Thanks to all who offered helpful advice.
Here's a shot of the race leaders rounding the final turn:
http://essence.goldenware.com/~johnf/amgen800.jpg
Obviously I can't have used my *ist-D for this, because -
as we're continually told - the *ist-D is no use for sports.
Maybe I borrowed the D200 that the guy next to me was using.
Man, the rear screen on that thing looks _enormous_ !!
