Dolomite
I suppose I should write something about Floyd Landis. Nah, fuck it. Not burying my head in the sand or anything just don’t really have anything to add. Besides close you eyes and pick any other bike related site and you can read all about it.
How good is the Giro this year? For us Yanks we have Tyler Farrar with 2 stage wins and today Craig Lewis almost pulled of a huge, huge win. Tomorrow they hit the Dolomites and I cant imagine we are not gonna see attacks like we have never seen before. Looking at the GC I have to tip my hat to Tondo. Even before the favorites took a nap the other day he is probably the best climber in the race. He will need to be smart and not chase everything but I really think you will see him in pink soon. As for Cadel, Vino, Basso etc. they have no choice but to put it all out there. Don’t be surprised if you see Astsana, Liquigas and what is left of BMC on the front driving it from kilometer 1. We know Vino is not afraid to go for the long one and Cadel’s nuts seem to have finally dropped so I am sure he will give it a go as well. All i know is as awesome as the Giro has been thus far I think we have a perfect storm brewing and some amazing new chapters in the legends of cycling will be writing tomorrow.
State side we have a real dog fight going on in Cali. I scared the shit out an old lady walking by my house as I was yelling at my iMac screen when Zabriskie won in Santa Cruz. Dave is an 801 homeboy and I have seen him winning races since he was 15. He has won stage in all 3 Grand Tours but that stage in Santa Cruz was something special, I don’t know to many people that can launch a sprint from 800 meters and hold it. He almost pulled it off again yesterday but Peter Sagan had other ideas. The Gods of The Big RIng have certainly favored that lad yeah?
Today is the first big test though to see who is for real in the GC. Levi, Rogers and Zabriskie all seem to think the Big Bear stage wont be hard enough to break things up but I am not so sure. I don’t think that one of them will blow it up solo but if anyone cracks then it is game over. I think they will hit it hard but I also think they will all be trying to keep some in the tank for the TT tomorrow.
I really am scratching me head on who to favor in the TT. Rogers has a few rainbow jerseys in his closet and has been riding out of his head all season. Levi hasn’t lost a TT in Cali in a while but I just doe not seem to be as sharp as normal. Zabriskie for me is the big question mark. We all know what he can do on a TT bike but Dave himself has said he his good legs have not shown up this year, until 2 days ago that is. I think Dave has something to prove (for a lot of reasons), assuming he make it to Big Bear in good shape I think Z is the man for the overall.
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DZ is flat KILLING it. Attacks yesterday @ 1500m, completely strings out the bunch, leads out the sprint and still finishes 2nd! Big Ring…
That is all…
DZ is an interesting character. Let’s hope he pulls this one out. There’s a DZ nuts Vaughterism there somewhere but I leave that to the master.
Oh I meant to add this. It’s a nice profile of Lewis posted at Hincapie Sports pre Girp. http://www.hincapie.com/blog/?tag=/craig-lewis
I am rooting for DZ, what a way to shove it in landis’ face. “Call me a doper, how about I win right in your face.”
These nuts are voting for DZ nuts.