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Friday, July 27, 2007

The lede-out, stage whatever: Everything you need to know about the TDF today


OK, we took a couple of days off from our Tour de France duties, because frankly we didn't care too much about the TDF after the dope hit the fan, and we never did like that Chicken guy too much. There was something fishy about how he followed every one of Contador's attacks, and how Levi just stood there holding his coat. (To be fair, Levi did acquit himself in that other stage, the next one, where it was somewhere in the Pyrenees.)

Anyway, what we wanted to get into this edition of the lede-out was this: Have you seen the Specialized commercial featuring Paolo "The Cricket" Bettini?





So, the question of the day is this: Is there anyone else in the pro peloton who takes the opportunity more often to declare himself a world champion and an olympic gold medalist every time he enters the room? I don't think he's taken off the WC rainbow kit even to wash the sucker, and that gold helmet must be at the jewlers for a polishing.

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