le TdF

• I wish Vande Velde had made the podium. He seems like a likable, open and humble guy.
• Sastre deserved the win b/c he's the only one that really took it to the race with the stage win at Alpe d'Huez.
• Cadel Evans would've been the more boring (racing) champion ever. I never saw the guy do any 1 thing that says, "I want to be champion." He claimed that Big Mig also followed in the mountains and relied on the time trials. Big Mig dominated the time trails and rode like a freight train, dragging all the sycophants in his wake. Evans rarely led the pace, and he wasn't that good in the TT either. And he attacks journalists. Seems like a prat.
  
• More drugs. I only think cycling suffers more b/c it tests more. MLB, NFL, NBA, etc. don't want to know and don't want to test. It hurts their market share too much.
• Podium placer and polka-dot boy Bernard Kohl makes me nervous. Has he achieved anything of note save a placing in the Dauphine a few years ago? Out'a nowhere, if you ask me, but what the hell do I know?
• Watching this group of mediocre leaders makes me yearn for some ass-kicking from Lance or Lemond.
• Yet another of Lance's riders was caught, this time Gusev. Another announcer made the observation, but it's worth repeating. Lance's former teammates have been caught in droves: Gusev, Heras, Landis, Hamilton, Andreau, and those are the ones of the top of the head. They're probably more. Yes, the Luxembourg guy, ...??? can't remember. Basso. Quite a legacy, but boy, Lance could kick people's ass on the bike. Can't say the same about Sastre/Evans/Kohl/Menchov.
• It's still fun to watch, and the crowds, as always, were plentiful on the road. It will still keep going as spectacle, even if the sporting reputation decreases.