Phil and Paul

[Duke_S]

Phil really likes Kessiakoff I guess, still talking about him today.

"Sagan again is still being pushed away from this, as Kessiakoff starts to go and Del-gen-kolb on the right."

 

[TheDude]

Another reason I've been watching Eurosport...

too many years of P & P on OLN.

 

[BigRingAbuse]

I love Phil and Paul for the great phrases they come up with, like this little gem from Paul today: "If they were on a long straight road, everybody would be able to see themselves".

So today we had Paul on repeat:

"Remember, these are men of the flatlands". "He will not lay down arms" and the sprinters "popping off the back".

Then it was " This 23 year old Quintana from Boyaca at 3000 meters" after every ad break. Is Paul taking backhanders from the Colombian Tourist Authority? Phil was just moaning in delight at this point.

Then of course there was every variation of "golden fleece", "yellow fleece", " sprouting wings" and even "sprouting two pairs of wings" for good measure.

And picture break-up? Probably due to "the massive amounts of vegetation the riders are going through" according to PS.

 

[therealtimshady]

Itv4 decision to go for a break on the final climb upto ax-3-domaines was shocking and subsequently missed froomes attack

 

[InterestedSpectator]

Itv4 decision to go for a break on the final climb upto ax-3-domaines was shocking and subsequently missed froomes attack

It looks like the race TV missed it because it was not available on tonight's roundup although the video actually was recovered for that period. The directors appeared simply to have switched the chosen images to followers at the moment Froome left Porte.

It didn't matter though did it?

 

[therealtimshady]

It looks like the race TV missed it because it was not available on tonight's roundup although the video actually was recovered for that period. The directors appeared simply to have switched the chosen images to followers at the moment Froome left Porte.

It didn't matter though did it?

Can't understand the stupidity of an ad break on the summit finish - only time I can recall it happening before was in 2010 on the tourmalet which was embarresing enough

 

[InterestedSpectator]

Can't understand the stupidity of an ad break on the summit finish - only time I can recall it happening before was in 2010 on the tourmalet which was embarresing enough

See my post. Usually they will show a repeat of an incident when they go back but this time there was nothing to show because the race tv missed it.

 

[Boeing]

How about Phil's breaking news that he "just received word that the yellow jersey has been dropped" Seconds later the yellow jersey is seen in the main group

 

[mewmewmew13]

Itv4 decision to go for a break on the final climb upto ax-3-domaines was shocking and subsequently missed froomes attack

That was bad...all of a sudden here's Froome careening around the corner like a race car..
I wasn't surprised though. :fp

 

[Cyivel]

Paul's attempts to convert kilometres into miles have been something.

 

[Panda Claws]

Those quotes you guys post here are comedy gold.

 

[SaxonUK]

Anyone notice Paul calling Phil "Mark" during today's stage?

 

[willbick]

lol its only a matter of time before they get their own names wrong!!

 

[winkybiker]

and Gautier was identified as Guimard .....wha..........senile old fool

Yes, I caught that one, too. Laughed out loud.

 

[SaxonUK]

I really wish Paul would stop comparing the riders to Marathon runners or "endurance runners", he did it about three times today within 5 minutes of commentating.

 

[Cyivel]

I really wish Paul would stop comparing the riders to Marathon runners or "endurance runners", he did it about three times today within 5 minutes of commentating.

Sprinters are like sprinters.

Also I was starting to wonder where Quintana was from after it hadn't been mentioned for 5 minutes.

 

[SaxonUK]

Sprinters are like sprinters.

Also I was starting to wonder where Quintana was from after it hadn't been mentioned for 5 minutes.

Did you know that Quintana is from Columbia and he is in fact a Columbian rider?

 

[darwin553]

I guess we all can't be football, cricket, tennis commentators etc - call things on the spot, use a little background history in their opinions.

Paul and Phil's knowledge on the sport and the area where the stages are run is second to none in my experience of following sport commentating.

 

[SetonHallPirate]

I guess we all can't be football, cricket, tennis commentators etc - call things on the spot, use a little background history in their opinions.

Paul and Phil's knowledge on the sport and the area where the stages are run is second to none in my experience of following sport commentating.

The information about where the stages are run is literally given to them by ASO. I assume Paul Sherwen is reading from a script when he says everything he does.

As far as knowledge of the sport, seriously? Ever hear Daniel Lloyd commentate? How about Magnus Backstedt? Both are far superior analysts to Sherwen.

I'll give Phil Liggett this one...as long as he's getting the names right, he's very good at calling a sprint. Unfortunately, that makes him far better suited to covering track cycling than road racing. A play-by-play cycling commentator has to be able to draw storylines from content, because road cycling doesn't provide moment-to-moment action. Frankly, Liggett fails in this regard.

 

[darwin553]

The information about where the stages are run is literally given to them by ASO. I assume Paul Sherwen is reading from a script when he says everything he does.

As far as knowledge of the sport, seriously? Ever hear Daniel Lloyd commentate? How about Magnus Backstedt? Both are far superior analysts to Sherwen.

I'll give Phil Liggett this one...as long as he's getting the names right, he's very good at calling a sprint. Unfortunately, that makes him far better suited to covering track cycling than road racing. A play-by-play cycling commentator has to be able to draw storylines from content, because road cycling doesn't provide moment-to-moment action. Frankly, Liggett fails in this regard.

Nah they deserve the limelight

 

[Cyivel]

I guess we all can't be football, cricket, tennis commentators etc - call things on the spot, use a little background history in their opinions.

Paul and Phil's knowledge on the sport and the area where the stages are run is second to none in my experience of following sport commentating.

My Word

 

[darwin553]

My Word

Big call I know

 

[gregrowlerson]

So today we had Paul on repeat:

"Remember, these are men of the flatlands". "He will not lay down arms" and the sprinters "popping off the back".

Then it was " This 23 year old Quintana from Boyaca at 3000 meters" after every ad break. Is Paul taking backhanders from the Colombian Tourist Authority? Phil was just moaning in delight at this point.

Then of course there was every variation of "golden fleece", "yellow fleece", " sprouting wings" and even "sprouting two pairs of wings" for good measure.

And picture break-up? Probably due to "the massive amounts of vegetation the riders are going through" according to PS.

HAHA!! Love all this stuff! "And let's not forget"...

...Pretty hard too when you repeat the same phrases ten times in each broadcast

To give them some slack though, I reckon that anyone who has to ramble for hours on end about the same subject (in this case cycling) will probably find themselves stumbling into similar phrase territory often.

 

[SetonHallPirate]

"We're going to have to turn away from the river...rivers can't go up hills, you see..."-Phil

 

[auscyclefan94]

Paul also made some dumb comment about descending last night. Something about losing metres of altitude which is why we are descending. Was rather odd.