TDF Stage 20 Spoilers

[margo49]

Nice little tootle thru the suburbs of Paree, then a wonderful wee breakaway on the Champs Elysee and then a perfect finish with all the right people : Dean - almost leading at one point and another Colonial - Hunter - coming in 4th and a great finish for 3rd by Eric Zabel the consummate pro who I was sentimentally hoping might take the Stage on his last TdF.
The TdF is bigger than the scandals of individuals and Paris worked its usual magic. Did you see those crowds?

Very interesting interview on Eurosport with Jonathon Vaughters about the new (American) team Slipstream (who have signed Dave Z, Valverde and David Millar for 2008). They have a whole raft of new ideas about riding clean and seem to think they have the jump on the rest of the cycling world; so they hope they will attract Big Sponsors. That is the answer. If teams cannot guarantee they are racing clean they will have sponsors bail out on them. That and the sea change everyone says we are seeing in the young riders.

Back to Normal Life...

[Zen]

Very interesting interview on Eurosport with Jonathon Vaughters about the new (American) team Slipstream (who have signed Dave Z, Valverde and David Millar for 2008).

Back to Normal Life...

Looks like Slipstream is a team to watch next year but HOORAY FOR AL (he lets me call him Al)

Oh, Tour Withdrawl I guess we'll have to watch Death Cage Fighting Strongman Rodeo on Versus now

[pastrypam]

I was very impressed with Leipheimer's sportsmanship. With only 31 seconds seperating him and Contador it must have been tempting to try to make it up and go for the win. He is a real team player. I hope he wins the TDF someday.

[Tri Girl]

And oh yeah- has anyone heard who the new sponsor is for the (soon to not be) Discovery team yet???

[Zen]

So was today's race an actual stage?
Do the top Finishers get GC points?