Metamatic Forums Socialising The Green Room The Cycling/Footy thread (ttfkaRads)

Thanks Phil.

Hello and welcome. My name is Gary Imlach and, with the Giro almost over, I'm here to provide a witty and well-honed opening remark to the final stages before handing over the actual show and the boring job of providing four hours of non-stop commentary on seventeen different types of regional French cheese and sweeping helicopter shots of the elegant French countryside in summer.

Sometimes the comedy just writes itself ...

...and sometimes it gets scripted by Dante;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/cycling

Arf ! I've run out of clichés but I will be back I suppose you know your namesake Imlach's Dad was EFC's coach back in the day (early/mid 70's) Apparently Imlach fils has written a book about Imlach père
I reckon me and you should be given a stab at The Tour commentary Obviously I'd fill in for Liggett as we are phonetically similar whilst you could be a faux Danny Dyer type "Yer don't fack about with Cadel Evans on his manor , one nawty geezer despite that fakkin' girlie voice "
I suppose Membs could have the Duffield role given his love for things bucolic !

It'd make it more interesting!

"Whilst all these geezers in lycra are fackin' abaht on the mahnt-inside - let's talk about ver claret and ver castles innit"

I've been meaning to read Imlach's book for years now - if memory serves me correctly I think it won a few awards too.

Morning Radler
Great weekend VAN THE MAN is back !! Second then a win on Zoncolan
The commentator was Phil Liggettesque "Basso finds Heaven on the hell of Zoncolan" (A Vangelis fan to boot ) "A once broken man breaks the unbreakable mountain! "Basso does a Milito , Zoncolan his own private Bernabeu"
3rd place now , looks like you'll be buying me a pint unless The Wigster does something incredible in the last week !
Hope this works

http://video.gazzetta.it/?vxSiteId=bf992...e&vxBitrate=300
plus ongoing Imlach thread

http://members.boardhost.com/wsag/msg/1274690711.html
Voice mailed you before kidder !

Gah! For some reason I can't see the footage! Will keep trying though.

Missed the voice mail! Sorry! Will check in a bit!

Re the video I know the feeling I once decided to watch the BBC podcast "Status Quo 40 years of Rocking all over World I was all geared up for it I hadn't washed for 2 weeks I had a big centre part in my grease drenched hair , a denim waistcoat around my bare torso and broomstick in hand ready to do air guitar All ready for the off then I get "Not available in Your Country" GRRR I fear it might be the same for you Gazza re Il Giro
Sorry nothing's reached you yet I'm getting a bit worried My brother got his stuff in 3 working days and I've just received "Cycling Monthly" and "New Scientist" off him (20 minutes ago) which he sent last Tuesday Has East London broke away as an independent state ?

Lucky you didn't get to see Worried About The Boy then - I can really see you in all the make-up and dreads!

Well, not in the Castro sense so much, but quite possibly in the John Carpenter scheme of things - we're waiting for Cameron to fly over now and then we're gonna shoot his plane down and chop off his finger...

...now then - where's my eye-patch and glider?

Sorry to report it's not arrived yet! Bah!

Morning mate
Time trial today on my old stamping ground of Plan Corones (German speaking Dolomites) Work shall prevent me from seeing any of it I shall watch the highlights misty -eyed

"the shee-eer impee-errviosness of The Dolomites pee-eerr on unme-eercifully "
Right over to you Mr Dyer !

http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2010/it/
12.9k The last 5 of which are on unsurfaced roads at an average of 20 per cent , 24 in some places YIKES !!

I used to get up to San Vigilio (1 500 from Brunico 650) on the normal road but no further !
Bah that should have been an edit !!

Cool - cheers for that!

Sort of followed it (I think)
http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/it/25-05-2010/giro-assegna-corones-604111046665.shtml

But found a place to follow it in the UK here;

http://live.cyclingnews.com/10.html - that does look pretty steep!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-16