Classic Paul Sherwin and Phil Ligget Quotes

[charcoalchicken]

Phil Ligget is awesome I remember as a kid saying he was a great commentator and I still think the same I could listen to him commentate all day

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

2011: "that's curtains for karpets".

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Paul Sherwen...."I wasnt the greatest climber in Tour History, I was just happy to make it within the cutoff time "

 

[monty1104]

"he's popped"

"big Johan Vansummeran"

 

[QuietB]

Is it possible these guys retired 10 years ago and have been replaced by a DJ spinning remixes of previous tours?

 

[roostersgal4eva]

"This is one Schleck sandwich that will give them indigestion.." will go down in history

that was fantastic...

OK Paul isnt my cuppa tea but I love Phil to bits Hes been commentating since I started following the sport...

cycling news forums hate them though - think they are idiots....

 

[YOTC]

cycling news forums hate them though - think they are idiots....

They are but they keep it interesting for hours on end.

It reminds me of the equestrian at the olympics and that crazy commentator. Horse people hated him, the rest of us loved him.

 

[roostersgal4eva]

stupid me wasted my tour on that blasted forum - I should of been here instead

I know just as much cycling as they do and I love listening to Phil

 

[KnobHead]

"He knows he can beat Andy and slaughter Frank" (on Evans)

"Tony Martin the 2nd best timetrialler in the world...but today he"s the best".

"after the 1st km he knows if it's going to be a good day or an hour in purgatory..."

 

[Captain Jack]

So many classic quotes... they are excellent commentators though.

 

[Wallaby]

It is bloody hard to keep up a steady stream of commentary for 5-6 hours every day for 3 weeks when most of the time nothing is happening. You can't blame them for the occasional repetition.

If most of us tried it, we would have fired all our shots in the first half-hour of Stage 1.

 

[Buzzasto DaSilva]

Phil and Paul are absolutely fantastic together. I absolutely lost it at that "Schleck Sandwhich" line the other day

 

[Over The Post]

"I'm getting emails, people are complaining they are riding too slow"

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

"big Johan Vansummeran"

not as big as "big George Hincapie"

 

[monty1104]

not as big as "big George Hincapie"

Very true.

And at the other end of the spectrum "little Sammy Dumoulin"

 

[Fitzey]

I liked the "He's a beast of a man." too.

 

[Buzzasto DaSilva]

"And here's big Gregory Rast at the front of the peleton" from a few years ago.

 

[LofaTatupu]

Me and my mates always get a big kick out of "Big Jens Voigt, dominating his machine".
I'm pretty sure other people "dominate their machine" as well according to Phil and Paul, but for us it will always relate to Big Jens.

 

[Buzzasto DaSilva]

Get ready for a big couple of weeks

 

[LeverPuller]

Get ready for a big couple of weeks

Six weeks with no sleep, I'm going to die.

 

[Buzzasto DaSilva]

No Andy means there will be no "Let's go bro" references between the Schleck brothers either

 

[blue gunslinger]

no ref tonight to "shut up legs"-oh no:they got it

 

[monty1104]

No Andy means there will be no "Let's go bro" references between the Schleck brothers either

And no schleck sandwiches either.

I think the big comment this year will be in regards to Hincapie breaking the participation record. Also, big Johan Vansummeran

 

[Black Diamond]

What is with the different pronunciations and enunciations for one year to the next of the same rider's name?

Or when Armstrong made a comeback, every time they caught a glimpse of him in the peloton with his yellow helmet we were treated to yet another explanation of "why he has made a comeback to the sport of professional cycling".

 

[Black Diamond]

no ref tonight to "shut up legs"-oh no:they got it

Borrowed from Jens Voigt in 'Overcoming' I think.