[concentric circles]

This is it! Tomorrow, the first mountain stage, Pau to La Mongie, 98 miles finishing at a ski lift station. Do I detect more than just a little excitement in the air?

[stylin_geek]

Lance and Greg are my sports heroes. Any chance the riding by Lance to this point is somewhat similar to what he did last year when he faked his struggle in the opening of the mountain stages?

[concentric circles]

Ping! Would a broken spoke be "Pong?"

[Drango]

IMHO, Lance dosn't have to win the stage tommorrow, he just has to beat Galdeano and the other potential winners by 27 seconds or more...Then he takes the yellow and adds more time in each mountain stage...holds the yellow all the way into Paris.

I just hope his team has been able to keep his legs fresh...

[Gil4]

RE:A Tragedy, A Triumph, A Whisper of Drugs (the title)

What tragedy? Did I miss something?

[Cagey]

	O V E R A L L   S T A N D I N G S ( T O P 1 0 )

Pos.	N°	Name	Nat.	Team		Time
1	024	GONZALEZ GALDEANO Igor	ESP	ONE	en	36h 25' 35"
2	001	ARMSTRONG Lance	USA	USP	à	00' 26"
3	021	BELOKI Joseba	ESP	ONE	à	01' 23"
4	085	HONCHAR Serhiy	UKR	FAS	à	01' 35"
5	032	BOTERO Santiago	COL	KEL	à	01' 55"
6	053	PERON Andrea	ITA	CST	à	02' 08"
7	047	MILLAR David	GBR	COF	à	02' 11"
8	067	O'GRADY Stuart	AUS	C.A	à	02' 15"
9	158	RUMSAS Raimondas	LTU	LAM	à	02' 22"
10	052	HAMILTON Tyler	USA	CST	à	02' 30"

[Prolix]

You know, something just occurred to me. It seems that coverage of the Tour de France, where an American has a good chance of winning, has received minimal press coverage compared to the coverage of the World Cup - where the American team had absolutely no chance of winning. Is it me? Should I get fitted for a tinfoil hat? Has anyone else noticed a difference in coverage?

[ml/nj]

the U.S. Postal Service rider

Is this why I'm paying $0.37 per letter now?

ML/NJ