My apologies for being a bit of a slacker with the blog recently. But to be honest, I'm surprised I made it this far without missing a day. Anyway, it seems that Rapture thing didn't happen, so I best carry on with the blog.
While most of us may still be on the planet, spare a thought for Xavier Tondo of the Movistar team, (formerly of Cervelo and the Bile Beans) who died today, apparently when
his garage door fell on him. It's another reminder of what a dangerous game cycling is, whether you're racing, training, or just about to go and train.
It's been a rest day today, but it was all going on at the Giro over the weekend. It's been a tough couple of days in the mountains, but Contador seems to have seen off the attacks of his challengers and got the race pretty much sewn-up. So on Saturday, Bertie let his home-boy Igor Anton of the Euskaltel Team, take the win, as he put time into his rivals and consolidated his lead.
And on Sunday, Bertie let his home-boy Mikel Nieve of the Euskaltel Team, take the win, as he put time into his rivals and consolidated his lead.
We had a double points update for the weekend and the biggest scores are for those Chanbots, who have managed to pull-away from the Drunk Riders again.
Also on Suday, we (or at least those of us that live in the USofA) got to hear Tyler Hamilton talk all about Lance and US Postal on 60 minutes. It went pretty much like this.
No real shockers, and it's mostly stuff we've heard before, but if I was Lance I would be shitting myself. There was a nice bit about how Lance may have bought off the UCI to cover up a positive drug test. Fingers crossed the UCI will have a huge scandal and become a distant memory.
After putting their feet-up today, the remaining riders of the Giro will be partaking in a mountain time trial tomorrow. Bertie will probably be looking to get yet more time over his rivals, and maybe Scarponi will be going for the stage win.
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