The magical Tour de France started today, and we've got a grudge match going at our house. I'm picking Lance to be the winner and my husband's going for the evil robot Jan Ullrich. To be fair my husband has insisted that I include his nickname for Lance..... I mean Flatu-Lance. Okay, it's not that simple but here's our list of possible contenders....
1. Tyler Hamilton - we know he's tough, if he can keep the tire side down he may have a chance. Plus he's got some pretty good backup on his new team Phonak.
2. Roberto Heras - this one's a longshot, but this year's Benedict Arnold may have some good inside information, and he did take Christian Vandervelde with him, which may help his chances. After all Lance has had to ask Roberto to slow down before in the mountains...... He's not Lance's sherpa anymore!
3. Jan Ullrich - I have nothing to say on this one (except I noticed he's looking like the walking dead, and he has a giant cold sore), my husband has a lot of respect for the guy since he keeps coming back for more after coming in 2nd place 4 or 5 times. He thinks Jan's still got it in him to win...we'll see.
4. Iban Mayo - another long shot but ohhh what a climber. He killed Lance on Mount Ventoux just last month in the Dauphine Libere.
5. Bobby Julich came in third in 1998, and this years been amazing for him. Could it be his his swan song?
The next three weeks are going to be awesome! And things are going to get good pretty quick with Day 3 (Monday, errrh I mean Tuesday, I forgot, the Prologue doesn't count) on the cobblestones. Today we especially enjoyed the OLN Kirsten Gum "sideshow" with her group of "cutters." Did anyone see it today when they had the Ken doll with hairplugs and a tattoo that said "Chew Some Gum?" I didn't get it at first, my husband had to explain, I haven't laughed that hard in days.
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