Race of Truth
That's what they call individual time trials. Phil Ligget interpreted the term by saying that a rider can't hide from the ITT, it'll find your weaknesses if you have them. Lance showed that at the end of his pro cycling career, he's still the man. He beat Ullrich by 23 seconds and won today's time trial. Tomorrow will simply be a leisurely ride into Paris as Lance gets his 7th Tour victory (barring crashes, the world ending, etc.). Like I posted previously, I wanted Ullrich to jump from 4th to 3rd and displace Rasmussen...but I didn't want such poor luck to hit the King of the Mountains. Watching Rasmussen's ride today was like watching a train wreck in slow motion. He fell twice and had to replace his bike 4 times. He was obviously all nerves knowing that Ullrich was most likely going to take his spot in the overall general classification. Watching Lance was awesome. At the first time check, he was 7 seconds behind Basso. I think this says a lot about the way Lance rides. He conserves his energy at the beginning of the race. Although people tend to get excited about things and go full force at the beginning, that probably isn't going to serve well at the end - power has to be in control. Lance shows this by being calm, waiting for the right moment (if it presents itself), and overcoming in the end.
We'll see if Hushovd keeps the green jersey tomorrow. It looks like all the other jerseys have been taken. Tomorrow will be a bittersweet day - Lance's 7th Tour win, but his retirement day as well. I wonder who will take over as "el patron" next year...Basso, Ullrich, Popo, Leipheimer, Vino, Landis...I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Thanks for reading.
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Hey remember that movie about the bike rider dude and his friends winning a bike race against the punks from Indiana University. That was a good movie. It had Kelly from Bad News Bears in it. What ever happened to that guy? Or the bike rider dude that was really good. I liked how he tried to be Italian cause that was his favorite bike rider team. Then he meet them and found out they were jerks so he got real sad and yelled at his friends for wanting to enter the bike race. When they finally convinced him to enter he took over and was way out in front while his teammates chilled off to the side thinking they wouldn't have to do anything. Then he wrecked and they started to have to ride. They didn't do very good at first cause the all were not good except for Dennis Quaid’s character, but he was all mad so he didn't try. Then he finally got on the bike and made up some ground while the good biker dude rested. Finally the good biker dude got back on the bike and they taped his feet to the peddles. Then he won the race at the finish line. Everybody cheered for him and his dad who wasn't ever in to the bike thing and or his son and who also had just drove off his used car dealer lot to see his son win the race cheered for him really loudly and they had a special father son moment. So then the biker dude decides to go to college and start pretending he is from Spain cause that was his new favorite bike rider team. That was a good movie.
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