How does one pronounce Merckx?

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Murks?

Merks, also pronounced GOD by some.

Tim McTeague

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Murks?

Close enough. The real trick, though, is to get him to say his name
backwards and then he disappears into another dimension.

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Murks?

Merks, also pronounced GOD by some.

You mean as in ARM-STRONG....

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Murks?

Merks, also pronounced GOD by some.

Or DAD, by one pro.

Barry

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Murks?

Just listen to Bob Roll say it. All of his pronunciations are to
perfection. Right????????? LOL
Mike

bfd said:

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Merks, also pronounced GOD by some.

You mean as in ARM-STRONG....

Hey, Armstrong's a great rider, but Eddie's just the coolest of all time.
Mucho panache. I think even Lance would prostrate himself before the true
god.

LOL

😄

maxo said:

Hey, Armstrong's a great rider, but Eddie's just the coolest of all time.
Mucho panache. I think even Lance would prostrate himself before the true
god.

Cool guy, but the helmets he sold in the '80s were butt-ugly.

And I think the properly ethnic pronunciation would rhyme
the "er" part with "air". "Mairx" or so.

Maybe not. Never talked to him.

--Blair
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I retired it..."

Mike said:

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Murks?

Just listen to Bob Roll say it. All of his pronunciations are to
perfection. Right????????? LOL

*snorfle* I wonder if his fellow commentators have tried (and obviously
failed) to improve his pronunciation of "toooooor day Fraaaance" (*wince*).

-km

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the black rose said:

I wonder if his fellow commentators have tried (and obviously
failed) to improve his pronunciation of "toooooor day Fraaaance" (*wince*).

Prior to last year's tour, OLN ran an ad spot where an OLN exec
tried to teach Bob Roll how to pronounce it. He failed. If Roll were
ever to get it right, I suspect viewers would complain.

His Giro ads were pretty cute, with street names like "Il Vecchio
Bobke".
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Blair P. Houghton said:

Cool guy, but the helmets he sold in the '80s were butt-ugly.

I don't remember those--I had a white and red Vetta hardshell during that
period. uber-ugly as well. LOL

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the black rose said:

I wonder if his fellow commentators have tried (and obviously
failed) to improve his pronunciation of "toooooor day Fraaaance"

(*wince*).

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Prior to last year's tour, OLN ran an ad spot where an OLN exec
tried to teach Bob Roll how to pronounce it. He failed. If Roll were
ever to get it right, I suspect viewers would complain.

It's a joke. Roll speaks French (he interviewed Hinault in French during
the coverage this year, translating Hinault's answers back into English for
the viewers).

Murks, Murx, Merx, Murks , Mercks, take your pick.

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Close enough. The real trick, though, is
to get him to say his name backwards
and then he disappears into another
dimension.

ROTFLM@OSHTIIT!

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maxo said:

Blair P. Houghton said:

Cool guy, but the helmets he sold in the '80s were butt-ugly.

I don't remember those--I had a white and red Vetta hardshell during that
period. uber-ugly as well. LOL

Those were aero James-Bond cool compared with this one.

I looked like I'd strapped a horseshoe crab to my head.

--Blair
"Learned not to buy closeout just
to save 40%..."

bfd said:

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Merks, also pronounced GOD by some.

You mean as in ARM-STRONG....

Armstrong will win six Tours de France, or more. Who knows? But
there are a lot of other races in the season--races Eddy Merckx raced
and oftne won.

The Cannibal started, not counting six-day track events, 1,860 races
during his professional career. He raced everything once, and nearly
everything at least once. He won the Giro, the Tour, and the Vuelta.

The next big thing-which, considering how the road racing scene seems
to be developing these days, we may never see--is a man winning all
three: the Giro, the Tour, and the Vuelta *in the same year*. So far
as I'm aware, that has never happened.

-Luigi

Blair P. Houghton said:

maxo said:

Blair P. Houghton said:

Cool guy, but the helmets he sold in the '80s were butt-ugly.

I don't remember those--I had a white and red Vetta hardshell during that
period. uber-ugly as well. LOL

Those were aero James-Bond cool compared with this one.

I looked like I'd strapped a horseshoe crab to my head.

--Blair
"Learned not to buy closeout just
to save 40%..."

Don't you know ? EVERY bicycle helmet makes you look like a dork. No
exceptions so far... "Sorry officer, I respect you and everything, but
you still look like a dork."
Bernie

In article <[email hidden]>,

Luigi de Guzman said:

bfd said:

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Merks, also pronounced GOD by some.

You mean as in ARM-STRONG....

Armstrong will win six Tours de France, or more. Who knows? But
there are a lot of other races in the season--races Eddy Merckx raced
and oftne won.

The Cannibal started, not counting six-day track events, 1,860 races
during his professional career. He raced everything once, and nearly
everything at least once. He won the Giro, the Tour, and the Vuelta.

The next big thing-which, considering how the road racing scene seems
to be developing these days, we may never see--is a man winning all
three: the Giro, the Tour, and the Vuelta *in the same year*. So far
as I'm aware, that has never happened.

The problem isn't the way the scene is developing, it's the sheer
insanity of the task. For the GC riders, pushing through even one grand
tour is a body-busting exercise. It leaves your body depleted and in
severe need of recovery. There isn't enough time between races to get
enough recovery.

Compounding that is the issue of peaking. To take the well-known example
of Lance, his training schedule has him starting to do serious racing
around the middle or end of the Giro. It has him starting to turn into a
ten-pounds-heavier non-racer around the start of the Vuelta. Changing
either plan (and that's about the same plan most serious GC riders use)
will probably hurt that rider.

Simoni has tried twice to do a double, and this year managed to come up
with a training program that saw him lose the Giro to his teammate, and
not be a factor in the Tour. Maybe he'll try for a Vuelta invite as a
last attempt to make something of the season 🙂.

Next year, the Pro Tour is going to change things significantly. It will
require Pro Tour teams to contest all three GTs (and other events
totalling 140 days of racing) and to field at least 2 of their top 5
riders at each event. I don't think this will lead to any one rider
seriously attempting the triple crown, but it will mean USPS is going to
the Giro!

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

Ryan Cousineau said:

Next year, the Pro Tour is going to change things significantly. It will
require Pro Tour teams to contest all three GTs (and other events
totalling 140 days of racing) and to field at least 2 of their top 5
riders at each event. I don't think this will lead to any one rider
seriously attempting the triple crown, but it will mean USPS is going to
the Giro!

Team USPS isn't going to exist next year.

~S

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Bernie said:

Blair P. Houghton said:

maxo said:

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 05:11:03 +0000, Blair P. Houghton wrote:

> Cool guy, but the helmets he sold in the '80s were butt-ugly.
>
I don't remember those--I had a white and red Vetta hardshell during
that
period. uber-ugly as well. LOL

Those were aero James-Bond cool compared with this one.

I looked like I'd strapped a horseshoe crab to my head.

--Blair
"Learned not to buy closeout just
to save 40%..."

Don't you know ? EVERY bicycle helmet makes you look like a dork. No
exceptions so far... "Sorry officer, I respect you and everything, but
you still look like a dork."
Bernie

LOL. I highly recommend to anyone, Never look in a mirror while wearing
a helmet. You *will* be shocked. *snorfle*

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