Go Floyd Go!!!!

[chickwhorips]

must agree what a tour!

its addicting, not knowing what's going to happen next.

[Kalidurga]

I had a feeling at the beginning of this Tour... Everyone I talked to went on and on about George and Levi and what great riders they are. Yes, they're both great riders, as are many of the European members of the peloton. But to win the Tour you seem to need something more than just talent or ability. You seem to need hunger and rage. Floyd himself has said that he's "a fist of rage" and he proved it today.

* Kali does a little "I told everyone, I did!" dance and hopes no one will smack her for being obnoxious *

[jobob]

This is fuuunnnn !!!

I think it's great how much respect & admiration Landis and Pereiro have for each other.

I was hoping Sastre would get the yellow jersey today, since he's not a particularly good time trialist. So it goes.

[Bike Goddess]

I'll look at the videos tonight when I get home. Neighbors watched it live and were so excited (they are cyclists too!).

Landis obviously had some kind of breakthrough in his mind between yesterday and this morning. My cut on it is he left yesterday on the road and began today as a new guy ready to do what it took to get the job done. AND what an inspiring recovery! Congrats to him, his coach, his team. I'm sure they all had something to do with this comeback!

[Nanci]

You know what, if Lance had been eight minutes behind, no one would have doubted his ability to come back.

[GLC1968]

DH and I both kind of anticipated this. Our theory was that Landis is no idiot...he knew yesterday was not in the cards for him and that today's stage was more difficult. We both think that once he realized that the day was 'off' for him, he just backed off to conserve as much as possible both for today's stage and for the TT.

I'm so excited to see that he did well today! I can't wait to go home and see it for myself!!

[slinkedog]

Go Floyd! I'm so excited to see him come back like he did! Can't wait for Saturday!!!

[Eden]

DH and I both kind of anticipated this. Our theory was that Landis is no idiot...he knew yesterday was not in the cards for him and that today's stage was more difficult. We both think that once he realized that the day was 'off' for him, he just backed off to conserve as much as possible both for today's stage and for the TT.

I'm so excited to see that he did well today! I can't wait to go home and see it for myself!!

Nah -even he admits he was riding at his personal limit yesterday and hurting bad. No one loses 8 min on one stage as a conservation strategy, because you never know if you can get that time back - it would have been way to risky. He did what he did today as a last ditch effort to save his tour - to do anything else would have been rolling over and admitting defeat. Brave - heck yes - gutsy - you bet, but the plan - no way. That bad day could still cost him the win. It will probably all come down to the TT and whether or not he has sufficently recovered - then again its been crazy enough that someone might go out on the attack on tomorrow's stage too, who knows? In any case good for Floyd - a lot of other guys would have given up and gone home and I can admire that he decided to stay and fight.