On the eve of destruction...
[Cycling inspires awfully dramatic metaphors, doesn't it? Read any OLN transcript, at least a mountain stage, and I'd bet it's choc-a-bloc with explosions, invasions, storms, etc. I may have to break out my book of Phil Liggett's found poetry tonight to pin this down. But there's a reason for all this... the hours, the hours. Spend half a day in the saddle and you'll accept almost any description. Imagine if NFL games lasted seven hours and players burned 10,000 calories?]
Anyway...
- Race reports from BicyclingMag or M. Pez. Nice shot of Forza Mario riding in the LeakyGas car waving his Tricolore at pissed-off French fans...
- It pains me to do this, but the best way to recap today's stage, which consisted of about 15 kilometers of racing, is to watch VeloNews video where Freire and McEwen give interesting descriptions of the run to the line.
More, always more...
- Cycling News apparently is going to interview the stage winner every day of the Tour.
- In case you missed it, here's CSC on the carpet during the rest day.
- Chris Brewer, ever entertaining... what's with the stilt ladies? Also, Johan smells a rat with Landis' announcement, as in "why now?"
- Get all historical with Cycling Revealed who are covering the stages through the eyes of past legends.
- Klodi Journal: Tomorrow won't do it, you have to wait one more day.
- As for drugs... TdFBlog uncovered this Der Spiegel article explaining the whole problem.
- And finally, couple sprinting legends look into Boonen's problem: you can't build a team to win everything at the Tour.
Laurent Jalabert, former winner of the green jersey, gave his opinion on Boonen's failures. "Quick.Step wants the green jersey with Boonen, but they also want a good GC with Garate and Rujano. The team might not be strong enough to chase those two objectives," he analysed.