The Tour De France has been going for over a week now, and Timber and I have watched nearly all of it while losing out on a lot of sleep. Having a DVR can be both a blessing and a curse. The first week has been marked by some injuries and a few new faces getting their names out there. It has been pretty entertaining, and as any good red blooded American I'm looking for the Americans to make a good showing and not embarass us. With that being said most of the Americans are doing alright, except for David Zabriscke. I don't know what happened to him. He is now out of the race because he finished outside the time limit. I know he's not the leader of the team, but I didn't see him get injured or anything. Maybe he just had a really rough time and the pain of the long rides finally got to him. These guys are amazing. It is like running a marathon every single day for roughly 3 weeks. I also haven't seen all that much out of Levi Leipheimer. I'm looking for him to show himself, but he has deliberately kept a low profile and not attacked much yet. I hope he is just waiting for the right oppurtunity and isn't just barely holding on. He's not out of it, but if Rasmussen keeps riding like a madman in the mountains he will win KOM and the overall.
Posted by troutm8 at July 19, 2007 06:06 PM