floyd......

ok, so floyd landis, the ex-mennonite who rides for phonak, dragged himself back into contention yesterday by a gutsey breakaway yesterday on the peaks that range just south of lake geneva........i only mention the location because our daughter became quite annoyed that i insisted that we all had a feel for the context of these climbs (we came through this area on our honeymoon)......and she finally exclaimed 'why do we always have to know all there is about everything?'....to which i replied that there is rarely any reward in knowing as little as possible .......but back to floyd.......his ride was so courageous, given that nobody gives such a contender any help.....and he pulled along riders until he dusted them off in their turn.......at this point he is up to 3rd place from 11th, and within 30 seconds of the overall win......with a relatively flat stage today and a time trial tomorrow he could pull this one out of the hat.....vive le floyd........