Paris at the end of July


Well, that was exciting! I really thought old Lance was looking weak..something seemed wrong, didn't it? "Lance never crashes.." yea, right. Seems he crashed once a week between the Dauphine Libere and then the tour: crash on stage 1, almost crash with Beloki, then the Pyrenees crash - but in the end he prevailed, barely.

My guess is he'll go for 6 and (then if and only if he wins 6) 7. I also have a hunch he won't end up like my boyhood hero, Eddy "the cannibal" Merckx shown in the top photo in the center. He's the overweight guy, and probably the greatest bike racer of all time. Looks like "the cannibal" has been eating quite a bit. Not that it detracts from his accomplishments, which are astounding.

OK. end of the bike racing posts for another year.