Lance wouldn't let me join

OK, so Team Discovery Channel was leading the team competition yesterday after Savoldelli and Rubiera were involved in the breakaway and came in before the peloton (main field). However, today (because they screwed up yesterday), T-Mobile regained the lead by having Matthias Kessler in the breakaway. I talk to several people who wonder why the guys on Discovery don't win more stages (this is the first year in all six previous Tours that Lance's teammates have won individual stages). I guess the answer is that there is one goal in mind: to win the overall general classification competition or the yellow jersey. Everyone on the team knows that this is what you go to the Tour for if you're riding with Discovery. While other teams have more than one possible leader at the start of the tour and guys are looking to win stages, Discovery begins and ends with keeping Lance protected and getting him to Paris in yellow. Now, because the team is so strong this year(heck, Savoldelli has won the Giro de Italia twice!!), there have been some extras like the team time trial stage win, the two individual stage wins, and having the best young rider on the team. However, in the end, it's all about the yellow jersey. Keeping your eyes on that target doesn't let you get distracted, and that's why I wouldn't make the team - I'd probably want to win the team competition. But at what cost, possibly tiring the team out? Who knows.

Anyway, Lance is still in yellow, Rasmussen only has to finish the Tour to win the polka dotted jersey (there aren't enough points left in that competition for anyone to catch him, Hushovd is still in green (this competition will be decided in Paris on Sunday), and Popo still has the white jersey. It's all good, and I can't wait for the time trial on Saturday. I'm hoping Jan Ullrich will have an excellent time trial and get onto the podium.

Thanks for reading.