Does David Duffield think that he's living in the year 2010 or something? Yesterday he mentioned that we might recall "way back" when Dave Zabriskie took the yellow jersey in the Tour de France. Or 2005, to those who live in the present day. Today, he mentioned Thomas Voeckler wearing the yellow jersey in the Tour de France "all those years ago". Or the 2004 event, less than two years ago, for the same crazy people who choose to live in 2006 rather than five years in the future. Strangely, he also referred to Nicolas Inaudi as being a young rider who only just turned pro six years ago. Maybe Duffield lives outside time altogether?

But Duffield can also hugely useful as a commentator. At one point today he told the audience not to mind "the ones blasting past on the left because they're race motorcycles," which was quite helpful because until he said that we thought that the rider in the huge helmet going 80km/h uphill whilst carrying a man holding a television camera was going to win the race. Phew.