Thoughts on Le Tour
1. When Thor Hurshovd shows his grandchildren his yellow jersey all soaked with blood and gore, I hope he tells them he was attacked by a Frenchman with a machete or an ogre or a terrorist or something, and not that he was sliced open by some dopey tourist's plastic green hand-waver. I also hope that his team members went back to that line of tourists and beat the guy's head in.
2. I *love* that George Hincapie got the yellow jersey by sneaking into that sprint and grabbing two seconds! So clever! He's probably a herkimer jerkimer like the rest, but I thought it was really sweet how he talked about getting a phone call from Lance Armstrong -- there was nothing snotty or bitter about it -- he was just tickled to be wearing that jersey for once. I am glad that Thor Hurshovd got it back though, after that arm-slicing thing yesterday.
3. Dan picked the winner today -- what an AMAZING finish. So awesome. I picked Tom Boonen again, and he did win that one sprint.
5. These sprint finishes are so confusing. I really think the cameras could be better operated. If NBC were covering this instead of OLN, we would have a better view. But then we'd have Katie and Matt instead of Bob Roll and that wouldn't be a good trade.
6. Is this the Tour de France or the Tour de France and neighboring countries? They keep oozing out into Germany and Luxembourg and Holland and whatnot.
I pick Tom Boonen again for tomorrow. I am dumb but loyal.
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Thoughts on the Turdy France....
I'm sure that men now competing in the Turdy France think they're made of steel, but if that race were to be run on Norfolk city streets instead of up and down European mountains, we'd see who truly can take it. The heat here would weed out the weak in a hurry.
Hey, wait a minute. I think those bozos are changing their names just to confuse spectators. Like Hincuppi. I thought his first name was Yawn. Now he's calling himself George. Well, maybe it's a strategy to try to inject a little fun and sparkle into the whole dreary spectacle. Get people confused about who's whom.
What about that crash that took Erik Dekker out today. Did you see what his face looked like?? Yikes! Not pretty.
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