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BOBKE: BOBKE'S PRE-TOUR RAMBLINGS
Bob Roll
July 1, 2009
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We caught up with Bobke just two days before he took off for France and his ninth year as an Outdoor Life/Versus TV commentator. As usual, the conversation was fast paced, full of soft expletives and the sort of graphic descriptions of everyday life that most of us are incapable of experiencing. Of everything that was said, I think the words that had the most profound impact on me were those that he chose to close with..."So Zappy, I'll call you from Monaco on Friday with my first report...I hope I remember to do that, I mean, it's the Tour so there's a good chance I might forget!"
And with that my friends I bring to you the first in a hopeful series of daily Tour de France rants from Bob Roll. They could & should be coming to me straight from Bobke from somewhere in the French countryside for the month. We're just days away, lets hope it all works out....cheers, Zap.
"So I rode with Lance up in Aspen, CO. last week, it was kind of like a reunionnnnnnn of when we rode together in Boone, NC when he was making his first comeback. Man, he totally fragged me! It was over five hours of climbing and descending at altitude and I was just hanging on for dear life. I was suffering so bad. On the way to the ride I picked up two bottles of Fuji water, some chocolate and some Mexican cookies. Halfway through the ride I was devouring those cookies and crumbs were flying everywhere. Lance was looking at me like. "What the heck is going on?!" After the ride I just curled up into a fetal position and cried!
I can't believe that he wants to get back into this, but he loves the routine and he really loves the camaraderie. I don't know if he'll win, but the level he is riding at is astronomical. Still, this is the Tour de France...he might need even more! But this is the Tour de France and he's always ridden into the race. Besides, the turning point isn't until the next to last day - that's the real turning point of the race. That's where the yellow jersey could lose up to ten minutes so anything can happen right up until the end!
 Lance at the Giro d'Italia. (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
Hey, I just had an idea, how about if I did the whole tour in mime? How long do you think I'd last?"
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