Farewell Daniel Mangeas

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited July 2014 in Pro race
Nice post from a few days ago on Inrng

http://inrng.com/2014/07/the-last-words ... l-mangeas/

The Tour without his voice blaring out in the background will be different.
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Great read and the video is excellent. His voice is crystal clear - every word understood.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Also worth noting that Jean-Paul Olivier is also retiring (70 years old). He is the chap that does the commentary on the old churches, monuments etc.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    iainf72 wrote:
    Nice post from a few days ago on Inrng

    http://inrng.com/2014/07/the-last-words ... l-mangeas/

    The Tour without his voice blaring out in the background will be different.

    His retirement means that just about every pro race in France will sound different.
    It will be really strange.
    The passing of an era.

    frenchfighter wrote:
    Also worth noting that Jean-Paul Olivier is also retiring (70 years old). He is the chap that does the commentary on the old churches, monuments etc.

    A double hammer blow. While we only hear him for 3 weeks in July, he's become synonymous with Le Tour for me.
    Both will be sadly missed.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    Main memory of him when I was watching the tour on some fairly anonymous transition stage from Figiac to Toulouse.

    Constantly read out the riders' palmares which ultimately meant he said 'vainqueur' a lot which to an English ear sounds like 'w@nker'.... Fairly amusing when you're young.
    _
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    He's on the post Tour crit circuit !

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