Retro Cycling Vintage » Giro d’Italia http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com Retro, Vintage and Classic Shimano, Campagnolo, Frames, Fixie parts and other bits for Bikes Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:05:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 We Love David Duffield Duffieldisms Part2 http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/we-love-david-duffield-duffieldisms-part2 http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/we-love-david-duffield-duffieldisms-part2#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:37:53 +0000 admin http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/?p=136 Hot:

Some of David's common sayings include:

Duffer's speak English
"Hanging on for grim death" A rider is struggling to maintain the pace of the other riders
"Put the cat amongst the pigeons" An attack has happened that will illicit a strong response
"Go absolutely bananas" Get very excited
"Lying a bit doggo" A rider is very tired in the peloton or break. From "dog tired".
"A gnat's whisker away" Very close. Often in a sprint when a photo finish is required.
"Its about as useful as a chocolate chainring" Its not very useful at all.
"It's a bit dark over Bill's mother's" The weather over there looks a bit ominous
"He's gone all around the Wrekin" He's taken the long way around [the roundabout.
"It might blow the valves in your television set!" Turn the volume on your TV down as the commentary is going to be very loud and excited
"He had the toilet two steps in no uncertain terms" He has been suffering from gastroenteritis. In this instance referring to Francesco Casagrande in the TdF2001
"It must feel like he's been hit with a shovel" The rider out in front on the climb has been overtaken rather quickly by the chasers
"He's at the bottom of the barrel" The rider is now very fatigued
"He's like a fisherman reeling in his salmon" The rider is passing other riders who were ahead and catching them one at a time. (Whilst they are probably being hit with a shovel. And at the bottom of the barrel.)
"There are 21 stages in the race and 21 teams. Each team will win a stage except some which will win more" There are a lot of teams and a lot of stages which will be hotly contested.
"Come down the finishing straight like a dose of salts" Traveling at high speed approaching the final sprint.
"Its not all beer and skittles by any means" The racing at the moment is so hard it can't be enjoyable for the riders.
"They're a chirpy little lot, like Kelme used to be" The team are well suited to climbing in the high mountains and instigate a large number of attacks.
"Mike Smith in Paris, I need to see a man about a dog!" Mike Smith, please can you cover for me on this long stage as I need to pop to the toilet!
"He's come out of there like a cork from a bottle" A rider has launched a devastating attack and left the peloton behind.
"He's shot his bolt and gone out the back" The rider has pushed himself too soon and is now getting left behind
"Sackcloth and ashes" I apologise for an earlier mistake I may have made
"Time for a quick sherbert" Time for a quick drink

f you have got any more info on David we would love to add it to this list. Likewise we would like you to send us any Duffield speak that you hear on Eurosport.



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Some of David's common sayings include:

Duffer's speak English
"Tail end Charlies" Riders struggling at the back of the peloton
" He will be licking his lips" Looking forward in anticipation (to the climbs/sprint /TT etc)
"Turn your granny to the wall" The riders will be descending a treacherous Alpine road at over 80 kph. It will be too scary for your grandmother to watch.
"He goes round corners like a fifty pence piece" Description of Jan Ulrich's ragged cornering style
"Raining cats and dogs" Above average rainfall for this time of year
"Going full bore out" Traveling at top Speed
"Cheeky little chappie" Rider of restricted height who keeps  trying to get away from the peloton. Often Spanish or Italian.
"Come a box of tricks" Have an accident and end up on the floor. Often while descending or sprinting.
"Er..." Frequently uttered timefiller on long flat stages.
"Riding himself to a standstill" Riding so hard he will not be able to sustain it.
"Face as long as a fiddle" Unhappy looking rider. Often the day after he has "Come a box of tricks"
"On the rivet" Sitting right over the front of the saddle whilst riding as fast as is possible.
"After doing the thick end of ...(fifty)..miles" After riding ...(fifty).. miles
"The man with the hammer has got him" The rider is so fatigued he can barely continue.
"The hammer's gone down" There has been an increase in speed
"Riding himself into a frazzle" Riding very hard
"Hang on to your hats" Watch carefully.
"Rough end of a ragman's trumpet" No translation available. Suggestions please.
"Its all over bar the shouting" The race is already decided
"Its not over till the fat lady sings" The race could be won by anyone. Often uttered five minutes after "Its all over bar the shouting"
"Ripped this thing to pieces" A rider is making life very difficult for other riders in the peloton

f you have got any more info on David we would love to add it to this list. Likewise we would like you to send us any Duffield speak that you hear on Eurosport.

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]]> http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/we-love-david-duffield-duffieldisms-part1/feed 3 David Duffield Facts Part2 http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/david-duffield-facts-part2 http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/david-duffield-facts-part2#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:29:09 +0000 admin http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/?p=131 Hot:

Here are some more things we have learnt about David Duffield

He loves his chips to be covered in mayonnaise. When in Belgium do as the Belgians do...

He likes it when the Tour goes to Bordeaux. Not because of the exciting sprints that Bordeaux lends itself to but because of the mussels!

He has previously worked in advertising, worked for the British Cycle Corporation, Alex Moulton, Raleigh, Halfords, Falcon-Claud Butler, Pashley, Muddy Fox and also commentated at the finish of events such as the Milk Race.

David helped launch BMX in this country and had something to do with the introducing the Raleigh Chopper.

David is against cyclists using performance enhancing drugs. On EPO he says that "it thickens your blood like strawberry jam...which can stop your heart beating when you are asleep...and if you are not careful in the morning you could wake up dead."

On the Tour de France David once put petrol into his diesel car and as a result couldn't make it to the commentary box when the engine seized up. To get out of this pickle he  had to commentate over the phone from his hotel room whilst watching the race on  TV.

Surprisingly David has only ever fallen off his chair once while commentating. In the 1989 TdF the final stage in Paris was a time trial. Greg Lemond beat the French favourite Laurent Fignon by just 8 seconds to snatch the yellow jersey and ulimate victory. When the times were announced as Fignon crossed the line DD fell off the back of his chair and the commentary went quiet for a bit before he composed himself and came back on air.

David likes cheese. Infact he likes it so much he will try just about any type of cheese despite how bad it initially smells. He once bought some cheese that the cheesemonger in Bath recommended to him that smelt incredibly bad. At the time David drove a mini (somehow due to his link with Moulton, but that's another story) and the smell of the cheese was so strong that he couldn't carry the cheese in the car lest it stunk it out. Instead he managed to tie the cheese to the mini's roofrack and drive home with the cheese on the roof.

Tour of Romandy Update

During the 2001 Tour of Romandy David started the programme by talking about all the things that got sent to him recently and mentioned this website! Fame at last for Addiscombe we thought as he spoke about our club and our erstwhile man behind the scenes, friend of Duffield and RRA boss - Eddie Munday! But there was more as David then gave out the web address of the Agreeable World and in true Duffield style got it a bit jumbled up. It was only fitting really. He then went on to mention our list of things about him and then he specifically mentioned about his female fans sending him pictures of their pussies and how he likes to look at them while he is working. All around Europe there must have been avid Duffield fans trying to get the gist of exactly what he was talking about. We will have an audio sample here soon of that bit of the commentary as soon as we work out how to connect the video to the 33k modem but we can assure you it was vintage Duffield at his best. "Chapeau David" as you would say!

Giro 2001 Update - How Dave got into cycling

Back in 1951 on the 3rd June whilst serving in the army with his pal Mike David Duffield watched his first ever Giro stage finish at Trieste. 50 years later whilst commentating at the Giro in 2001 DD recounted on TV how he and his pal were furnished with a pair of Bianchi bikes while they were serving and had plenty of time to ride when they were not guarding "the fractous border".
Dave recounted how it was his friend Mike who was in the Evesham Wheelers got him into cycling and if it wasn't for him DD wouldn't be where he is now. Dave's voice then began to waiver a bit as he said how Mike was taken by Cancer and is no longer with us and then he dedicated the days programme to his pal before breaking off from the commentary for an unusually long time. A touching moment really as you think of all the great things DD has done in the past 50 years and all down to his old pal Mike. In true professional commentary Dave had cleared his throat and was back informing us of the race coverage in no time. What a star and a sweetie!



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Here are some things we have learnt about David over the years.

He was born 20th May 1931. (Send him a birthday card via www.eurosport.com!)

He rode a trike very fast. He even held a lot of British Records for trike racing.

He enjoys food more than the average person! Every region he goes to he has to try the local delicacies. At the TDF 2000 one of dishes he tucked into was Prunes, much to Russell's disappointment in the car the next day!

His idol was Fausto Coppi.

He is a big fan of 007.

He has received the FT Bidlake trophy which is normally awarded to outstanding cycling athletes but was awarded to David Duffield  "in recognition of his unique ability in the promotion of cycle sport through his television commentaries of international cycle racing".

His first cycling club was the Beacon RCC. He was even in a skiffle group with some of the other members. (Does your club have a skiffle group? Email us about it!)

David played guitar but the group also had a "tea chest bass".

He has size 12 feet. As he often reminds us...

His favourite song is Candle in the Wind.

He doesn't have time for holidays but does get to go all around the world with Eurosport starting with Australia at the Tour Down Under at the beginning of the year via all the classics and major tours in Europe through to the World Championships.

He still goes out training on the bike when he gets the chance and manages a bit of running.

He went on the Critical Mass bike ride in Sydney when he was there for the Olympics and thought it was good.

His favourite drink is Whiskey and Perrier but he seems to like wine as he gets to tell us what wine region he is in wherever he is on the tour.

His favourite race is Paris - Roubaix.

He likes cats so much that his female fans often send him pictures of their pussies when ever they write to him.

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]]> http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/david-duffield-facts-part1/feed 0 Gianni Bugno http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/gianni-bugno http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/gianni-bugno#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:35:43 +0000 admin http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/?p=150 Hot:

Gianni Bugno, born on the 14 February 1964, was one of the top Italian cyclists of the early 1990s at a time when the Italians were head and shoulders above everyone else.

He rode with a  great talent and class and always demonstrated a  pure and rare elegance.  He was al considered ccasionally fragile, thereby capable of alternating prestigious wins with periods of obscurity. Considered one of the last older racers who could compete at the highest levels both in the classic one-day stage race and three weeks grand tours , and to win time trials, mountain stages and reach a final sprint, participating increasingly in all major Cycle races of the season. He even experimented with good results in six days track events during the winter cementing his place as an all rounder.

Bugno showed great promise as an amateur, with victory in the prestigious GP Liberation in 1985 and then becoming professional in the the same year, achieving 72 victories.

He now works for the Italian television station RAI piloting their helicopter to film the Giro d'Italia.
GIANNI BUGNO World champ Giro winner signed photo
GIANNI BUGNO World champ Giro winner signed photo
   US $23.40 		CYCLISME GIANNI BUGNO mapei colnago 1997 MERCKX
CYCLISME GIANNI BUGNO mapei colnago 1997 MERCKX
   US $1.00 		GIANNI BUGNO signed team Polti jersey
GIANNI BUGNO signed team Polti jersey
   US $234.18

Major wins

* Victory in the Tour of Italy in 1990, wearing the pink jersey from first to last stage, putting his with the greats Constant Girardengo, Alfredo Binda and Eddy Merckx.
* Two world championships, won consecutively in 1991 and 1992, plus a third place in 1990.
* Four wins in World Cup races: the Milan-Sanremo and the Wincanton Classic in 1990, the Clasica San Sebastian in 1991 (with 30 km of solo attack), the Tour of Flanders in 1994 (beating Johan Museeuw in a photo finish) . In 1990 he also won the final standings of the World Cup. Also ranked second in the Amstel Gold Race in 1993 and in the Liege-Bastogne-Liege and in the Championship of Zurich in 1995. But has never succeeded in obtaining an important result on home soil in the Giro di Lombardia, which in those years finished at Monza where Bugno has lived for many years.
* Tour de France hewon the second place in the overall standings in 1991 behind Miguel Indurain, and third in 1992, preceded by Indurain and Claudio Chiappucci. He also won two consecutive years (1990-1991), the stage of Alpe d'Huez, one of the most prestigious in the world.
* Two victories in the Italian National Road Race Championship (1991 and 1995 Giro del Friuli Trofeo Matteotti).
* In addition to three consecutive Tours Apennines (1986-1988), two Coppa Agostoni (1988 and 1995), a Giro del Piemonte (1986), a Three Valleys Varesine (1989), a Giro dell'Emilia (1992), a Milan -Turin (1992), a Giro del Lazio (1992), 9 stages in the Giro d'Italy, 4 stages of the Tour de France, 2 in the Vuelta.

Between 1990 and 1991 was number 1 in the UCI world rankings.

In August 1994 he was found positive to caffeine in a dope test and was suspended for three months.

On 12 April 2006 he was awarded the gold part of the U.S. Apennines Pontedecimo Section Cycling for winning three times in succession, the Tour of the Apennines (1986, 1987 and 1988), as well as finishing second in 1989 and 1991. Previously this award was given to Alfredo Martini, Giambattista Baronchelli, Francesco Moser, Fausto Coppi, Felice Gimondi, Michele Dancelli, Gianni Motta and Italo Zilioli.

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]]> http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/gianni-bugno/feed 1 David Duffield Introduction http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/david-duffield-introduction http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/david-duffield-introduction#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:15:25 +0000 admin http://www.retrocyclingvintage.com/?p=123 Hot:

Summer just wouldn't be the same without the three week insight into Le Grande Boucle that David Duffield provides us with. Every day he can be heard on the television for up to 7 hours a day commentating for Eurosport on the Tour de France without a break. Very often he is assisted by either his nemesis Russell Williams or his hero Sean Kelly but he will always have more to say than his co-commentator and very often he says it at the wrong time. How many times have we shouted at the screen when David is hunting out obscure facts from the 1950s:

"Dave , the break! "
"Dave , look , Pantani has blown!"
"Dave, fer chrisakes tell us what is going on."

Only for David to tell us that "Aah , something is going on here...." which we guessed might have been the case already.

For those of you who have never come across David before, this might sound off-putting, but have you ever considered how difficult it is to commentate non stop for 7 hours whilst sitting in a windy gantry at the top of an Alpine mountain, trying to find the apple that was going to sustain you throughout the rest of the day which has just dropped on the floor and rolled under the desk of your German colleagues? No, I bet you hadn't but these are the sort of things that David has to get through every time there is cycling on the television.

We are very lucky to have someone of David's calibre entering into our homes bringing us the latest news from the peloton. Sure he gets it wrong from time to time but you get used to it and you admire the way he gets himself out a pickle in the same way Will Hay would always come out on top against heavily stacked odds. We need characters like David; motor racing has Murray, boxing had Harry , cricket had Johnners, football has Motty and thankfully cycling has Duffers.

With this in mind we would like to dedicate a small part of our Agreeable World to David Duffield.

David Duffield Cycling Commentator

David Duffield Cycling Commentator

"Hats off to you David!" or "Chapeaux" as you frequently say.

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