What's your favorite TdF commercial?

[buffybike]

There have been lots of great commercials on Versus during Tour coverage. My personal favorite is the Specialized commercial with Contador and Schleck "trash talking" each other!

Contador: I can eat 20 energy gels without throwing up.
Schleck: I can eat 20 energy gels...and a fried turkey.:p

[malkin]

Wrestling is for girls!

[emily_in_nc]

There have been lots of great commercials on Versus during Tour coverage. My personal favorite is the Specialized commercial with Contador and Schleck "trash talking" each other!

Contador: I can eat 20 energy gels without throwing up.
Schleck: I can eat 20 energy gels...and a fried turkey.:p

That's my favorite too - I've only seen it once, but I laughed long and hard when I did! :D

I think Andy got the last word today! Not that he will on Tuesday, but for today, it was fun to see him beat Alberto. :cool:

[emily_in_nc]

Just saw another of my favorites - Lance pedaling on trainer stating "No man over 30 should ever use emoticons...." "LOL...Don't make me get off this bike..."

Hilarious! :D

[snapdragen]

I really like the Radio Shack commercials. :D

[TrekTheKaty]

My favorite is Lance riding behind the hybrid, but the "Lowell, get off my bike" is also hilarious.

[Aggie_Ama]

We don't watch most of the commercials (DVR) but my favorite is the Schleck vs Contador commercial. The one with Lowell on the trainer is pretty funny too.

[Tri Girl]

I like the Radio Shack commercials (the post it on the door that says; "In France on business." )

I haven't seen the Contador/Schleck commercial yet. Then again, we DVR the tour and fast forward through all the commercials. I'll have to keep an eye out for that one.

[beccaB]

I like the one where the bunnies are laughing at a rattlesnake that has a baby rattle instead of a rattlesnake rattle. I think it's for an insurance company.

[channlluv]

It's Alphonse on Lance's bike, and I love the one where he's in Radio Shack kit making like he's winning a stage, "...they're raising French babies and throwing soft cheeses, as is the custom.." -- cracks me up every time.

I haven't seen the Andy - Contador commercial yet.

Roxy

[badgercat]

Since I hadn't seen any of them but just had to go searching for them on YouTube... figured I'd post them here for others like me who don't have TV :p

Lance "LOL" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqSBZ8Xsjiw)
Alphonse on the trainer--French babies and soft cheeses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h86FSFzRexI)
Contador and Schleck trash-talking (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzPq0hDdDhs)

[Catrin]

I no longer have access to Versus...sigh. I downgraded my television package to aid my budget and I wish I could have it back for 2 weeks! Realistically though I wouldn't have much time to watch it anyway...so I will just have to live vicariously through this thread and internet videos.

I did see the one with Alphonse on Lances bike in his office - not too many commercials make me laugh like that :) The trash-talking commercial is great too...

I know they get paid a lot of money to do those commercials, but it is a lot of fun to see them taking themselves less...seriously :)

[Bike Chick]

I haven't seen the Contador/Schleck commercial but we dvr the Tour and ff through most of the commercials too. I like the Nike "Just Do It" commercial showing Lance on a climb as you hear the voices of people talking about exercising. I'm gone to training this week and they don't have Versus on the hotel tv....DARN IT!

[pfunk12]

Thanks for the links, badgercat. Now I'm sitting here at work - watching these commercials and I can't stop laughing. :D There are also other Radio Shack commercials on the right hand side of the page (Voicemail, Microphone, etc.) and they're just as good as LOL.



Since I hadn't seen any of them but just had to go searching for them on YouTube... figured I'd post them here for others like me who don't have TV :p

Lance "LOL" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqSBZ8Xsjiw)
Alphonse on the trainer--French babies and soft cheeses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h86FSFzRexI)
Contador and Schleck trash-talking (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzPq0hDdDhs)

[arielmoon]

I like the RS one where Lance tells Alphonse that people should use inside voice while talking on the phone.

Andy and Alberto trash talking is funny too.

[7rider]

Oh, man...
Can you imagine the Tour de France becoming another Super Bowl of commercials?? Folks tune in to watch (and chat about) the commercials! :D
And, oh yeah...to watch the sport, too.

[azfiddle]

It's somehow good to know that I'm not the only one who has enjoyed those commercials

[XMcShiftersonX]

I, too, love the Radio Shack commercials, pretty much all of them are hilarious! I also like the Lance/Leaf commercial... more for the fact that I'm excited about that car coming out, but it was a pretty ingenious spin on it as well!

[buffybike]

I haven't seen the Contador/Schleck commercial but we dvr the Tour and ff through most of the commercials too. I like the Nike "Just Do It" commercial showing Lance on a climb as you hear the voices of people talking about exercising. I'm gone to training this week and they don't have Versus on the hotel tv....DARN IT!

+1 on this...so inspirational...makes me think of all the cancer survivors I know who have refused to let their diagnosis ruin their lives.

Awwww, I just watched a rerun of the podium moment where Mark Cavendish cries...those eyelashes!!

[Irulan]

Another "what commercials, I use the DVR" person here. Take 3 hours of coverage and shorten it by 40%. Amazing.

[loopybunny]

I like the RadioShack ones. I think it's because I totally agree with the little rules he has.

I'm waiting for them to make one about talking on the phone while in a public restroom. Really, where is it??

[Thorn]

Road ID when Bob Roll is on a roll...


...helmet, bazooka, road ID...


...I even wear it to bed in case an irate motorist follows me home...

I wasn't all that fond of the Radio Shack commercials until the "use our inside voices".

[ny biker]

What I want to know is, who the hell is Evan Longoria????

BTW I know the first Radio Shack commercial (no emoticons) was directed by Chris Guest (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, "This one goes to eleven"). Not sure about the others. I like the raising babies and throwing soft cheeses one.

[loopybunny]

What I want to know is, who the hell is Evan Longoria????

BTW I know the first Radio Shack commercial (no emoticons) was directed by Chris Guest (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, "This one goes to eleven"). Not sure about the others. I like the raising babies and throwing soft cheeses one.

Oh, I totally forgot they were directed by Christopher Guest! Maybe that's why Alphonse sounds like Fred Willard in the one where he's on Lance's bike.

Evan Longoria is a baseball player for the Tampa Bay Rays. I had to look it up a week or so ago. I thought they were calling him Eva Longoria. Doh.

[XMcShiftersonX]

Evan Longoria is a baseball player for the Tampa Bay Rays. I had to look it up a week or so ago. I thought they were calling him Eva Longoria. Doh.

People actually heckle him by calling him Eva Longoria when he's playing!

[carinapir]

The Specialized commercial with Contador and Schleck "trash talking" is hands down the best. The Lance / Radio Shack commercials are mildly amusing but seeing two of this year's top cyclists having a little fun with each other is priceless.