TDF - Stages 3,4,5 & 6

Stage 3 - What an awesome race that was - especially watching in HiDef when Columbia initially split the field. I'm sure every bike rider has experienced a situation where someone opens up a gap, and it's do-or-die and you try to bridge using all your matches...and you get so close to making contact, but no matter how hard you go, you just can't get across that last 20 or 30 meters...then you pop and that gap just explodes - never to be seen again - lol. It was especially cool to see Beppu putting the hammer down in the break in the beginning and end!

Stage 4 - That TTT course was just a little tight for 9 men. In fact, having less people, like Garmin had, might have even been better since you could rip through the tighter sections without worrying about loosing your last couple of guys. I felt especially sorry for Cadel cause he lost BIG time in that stage - and through no real fault of his own...though...he really didn't help himself when he accelerated at the end and dropped 3 of his riders!

Also LA and Cancellara really put on a show pounding at the front for both of there respective teams - especially awesome was Cancellara cause he needed to do all the work in the last 10k since his team doesn't have the class of Big Dogs like Astana does. And...LA ends up like 22/100th of a second OUT of the yellow jersey...well...LA WAS the 5th man for Astana across the finish...he should have just thrown his bike and it might have been his...

Stage 5 - Thomas Voeckler really had some big b@lls in attacking from KM 1 and holding off the field by 7 seconds! That was a fabulous ride for him and the 5 other breakaways to keep the field at bay for so long!!!

Stage 6 - Just got through watching Stage 6 and all I can say is what a crash fest. I hate those white lines, that's why for the wet TT a couple of weeks ago, I decided to sport the "dork mirror" so I could ride in the road as much as possible...keeping crossing the white lines to a minimum.
Also, the TDF just wouldn't be the same (or as exciting) without Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen. You just gotta just love Phil Liggett's commentary, something like..."he should keep a little in reserve cause when David hits the final climb, his legs are going to burn like a furnace!" Lol...What a great race the TDF is...