Moving Target Forum

It comes free with a Tour mag too. Though I say free, you'll have to buy the mag I guess.

worse, it has a interview with duffers....haven't watched it yet, so I can't review it yet.

Here's a classic bit of commentary on the Galibier stage of the 98 tour to cheer you up:

[Leblanc attacks on the Galibier]

DUFFIELD: and as he comes up here trying to catch our leaders - well the last time check we had they were some 4 minutes ahead -
ROCHE[excited]: Dave Dave sorry Dave look at the swing there on his BIG ring Dave BIG ring

[Pantani riding away from Ulrich and catching the escapers - French TV show slow mo of Pantani's back wheel]

DUFFIELD: quick look at the back wheel of Pantani who looks to be on his last spro-
ROCHE[interrupting again] about 21 yeah I'd say the gear for the top of this eh Galibier [sic] would be around 39 eeh 22 23 look at the water coming off the chain there Dave
DUFFIELD: And it bounces from the front wheel up to the bottom bracket and again they have to put the special grease in the bottom bracket to stop the water penetrating and making the ball-bearings all grate grate grate

[Pantani goes over the top of the Galibier and because of the cross-wind is forced to stop to put on his rain-coat]

DUFFIELD: He's stopped
ROCHE[already in a state of high emotion becomes almost incoherent] there look - put - Dave please tell me Dave tell me Dave tell me tell me
DUFFIELD[slightly alarmed interrupts]: sit down Stephen wadda wadda wadda wadda wadda wadda ptt [starts to laugh nervously]
ROCHE: please Dave please tell me tell me I haven't seen that
DUFFIELD [still laughing nervously]: you haven't seen it, it's um its um a figment of your imagination. Stephen Roche has collapsed in the seat beside me dear listener

[Pantani heads off down the descent, hands off bars trying to close the front of his rain jacket]

ROCHE [more coherent now]: Why be a climber? Why did God give this guy the gift of climbing ability? Let him take two minutes out of Ulrich going up the hill and stop off nice and casually put my little rain-coat on good job there wasn't hot dog shop or coffee shop there on the side of the hill he could have had a hot dog and a coffee at the same time

[French TV cuts back to the Ulrich group just as a rider crashes into a camper parked by the side of the descent]

DUFFIELD: somebody's gone somebody's gone into the camper vans! One of the riders -
ROCHE: Julich Julich Dave
DUFFIELD: Bobby Julich! What a disaster for Julich, it looks like he's gone into a camper van, he's lost control of his bicycle and lets hope he's not hurt badly, in fact he's putting his rain-coat on

[Julich with rain-coat moves off again down the descent apparently none the worse]

ROCHE: Raincoat again no! Crazy Dave crazy crazy.
DUFFIELD: It looks like -
ROCHE[interrupts]: here you are riding for the the the yellow jersey of the Tour de France you're riding

[French TV show slo-mo of Julich's crash - Julich's rain-coat can be seen clearly flapping over the front of his handlebars as he careers into the side of the camper van]

DUFFIELD: here it is look he's got his raincoat in his hands he cant put his brakes on its nearly wrapped up in his front wheel Stephen Roche is having a heart attack here
ROCHE : This is a bike race - this is not pussy-footing around Dave. This is this is unbeleivable Dave. You're riding here for the yellow jersey you're riding for the the gold prize of the biggest cycling event that that exist and the boys are putting on raincoats Dave
DUFFIELD: Any moment now Stephen Roche will have to have the kiss of life because he's about to have a heart attack. Not with what they're doing going around bends but what they're not doing. We're going to take a short break so you can get your breath back and Stephen Roche can recover from his heart attack."

Well, he's got confused cos its proper name is le Criterium du Dauphine Libere.

did you type all that out Bill?

"I reckon he's in for a shout, says he, tapping the side of his nose."

lol.

"And BANG! The man with the hammer's got him."