OK... so stg 9 is done and gone. Unfortunately, so is Dave Zabriskie, poor guy. Today saw 5 riders abandon... we are down to 175 (from a full field of 189) to start on Tuesday. For the most part they've been crash victims, unable to continue on their battered bodies.

For those non-Lance fans, you'll be happy to know he's now in third, 2:30 down in the GC. CSC's Jens Voigt is in yellow.

Rasmussen's brilliant ride today yanked him up to 4th in the GC, gave him a stage win, a polka dot jersey and most combative rider.

And to that Georgie fan of ours... Mr. Hincapie fell from 2nd to 11th in the GC today. According to all the press, it was a planned Discovery move to let the jersey go today.

Tuesday (stage 10) finishes at the top of Courchevel and it doesn't look like it's gonna be as fun as the Mt Diablo rides

spazzdog