush
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| 07/10/2014 03:34 PM |
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Posted By Cosmic Kid on 07/10/2014 11:59 AM
I couldn't help but laugh yesterday when Boom crossed the line and he made some comment about having the World Champ's stripes around his arms. Really? Since when were red / white / blue stripes those of the World Champ?
Phil may be wrong 100% of the time but he got it right there. Us Dutch are all World Champs  |
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jookey
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| 07/10/2014 09:56 PM |
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Am I the last Phil fan?
I should change my avatar to the philly fanatic. |
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jmdirt
Posts:775
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| 07/10/2014 10:50 PM |
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My favorite Liggism was: "The balding Castorama rider..."
He was talking about Riis. Remember those fugly Castorama kits that looked like an apron over a shirt?! |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 07/11/2014 08:03 AM |
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| Castorama was a chain of hardware stores in France. They were overalls, not aprons. |
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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jmdirt
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| 07/11/2014 10:50 AM |
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Cosmic, all old school carpenters wore leather aprons, but they could have been overalls on the kit. Either way this kits were funny! I assumed they were made to look like the store employee's uniforms.
I've never been to France, but I know that Castorama is/was hardware stores because I read about cycling. See, cycling is good advertising. Castorama-Bianchi (new Belkin team). |
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zootracer
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| 07/11/2014 11:03 AM |
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| Phil or no Phil, I'm just thankful we have coverage. Better than the two blokes who covered the Giro... |
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Orange Crush
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| 07/11/2014 12:08 PM |
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Posted By Cosmic Kid on 07/11/2014 08:03 AM
Castorama was a chain of hardware stores in France. They were overalls, not aprons.
IS, not was. Kinda like the Home Depot; home depot boys and girls wear something more like an apron. Like so...
 Is that Riis?!?  |
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Oldfart
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| 07/11/2014 12:12 PM |
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| Apparently this morning Phil and Paul blames Talansky for his inexperience in sprinting as the reason why he crashed after Gerrans bumps him twice then hooks him to the ground. |
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zootracer
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| 07/11/2014 01:14 PM |
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| Thankfully we have Dish Network. I dvr all the stages and watch what I want. I did like the interview with Cancellara after stage 5. Interesting what he said about 'the little things', such as Astana having 53x39 gearing. Made a diff on the cobbles.... |
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jrt1045
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| 07/11/2014 02:59 PM |
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Phil is like a drunken Grandpa
Paul has no excuse |
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79pmooney
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| 07/11/2014 03:14 PM |
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Andy, I am inclined t think that Phil and Paul were right about Talansky. I didn't hear them nor did I see the race, but two who did both commented that Talanskey was looking to his left, not ahead and that Gerrans did little but ride parallel to the painted stripe and in line with what others were doing. If they were right, that Talansky was not looking straight up the road, well that is a beginner's mistake.
Oh, one of those commenting was Robbie McKuan. I never cared for the guuy, but he does know a little about sprinting.
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Orange Crush
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| 07/11/2014 03:17 PM |
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| Yeah, it sounds like both were drifting a bit but Talansky wasn't looking where he was supposed to be looking. |
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Keith Richards
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| 07/11/2014 10:47 PM |
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| Jeez Vande Velde is terrible at this. I didn't know it was THIS bad. |
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It is his word versus ours. We like our word. We like where we stand and we like our credibility."--Lance Armstrong. |
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Ron
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| 07/12/2014 01:31 PM |
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I was visiting my parents last week and they had cable t.v. I typically watch online, via Eurosport. Between the commercials and Uncle Phil/Paul, it almost wasn't worth watching.
I wish LeMond would get a bit more comfortable in front of the camera. First saw him doing the Giro, today saw him talking to Greg Van.A. and he's not so good on camera. Love the racer, wish him well, but he needs some polishing. |
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Inferno7
Posts:344
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| 07/12/2014 02:24 PM |
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| Horner will have CvD's job. |
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jmdirt
Posts:775
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| 07/12/2014 05:25 PM |
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Ben, so if your not looking, its OK for someone to cut your front wheel? If AT was looking he would have had to slam on his brakes, probably causing the guy behind him to crash into him.
I've watched it too many times so I've gone foggy. AT shouldn't have been there, and shouldn't have been looking around. BUT SG flat out cuts him. Its a big problem in road racing from cat. V all the way up to the pros; once a guy's eyes are past the head of the guy next to him they think its OK to cut over. |
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Orange Crush
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| 07/13/2014 11:51 AM |
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| On a day like today where nothing is basically happening, the commentary gets especially grating. How many friggin times can you repeat the same statements?!? |
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