I almost cried about this. There is a video on www.lefigaro.fr showing Der Jan speaking to reporters before riding away on his bike. It is hard to tell because the camera is off to the side, but he looks like he is crying, too. Funny, I was thinking about this last night when I went to bed. I felt like I was the only person in the world who didn't think Basso or Ullrich were going to end up on the podium because I didn't think they would be allowed to start. Looks like maybe a quarter of the TDF start list won't be allowed to ride now. Too bad about Vino....he is not on the list, but with 8 of his team being on the list, he can't ride! His Astana-Wurth Team is out again...

Just goes to show you that Floyd Landis is right -- you take all the guys in cycling & put them together & you cannot come up with nine smart, strong guys. What you have a lot of is strong & stupid!!!