Phil & Paul's Cycling Cliche Bingo

skavanagh.bikeradar

Paul slipped up yesterday and mentioned "The sport of cycling". Spot the missing word.

pottssteve

I'm impressed by Paul's encyclopedic knowledge of the chateaux of France.
Truly incredible - he knows enough to write a book...

Kléber

pottssteve wrote:

I'm impressed by Paul's encyclopedic knowledge of the chateaux of France.
Truly incredible - he knows enough to write a book...

Err, that's because commentators get given a book that includes landmarks for each stage, from chateaux to lakes, memorials and famous inhabitants of the towns along the way etc.

pottssteve

Kleber,
I was being sarcastic, I am sometimes... :roll:

jrduquemin

Jellylegs1968 wrote:

CHRISNOIR wrote:

Add points every time Paul mentions hydro-electric dams ("The French are very big on hydroelecrics, Phil...")

I believe the full quote from the Alpe D'Huez stage last year was....

You know Phil the French are very much the artisans of hydro electric power

Maybe they get free elastic trickery from the HE power companies everytime they mention it ;-)

SpaceJunk

He's not lost any of his impetuous, Phil.

nosmo-king

I like Paul Sherwin's " He's turned himself inside out"
Also during Liquigas' first year on Le Tour, both Phil and Paul called them "Leakygas"!
Make up your own jokes folks!

crimsondynamo

On last night's highlights: "he's literally flying up the mountain!"

jp1985

"Gustav Larsson vice olympic champion"

symo

Twin turbos today in relation to Fabian.

symo

Twin turbos today in relation to Fabian.

skavanagh.bikeradar

I think Sherwen went even further than that and said 'triple turbos even, Phil!' at one point.

Also had to laugh when Ligget said "lance is really ripping up the road here" followed 10 seconds later by a time check that suggested he clearly wasn't.

I thought yesterday they were on proper Partridge form.

simonaspinall

What about the level of innuendo?: "The 'massive engines' of Astana are going hard at it...!" (team time trial stage).

Kléber

"Oh Phil, a flamingo!"

For a short moment of editing genius, go here:
http://www.bicycleradio.com/
Click on the itunes podcast link (you need itunes, I can't find a non-itunes link)
Then listen to "Tour de France Stage 13" 8)

steve_pushbiker

That was amazing well worth a listen... definitely 'full house' there for cliche bingo!

symo

OK, for Ventoux there will have to be some mention of Simpson's death but what will they say about it?

Also will they relate the tales of cars being blown off the summit.

Plus I am getting my nominations in for "Well they do call it the giant of Provence"

steve_pushbiker

Phil might describe it as "a brute". Although that designation is normally reserved for Hautacam.

SpaceJunk

For the Mount Ventoux stage, Paul will use the following phrases:

"Phil, this is an interminable climb"

"He is going through all sorts of purgatory"

"He has lost none of his impetuous on this attack"

And of course, Phil:

"Every time he feels like he is slowing down, he gets out of his saddle"

fast as fupp

Kléber wrote:

"Oh Phil, a flamingo!"

For a short moment of editing genius, go here:
http://www.bicycleradio.com/
Click on the itunes podcast link (you need itunes, I can't find a non-itunes link)
Then listen to "Tour de France Stage 13" 8)

crying here!

drumon

"THEY PUT THE HAMMER DOWN and immediately split the main field"

takethehighroad

What are they doing carrying hammers on bikes in the first place?

Airmiles

The appropriate punishment for commentators capping a 5 minute discourse on agricultural yields with "cilantro" and "baysil"...... :roll:

iain_j

Finally! After nearly three weeks...

"The Heads of State"

I thought I'd never hear it.

Kléber wrote:

"Oh Phil, a flamingo!"

For a short moment of editing genius, go here:
http://www.bicycleradio.com/
Click on the itunes podcast link (you need itunes, I can't find a non-itunes link)
Then listen to "Tour de France Stage 13" 8)

That was genius

skut

Woop

Heard it twice.

First it was "The heads of state of the Tour de France", the second time it was just "The heads of state".

mmitchell88

fast as fupp wrote:

Kléber wrote:

"Oh Phil, a flamingo!"

For a short moment of editing genius, go here:
http://www.bicycleradio.com/
Click on the itunes podcast link (you need itunes, I can't find a non-itunes link)
Then listen to "Tour de France Stage 13" 8)

crying here!

Perhaps it's because I'm already drunk on red wine. But that's brilliant! Oh Phil, a flamingo!" Good find!

I'm going to have a headache.

fluff.

People getting `assassinated' seemed to be Pauls new thing for this year, today had "Saxobank assassinating their own team", on the lower slopes of the Ventoux, doesn't sound like the best of team strategies..

Oh another from today, the traditional `dances on the pedals' was abbreviated to "[someone] attacks and Lance dances' ,which just sounds odd in isolation.

mmitchell88

fluff. wrote:

People getting `assassinated' seemed to be Pauls new thing for this year, today had "Saxobank assassinating their own team", on the lower slopes of the Ventoux, doesn't sound like the best of team strategies..

Oh another from today, the traditional `dances on the pedals' was abbreviated to "[someone] attacks and Lance dances' ,which just sounds odd in isolation.

I'm watching the highlights and had this thread open when Phil just said, "Frank is going to have another go and Armstrong dances". It doesn't just sound odd - it sounds positively fruity!!

Dunkeldog

David Harman seems obsessed with people being 'shelled out the back door'. Naturally, these riders all 'lose a packet' on the day.

mitchgixer6

Another Harmon moment I chuckled at whilst watching the highlights tonight. Nice helicopter shot of the Ventoux appeared showing the elevation and the fans roadside.

"The Ventoux, known as the bald mountian has been sprouting hair today, and people."

edhornby

dunno about you guys but I heard heads of state loads of times over the last week...... gets on my nerves as well as all the lance obsequeism