tour de france.....oh yeah.....

ok, so when mm noted in the previous blog that she was not much of a sports fan, she completely forgot about bicycle racing...............every july i sit with my spouse and watch taped coverage of each stage (the only reason we would ever get cable would be to have open access to oln, which airs bicycle racing........but as long as my mother has a sattelite dish and is willing to tape these programs.........)anyway, last night we watched coverage of the tour of georgia, where part of the us postal team is racing........and highlights of other european classics (paris-rubaix, etc.)..........lance is not the only american that races.....there is also george hincappie, bobby julich, levi leipheimer to name a few........though none except george race with lance......they race with other teams in hopes of being the top dog and supported in bids for stage wins........lance's #2 guy from last year, roberto heras, is now with his own team, and will surely give lance a run for his money this year........the other nice thing about watching taped segments?...we can ff through the commercials..........