ToC Stage 3 etc., etc., etc...

I guess havin' your arms up in the "bent over the pew, praying for speed" position is the way to go! Floyd Landis' new TT position allowed him to time trial his way to a stage win and the overall lead in the inaugural Tour of California with an average speed of 28.39 mph.

Besting the time of Dave Zabriski, who placed second, Floyd now leads the ToC by 29 seconds which Johan Bruyneel believes could be enough to win the whole thing based on the remaining parcourse.

Floyd looked good on the hardest climb of this tour in stage 2, being one of only three riders to summit the peak ahead of the field. If his team is able to fend off the inevitable attacks by Discovery and CSC, he may just be the winner of the first ever Tour of California.

Youngin'
TIAA-Cref's new stud, nineteen year old phenom Tom Peterson, currently hold the best time by a rider under the age of 23.

This is Tom's first year as a pro and his first big test against the sports elite...and what a test it is. This kid who was born in 1986 (the year I started middle school, and coincidently the same year that Scott became eligible for retirement) is out-performing veterans of the peloton.

If he keeps this up, forget Saul Raisin, TP will be the American stud of the future.

Damn ESPN2
The damn DVR was set to record the TT stage early this morning once again, and once again the previous show ran into the ToC coverage! This time it ran over by like 15 minutes so I still missed the finish of the stage despite adjusting the record timer to run over 5 minutes.

In the words of Jerry Seinfeld, "What's the deal with ESPN2".

Or maybe Cox Communications is to blame, I mean really... if you're going to advertise a start time of 1 a.m., then why the F*&# don't you start the damn show at 1 F*&#ing a.m.? My box set of ToC stages is now ruined!

Other Blogs...
Phil Zajicek of the Navigators Insurance Cycling Team has a blog where he's been posting text and audio about the ToC. It's an interesting view point from one of the riders actually fighting it out day after day.

Zajicek is actually sitting in 15th place on GC right now. He's one of only two non pro-team riders in the top 20 and had been riding strong all week long. Check out his blog here.

In Other News...
Eight people from a meat packing plant in Nebraska are splitting the $365 million lottery jackpot that they won. I'm happy for those people, cause people who make a living packing their meat don't usually make a very good income, just ask Jayson O. (he just does it because he loves it)