Meet The ESPN & ABC Sports Crew!
So you seen the pictures already, but who really are all those people and what do they do? Due to a number of requests from avid fans of our site here is the full breakdown of everyone here and what they do.

Jim Carr
Producer
USA

Jim has the challenging task of building a show everyday. Half hour shows for ESPN, and one hour shows for ABC. This is no easy task but one he accomplishes well. He can get a show done early everyday but can't always find his way to the next hotel.

 

Ian Woods
Operations Producer
USA

Known as a master shmoozer, ensures that the entire operation runs like a swiss clock on the good days, and an atomic one on the bad days... His hair style is a well known trademark throughout the western world.
 

 

Anne Rapoport
Productions Manager
France/USA

Once the Tour hits the road Anne is there to make sure people remember to brush their teeth twice a day. She's thinking of getting into the computer  business, rental by the hour.... she'd make a fortune but Nick's too cheap...

 

MB Duffy
Associate Producer.
USA

MB stands for Marybeth but she likes to be called MB. One of the only two girls on the crew, and that's no easy task! MB puts together teases and helps in the edit room. 

 

Patrick Donaher
Associate Producer
USA

Patrick's responsabilities include hanging around the office trailer and sweeping its floor on a daily basis. During his spare time he helps build the show in Edit 2.

 

Adrian Beard
Editor
England

Adrian is English. That's really all you need to know. Rumor has it though that he's a pretty good editor... So far he has not abandoned anyone on the side of the road, but the tour is not over yet!

 

Ken Sirulnick
Editor
USA

It's Ken's first Tour so he's still in a state of shock. He's been playing some pretty cool tunes on the guitar to get over it, looks like it's working and mostly... we love the music.

 

Adam Leah
Infinit ! Engineer
England

Adam is responsible for the Infinit! - this is a graphics device that has an annoying tendancy to break down... which is when super Adam appears to save the day. So far so good though and our Infinit! is running smoothly. "Cooooooooool" as Adam would say.

 

Michael Haller
Infinit! Operator
USA

This is Michael's first Tour. He operates the Infinit!, building graphics for the shows. Basically, if Adam has work to do, Michael doesn't. Luckily so far Michael has been doing all the work.

 

Jonathan Feder
Graphics Coordinator
USA

Tour number 2 for Jonathan, and still driving an automatic. But the day will come... More seriously, Jonathan coordinates all the graphics with ESPN in Bristol where the feed is taken in on a daily basis.

 

Ola Malmgren
Engineer in charge
Sweden

This is the brain...shared with Adam. He calls himself a nerd but he is extremely competent. He and Adam have become good friends, they're thinking of leaving the TV business for stand up comedy. 

 

Bo Engdahl
Audio / Video Assist
Denmark

Last year we had Bo's brother Lars with us, and we wouldn't have known the difference if no one had told us. They're identical twins. Bo drives the OB van and that's pretty macho because it's a 20 ton truck! 

 

Ollie Stokes
Production Associate
USA

Resident tour "Dude", Frizbee genius & jack of all trades.  His future perpetually in the balance between being a full time HARD partying ski-bum or serious TV mogul. 

 

Mark Fincham
Researcher
England

Mark lives in the cab of the OB van, a small space for a tall man. He knows all there is to know about how the race is going, reason being his eyes and ears are tuned into the Eurovision feed at all times...

 

Lance Lee
Tape Librairian - Field Logger
USA

He simply never EVER comes out of the cut cut room... won't be getting a tan on this tour. His first few days on the Tour were spent ignoring the silly jokes made on his first name that ressembles that of some famous sportsman.

 

Scott Shaule
Driver / Production Assistant
Canada

Scott has two working hats this tour. By night he is a hardnosed trucker speeding at 60kph through France in the office truck. By day he is a creative DV cameraman with an eye for detail!

 

Bill Bond
Driver / Production Assistant
England

We call him Bond... Billy Bond.Yet another Englishman. Bill does all the hands on heavy duty work, he's a very practical man and great to have around. He has a tendancy to eat frozen bananas.

 

Adrian Karsten
Commentator
USA

Adrian is larger than life and larger than the rest of the crew! A former Packers player, he's the life and soul of any party and he's a pretty hot host too!

 

Vince De Dario
Associate Director
Italian American

This is Vince's 6th tour. Vince works at the start line, he coordinates stand ups, interviews, etc. He is also known as 'Le Grande Fromage'! He is an expert at getting free dental service in France.

 

John Eustice
Cycling specialist / Commentator
USA

A former American National Champion, John is our cycling expert. He also sells holly on union square during christmas time. Multifacet John... he's also Adrian's eyes and ears.

 

Mike Audick
Cameraman
USA

Another tour newbie, baptism by fire! Mike has to spend a lot of time with Ken Pries, so we are preparing counselling and a shrink for his return to the States.

 

Peter Henning
Motorcycle Cameraman
USA

If balancing on the back of a speeding motorbike and holding a camera at difficult angles was an art form, Rembrandt would be history! John Wayne, Elvis, Peter Henning, need we say more.

 

Ken Pries (Rodrigo Molinari)
Soundman
Undeterminable Nationality!!

Ken is an unusual character. Raised deep inside a Brazilian rainforest by a herd of gypsy mangos, he didn't see modern society until the early eighties. After discovering his hair was a canvas for various forms of sculpture, he dipped his toe into the world of sound and has never looked back. Sometimes he is known as Rodrigo Molinari, no-one knows why, perhaps thats the point. No-one has ever seen Kenny and Rodrigo in the same place!

 

Nick Woods
Soundman
USA

Nick has recently returned from a trip to Africa where he motorcycled across the continent. It is widley believed that his 6 month adventure was just a training exercise for the tour!

 

Gerard Montigny
Motorcyle pilot
France

Gege looks pretty tough but in reality he wouldn't roll over a fly, unless it got in the way of his moto! Gege is inseperable from Peter.Neither speaks the other one's language but by some unknown miracle they do manage to communicate.

 

Puff Doggy Dog
Morale Officer
Hamleys Toy Store 

Named by MB, Puff will rock from side to side whenever there is a loud bang. He is also known to reduce Credit Lyonnaise Girls to 'Aaaaahhhsss', good lad!

 

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