The Tour de France is on, and I'd forgotten how much fun it is to follow this race. Fortunately, I have the VS (versus) channel, catching it live in the mornings and replays in the evenings.
Today was a real interesting stage. I've only read about it. Brit Mark Cavendish won his second consecutive stage and at such a young age (24) is confirming his status as the sprinter to beat. Woo hoo! Crikey.
More interesting however was the fact that Lance Armstrong was a part of today's surprise team Columbia-Highroad-led breakaway. Armstrong is a member of team Astana whose leader is ostensibly Alberto Contador. Armstrong is now third overall, and with quotes like these here, you wonder if he's abiding by that leadership designation:
"I am not ok with that theory saying there can be only one team leader," said Armstrong.
"I have won seven Tours de France, I will have to be counted in."
Regarding that first quote, I'd be really surprised if Armstrong was not ok with that theory during his seven-year victory run. Anyway, this sets up for some real intrigue into the dynamics of the Astana team. Are they going to rein Armstrong in? Or are they going to bow to his ambitions and allow both he and Contador to battle for the title? It is impressive that at 37 Armstrong has made such a showing early on. But yes, it is early.
A real interesting post race interview of Armstrong coming up at the right hand side of this page here.
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