It seems awful to try to come up with a polite segway into the Tour De France from the events of London but.. as life goes on.. its been something I’ve been watching avidly all week… and its not been disappointing. Lance Armstrong is.. without a shadow of a doubt… my most favorite sportsman. I have followed his career closely for years and have continued to be amazed by his performance. This years Tour has been no different.

NMDP commented last week about the fact that I was watching the web very closely when I should be working. I pointed out to him in the most polite manner that he had two choices… I either work until 3pm every day (my official finishing time) and then go home and watch the closing hour on the tv whilst sunbathing in my garden… or I work til 5.15pm every day with one eye kept very closely on the Eurosport website. I think he realised he had the lesser of two evils and wont be moaning again.

I watched todays race and he just simply amazes me… I thought that today.. without his team around him.. he might falter.. stutter slightly on his dominance of the race.. but he didn’t… he just went into that place in his head were panic doesn’t belong… and he raced his socks off… I don’t see Ullrich being able to beat him… Rasmussen might.. if Lance bonks or falls or fucks up… but if he continues to race the way he is.. he’s unbeatable…

I don’t know how.. in his last Tour year… they can deny making the last stage onto the Champs Elysee.. nothing more than a procession to celebrate his being. He should.. in my opinion… be brought to the head of the race.. and be allowed to cross the line first.. where he belongs.