On Friday I was working on a Tour De France post where I stated that George Hincapie was my man to win the Tour. I got busy with work things and never really had the time to finish it. Today George took the Yellow Jersey and now, instead of looking insightful, I look like a bandwagoner. Anyway, Big George is my man for this year. Despite today's performance, and the exclusion of Ulrich, Basso, and Mancebo, I still think he's a bit of a long shot. The logical choice would be Floyd Landis of Vinokourov, but I have a feeling about George. He's solid and has heart. Vino is unpredictable and Landis is a self centered jerk. Beyond George, my #2 man is another American, Levi Leipheimer. Levi's been around for awhile and had always been a respectable Tour rider, but this year he seems to have lit a fire under his rear. Anyway, before the doping scandal my Tour prediction was going to be about how the Americans would dominate the top positions, but none would actually win the whole thing. Now I'm thinking that there is an incredibly good chance of seeing another overall winner from the US, and an outside chance of Americans taking the top three positions. Either way, expect this Tour to be filled with excitement and cutthroat attacks from beginning to end. Also, Landis' little monkey friend Zabriskie also falls into the "self centered jerk" category.
Final thought. This one is mainly for Matt, Jason, and Brecthy. Now that Ronaldo is out of the World Cup and Ulrich is out of the Tour, who will down the most pies in the next two weeks?
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There's an article about Landis in the latest ESPN the magazine. Apparently cyclists stop by the Landis homestead to take a picture of the mailbox. And Mrs. Landis refills their water bottles.
I have thought long and hard about this one. In the end, I am going to have to go with Ronaldo. I think Fatty's got a bit more in terms of stomach fattiness which in turn means larger capacity. I think it would be a close 97 to 93 race though.
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