and Basso abandoned! He was really having it tough - anybody know what happened?

I agree about Gorgeous George, though. Really thought he could get it together in the mountains. Maybe he got too much wind drag from his ears?

I like Floyd, though. It would be great if an American could win TdF again (with apologies to our sisters on the other side of the pond.)

I saw a blog where they said T-Mobile is glad that Ullrich was bounced because he wasn't a team player. They also said that T-Mobile might be trying to placate their sponsor too.

Those guys sure suffer going up the mountains!