Hole In The Wall

カリフォルニア州サンノゼ在のソフトウェアエンジニア。

フィル・リゲット名言集。

自転車

Versusのウェブより：

  1. "Ullrich is pumping those two pistons he calls legs." -2005 Tour de France
  2. "He looks back to see who's chasing. The answer is...no one." -(Ullrich) 97' Tour de France
  3. "Alex Zule, what a cheek!" -2000 Tour de France
  4. "And Ulrich looks behind him, goodness knows why, because the whole of the Tour de France is in front of him." -97' Tour de France
  5. "He's thrown a cat amongst the pigeons"
  6. "This plucky little rider is afraid of nobody!" -Regarding Richard Virenque 1994 Tour de France
  7. "And so, the first pedal has been turned in ANGER!"
  8. "Lance Armstrong is toying with the top names in cycling" -2000 Tour de France
  9. "Once you pull on that golden fleece you become two men." Regarding Bjarne Riis 1997 Tour de France
  10. "And Brian, I think Sean Kelly told Fignon in broad Irish exactly what he thought of that idea." -From the 89 Worlds, following Fignon's gesture for Sean Kelly to go to the front of the chase group
  11. "Hes riding that bike like a sprocket heading for the moon, which is not a place, its a planet, and hes riding to that star...." -2000 TDF La
  12. "circling like a caged lion, waiting to get into the start house". -Alberto Contador, Time Trial
  13. "It looks like tom is having more trouble with white lines." -2009 Tour de France
  14. "He'll have to reach into his suitcase of courage"
  15. "Robbie Hunter is in a spot of bother
  16. "He's (Evans) nailing Valverde into the Places" TDF 2007
  17. "The shadow-boxing is over"
  18. " He's popped" -Used several times when a rider can't match the leaders pace
  19. "He's dancing on his pedals in a most immodest way!" -Regarding Dag Otto Lauritzen
  20. "He is riding like the halcyon days of Eddy Merckx."
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Phil Liggettの解説者としてのキャリアが長いというのもあるけれど、自分がアメリカで自転車レースを観出した前のものばかりであまり馴染みが無い。"Liggettism"とも呼ばれるこの手のフレーズ、唯一知ってたのが19番目の"Dancing on his pedals"。だけどこれも生で聞いたわけではなく、Paul Sherwenがこのフレーズについて言及したため。
まああの特徴のあるイギリス英語は聞けば一発でわかるんだけどね。