Actually, I've only listened to it once but I'm concerned that my style is a little more like the ladies from the "Delicious Dish" sketch on SNL. Good times. I'm glad it was Will and not Alec Baldwin (aka Pete Schweddy) on the other end of the line.
Hopefully we’ll be able to get some additional updates from France as the race progresses.
Okay, so now for the TT and yet another close call for both Columbia and Garmin-Chipotle:
Say what you want about Stefan Schumacher (such as...reputed amphetamine user and doper, self-proclaimed blood-value altering diarrhea sufferer, confirmed drunk driver and George Hincapie crasher for example), the guy rode one fast time trial in Cholet. So fast that he got himself a somewhat shocking yellow jersey over Kim Kirchen of Columbia and David Millar of Garmin-Chipotle.
Without getting into any of the things one could say about Valverde and Schumacher wearing yellow (cough), I have to say that it would have been exceedingly good for professional cycling to have either Captain Kirchen or Miller Time to get the jersey. Nothing against Gerolsteiner or Caisse d'Epargne, but it would have been nice to see a leader from an American team with a cutting-edge internal testing system. I'm just saying.
With that said, it was great to see Danny The Pate on top of the leaderboard for a while, even though dang Sylvia Chavanel knocked him off. Thankfully Jens Voigt beat the crap out of his bike like he was Chuck Norris (oh yeah) and took the lead for a while until Menchov lowered the bar. Christian Vandevelde put in a really solid performance and slotted in at 8th, one spot ahead of George Hincapie.
Ultimately, Cadel Evans gained time on everyone he needed to (Liggett: "He pulled out a big one and struck a psychological blow to his rivals" - ok), Valverde lost time to everyone he didn't want to, Cancellara proved that he is mortal and Schumacher almost seemed not to be.
Anyway...we will see what happens later this week. The race is wide open and I have a feeling that Shoe Maker and the Water Boys will be under an incredible amount of pressure over the next few days. I can't wait.
3 comments:
It was an interesting TT. I don't like Cadel at all. He always looks like he's taking a shit. His facial expression or lack thereof annoys me. It was good times this morning though as Vaughters said "fuck man" on camera. Good times...
Sylvan... I remember all the French hub bub in 2002 as this was the new guy who would win it all for them. Keep on looking for a new one France. Virenque is still their god. Allez.
My man, being a huge fan of the Chuck Norris jokes, your jens take was damn good! The man knows how to rape his machine and make everyone like it.
I like that all of the Euro commentators (Sean Kelly on EuroSport is money) call Evans "Cattle." Cattle Evans.
I won't forgive Chavanel until Chris Horner does.
Jens is great. I PRAY that he goes in commentating when/if he retires. I would save his coverage on my iPod and stop listening to music when I ride.
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