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Memorial Day = Summer

So of course the weather sucks.




But I still managed to get a good ride in. I went to the East Bay (where it promised to be warmer) and rode Diablo a couple times.

Cervelo blew it today in the Giro. They gave up an almost sure stage win, reportedly because Sastre wanted help to bring back and irrelevant break by Basso. This has the feel of something that is more than it seems. Maybe something will happen tomorrow to explain it better. Menchov is looking very strong, but the next two stages are going to be very telling. I'm guessing the standings on Thursday will look a bit different than they do today.

Colin Powell is trying to make sense. Fortunately he's already allowed his reputation to be damaged enough to be much of an influence. And he's black, so most of the people he's talking to, i.e. Repub's, won't listen to him anyway.

Benjamin Button is a very sad movie. It stops just short of the "Eternal Sunshine" problem- being too sad to be enjoyable. It does come close though. David Fincher is awesome... I need to watch Fight Club again.

The TT is done

After waiting for six months, the Stage 12 TT has come and gone. I guess, as is the case with most things you wait six months for, it wasn't all I hoped. Menchov and Levi both rode well, Lance rode well, there were surprises both good (Garzelli) and bad (Rogers), but all in all it held form and the guys that were supposed to rise to the top did.
I would have really liked to see what Fabian could have done on this course, but since he abandoned yesterday, it was not to be. I think there must be a story there, I hope it comes out. Why would the worlds best time trialist abandon the Giro on the day before the epic TT stage?

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Meanwhile, back in the real world...
It's fun to talk about the mental challenges involved in a three week bike race, but seriously you want mental toughness? Go here. It will give you an entirely different perspective on life, health, and the fucked up system that is Health Care in America.

What goes around

comes around

Limbaugh hasn't had a natural erection since the Nixon Administration; think he's compensating for something? Now, I wouldn't pick on him for any of this stuff, not his blubbiness, not his man-boobs, not his inability to have a natural erection -- none of that stuff -- to me, off limits until! until! -- Mr. Limbaugh, you turn that sort of gun on somebody else -- once you start doing that, you're fair game, fat boy. Absolutely, you jiggly pile of mess. You're just fair game, and you're going to get it, too. [Laughs] You'd better watch what you say, Limbaugh, because it can come back the other way.

This, I was not expecting.

Cancellara abandons

“It has been our plan all along for me, that I would be taking it day by day in the Giro. I'm very happy with the part of it that I have raced and the atmosphere here at the Giro is always really special. I'm very fond of this race and I've always felt extremely welcome here. I'd like to come back in one of the next seasons and if it fits in my program I would love to make a result here. I wish the rest of the team the best of luck for the rest of this great race”, says Fabian Cancellara who now looks forward to next goal up ahead.

This, on the other hand, I was expecting.

A perfect sprinters' stage, a perfect sprinter's lead-out, a perfect sprint - at least for one man and his team.

Damn. Just- Damn.

I've been looking forward to tommorows stage for months. Precisely to watch Fabian destroy it and leave others floundering in his wake. Now I'll have to try and find another reason to get excited about it. Maybe Lance will step up? After Levi's crash today, I'm not sure how well he'll do- and this really wasn't a course for him anyway.

Disappointed.