Vive le Tour de France!

The Tour de France has solidified its place in history as one of the most exciting sporting events on the planet. What a performance by American Floyd Landis! His sheer determination, strength, athleticism, and guts earned him the coveted maillot jaune on Sunday. It was a spectacular ending to a tour that started in turmoil. Floyd Landis broke away from a disintegrated hip, the shadow of Lance Armstrong, a major doping scandal, and finally, from the Peloton in Stage 17, to ride to victory and claim the grandest prize in the world of cycling.

Feeling inspired, I picked up my bike from the local bike shop today - Intown Bicycles - where they gave her a little tuneup, and went for a ride. It felt great! The brick-paved sidestreet near our house is not quite as spectacular as the cobblestone Champs Elysees, but you gotta start somewhere, right?

On a related but less important note, I thought Michael Rasmussen's polka-dot-clad baby was very cute, but is Robbie McEwen's son really named Ewen McEwen? Poor kid.