|
Le Tour 09: Stage 5: Le Cap d'Agde - Perpignan
|
| Deadpool |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:39
|
Team Leader
Posts: 7357
Joined: 06-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
KurtinSC wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
KurtinSC wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Besides Rick Reilly's stupid humor, this is essentially what every single American cycling commentator and journalist feels about Lance. Its bullshit:
https://sports.espn.go.com/espn/column...id=4312289
Extra bonus on ESPN right now, Bonnie Ford, ESPN's cycling commentator, just mispronounced Contador's name.
Reilly isn't a cycling comentator... he's just a general sports columnist (and a bit of an arrogant jerk when you see him on TV).
Him commenting on cycling is like some of the people on here who view "football" as only a game played with a round ball commenting on the Dallas Cowboys. It's based solely on stuff that 99% of the population knows... and in the US that's pretty much just Lance.
Most general sports fans in the US couldn't tell yo who won the tour last year and have no idea who Greg Lemond is.
I know that, but I still think its a good representative of how American commentators feel about Lance and the 09 Tour
American commentators who don't know anything about cycling... yes.
But honestly... if someone doesn't know anything about what they are talking about... who really cares what they have to say?
I present to you, this man:
 |
| |
|
|
| matt493 |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:45
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3549
Joined: 01-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Gesink's down.
|
| |
|
|
| bfreire |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:46
|
Domestique
Posts: 538
Joined: 07-11-2008
PCM$: 200.00
|
whats up with al those crashes today |
| |
|
|
| CrueTrue |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:48
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 29989
Joined: 20-10-2006
PCM$: 200.00
|
Saxo Bank upping the pace while Gesink is behind. They won't be popular. |
| |
|
|
| Ad Bot |
Posted on 24-11-2024 12:46
|
Bot Agent
Posts: Countless
Joined: 23.11.09
|
|
| IP: None |
|
|
| Deadpool |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:48
|
Team Leader
Posts: 7357
Joined: 06-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Ligget and Sherwen just had another flash of brilliance. When Gesink went down Gerard Porte's car stopped on the side of the road, and Porte got out to make sure he was okay. Ligget and Sherwen, who I am from now on calling Bert and Ernie, were apparently surprised that the car was able to get on the closed road............they didn't realize it was the doctors car, despite Porte running back and forth from it. |
| |
|
|
| matt493 |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:50
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3549
Joined: 01-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Deadpool wrote:
Besides Rick Reilly's stupid humor, this is essentially what every single American cycling commentator and journalist feels about Lance. Its bullshit:
https://sports.espn.go.com/espn/column...id=4312289
Extra bonus on ESPN right now, Bonnie Ford, ESPN's cycling commentator, just mispronounced Contador's name.
I seriously don't see your point. You know they probably know more about cycling then you give them credit for. Plus cycling commentators mispronounce names all the time. I thought the Rick Reily article was pretty good.
|
| |
|
|
| CrueTrue |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:51
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 29989
Joined: 20-10-2006
PCM$: 200.00
|
What the hell is happening. Andy Schleck leading. And Cancellara. |
| |
|
|
| matt493 |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:51
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3549
Joined: 01-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Deadpool wrote:
Ligget and Sherwen just had another flash of brilliance. When Gesink went down Gerard Porte's car stopped on the side of the road, and Porte got out to make sure he was okay. Ligget and Sherwen, who I am from now on calling Bert and Ernie, were apparently surprised that the car was able to get on the closed road............they didn't realize it was the doctors car, despite Porte running back and forth from it.
Oh i missed that. Oh well. What do you have against commentators. You are always the first to pounce when they make a mistake. 
|
| |
|
|
| Deadpool |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:54
|
Team Leader
Posts: 7357
Joined: 06-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
matt493 wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Besides Rick Reilly's stupid humor, this is essentially what every single American cycling commentator and journalist feels about Lance. Its bullshit:
https://sports.espn.go.com/espn/column...id=4312289
Extra bonus on ESPN right now, Bonnie Ford, ESPN's cycling commentator, just mispronounced Contador's name.
I seriously don't see your point. You know they probably know more about cycling then you give them credit for. Plus cycling commentators mispronounce names all the time. I thought the Rick Reily article was pretty good.
Bonnie Ford is a tennis correspondent who was given cycling because ESPN needed a cycling commentator. Rick Reily is an idiot who was funny when he was writing for SI but has never really known that much about sport in general. And I can understand John Anderson mispronouncing Cancellara's name in the segment, but Bonnie Ford mispronouncing Contador? Seriously, Contador, its a really easy name to pronounce. |
| |
|
|
| Deadpool |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:55
|
Team Leader
Posts: 7357
Joined: 06-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
matt493 wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Ligget and Sherwen just had another flash of brilliance. When Gesink went down Gerard Porte's car stopped on the side of the road, and Porte got out to make sure he was okay. Ligget and Sherwen, who I am from now on calling Bert and Ernie, were apparently surprised that the car was able to get on the closed road............they didn't realize it was the doctors car, despite Porte running back and forth from it.
Oh i missed that. Oh well. What do you have against commentators. You are always the first to pounce when they make a mistake.
I'm really starting to get tired of Ligget and Sherwen, and how everyone I know thinks they are fantastic. I just want them to shut up. |
| |
|
|
| KurtinSC |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:59
|
Breakaway Specialist
Posts: 997
Joined: 20-09-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Deadpool wrote:
matt493 wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Ligget and Sherwen just had another flash of brilliance. When Gesink went down Gerard Porte's car stopped on the side of the road, and Porte got out to make sure he was okay. Ligget and Sherwen, who I am from now on calling Bert and Ernie, were apparently surprised that the car was able to get on the closed road............they didn't realize it was the doctors car, despite Porte running back and forth from it.
Oh i missed that. Oh well. What do you have against commentators. You are always the first to pounce when they make a mistake.
I'm really starting to get tired of Ligget and Sherwen, and how everyone I know thinks they are fantastic. I just want them to shut up.
The interesting thing is you rarely hear anyone speak positively about cycling comentators. Sherwin and Liggett make some mistakes... but overall they're decent. Compared to what some of the people say about other commentators... decent isn't that bad. |
| |
|
|
| matt493 |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:59
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3549
Joined: 01-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Deadpool wrote:
matt493 wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Ligget and Sherwen just had another flash of brilliance. When Gesink went down Gerard Porte's car stopped on the side of the road, and Porte got out to make sure he was okay. Ligget and Sherwen, who I am from now on calling Bert and Ernie, were apparently surprised that the car was able to get on the closed road............they didn't realize it was the doctors car, despite Porte running back and forth from it.
Oh i missed that. Oh well. What do you have against commentators. You are always the first to pounce when they make a mistake.
I'm really starting to get tired of Ligget and Sherwen, and how everyone I know thinks they are fantastic. I just want them to shut up.
again if you dont like it stop listening. I know they make mistake but they are very knowledgeable on cycling. It seems as though you demand perfection. If everyone know thinks their fantastic and your the only one who doesn't. Hmmmmm.
|
| |
|
|
| Deadpool |
Posted on 08-07-2009 15:01
|
Team Leader
Posts: 7357
Joined: 06-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
matt493 wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
matt493 wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Ligget and Sherwen just had another flash of brilliance. When Gesink went down Gerard Porte's car stopped on the side of the road, and Porte got out to make sure he was okay. Ligget and Sherwen, who I am from now on calling Bert and Ernie, were apparently surprised that the car was able to get on the closed road............they didn't realize it was the doctors car, despite Porte running back and forth from it.
Oh i missed that. Oh well. What do you have against commentators. You are always the first to pounce when they make a mistake.
I'm really starting to get tired of Ligget and Sherwen, and how everyone I know thinks they are fantastic. I just want them to shut up.
again if you dont like it stop listening. I know they make mistake but they are very knowledgeable on cycling. It seems as though you demand perfection. If everyone know thinks their fantastic and your the only one who doesn't. Hmmmmm.
The argument that they are knowledgeable about cycling and make mistakes is the one I used to make. At this point though I just don't think they know anything. They all think that the tactics are like those from the 70's and 80's and the abilities of the riders are the same as they were in 2003. I'm really starting to get annoyed. |
| |
|
|
| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 08-07-2009 15:03
|
Team Leader
Posts: 6036
Joined: 20-07-2008
PCM$: 200.00
|
Boonen has a puncture 
EDIT: Yesterday we had Paris-roubaix
Today we have Tour of Qatar
Edited by Gustavovskiy on 08-07-2009 15:05
|
| |
|
|
| niconico |
Posted on 08-07-2009 15:03
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4102
Joined: 09-07-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Cancellara shattering the pack. Not good for Gesink.
|
| |
|
|
| Ildabaoth |
Posted on 08-07-2009 15:04
|
Domestique
Posts: 695
Joined: 22-03-2008
PCM$: 200.00
|
I've just started to see today's stage and I'm afraid I'm lost. This is quite hectic. What the hell is going on?
Disclaimer: The above post reflects just the personal opinion of the author and not a fact. But if you read it, you must accept it as the ultimate truth.
|
| |
|
|
| Deadpool |
Posted on 08-07-2009 15:05
|
Team Leader
Posts: 7357
Joined: 06-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
The peloton is chasing a six man break and has split into three or four groups |
| |
|
|
| Ildabaoth |
Posted on 08-07-2009 15:06
|
Domestique
Posts: 695
Joined: 22-03-2008
PCM$: 200.00
|
Thanks, Deadpool. Are all the GC contenders in the first group?
Disclaimer: The above post reflects just the personal opinion of the author and not a fact. But if you read it, you must accept it as the ultimate truth.
|
| |
|
|
| Deadpool |
Posted on 08-07-2009 15:07
|
Team Leader
Posts: 7357
Joined: 06-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
probably, although most of the Silence guys were way back, so maybe Evans missed it.
Boonen and Gesink, Gesink because of a crash and Boonen because of a flat are not in the front group |
| |
|
|
| CrueTrue |
Posted on 08-07-2009 15:08
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 29989
Joined: 20-10-2006
PCM$: 200.00
|
I don't quite see the point of this. |
| |
|
