Three stage wins (so far)? The bloke from the Isle of Man is blazing FAST and Team Columbia is doing an amazing job setting him up! He's the first Brit to win three stages in the Tour de France and at 23 years of age seems to have a terrific future ahead of him. He also picked up two stage wins at the Giro d'Italia, which is certainly no small feat. He's also a very accomplished track cyclist as well, with his eyes set on the Olympics.
Cadel Evans is sitting comfortably in Yellow, resting up for what is sure to be some expolsive stages in the Alps. Lotto is perceived as being a somewhat weak team and I agree. However, Evans is an expert at taking advantage of the work of others and is going to be very difficult to beat.
Frank Schleck and Carlos Sastre remain very dangerous. CSC is firing on all cylinders.
Christian Vandevelde and Garmin- Chipoltle are doing an amazing job! If he plays his cards right, who knows what could happen?
As for Ricardo Ricco testing positive for a new form of EPO, why is that a surprise? He idolized Marco "Drip Bag" Pantani for heavens sake! Pantani was a farce as far as I'm concerned. As I watched Ricco "work his magic" on Super Besse, I couldn't help but be suspicious. Piepoli and Cobo should be suspect as well. Good riddance Saunier Duval! I'm happy that a test has been developed to detect this new form of EPO and that cycling is trying to clean up their mess. I don't see this as a setback at all, it's progress.
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