TDF - Stages 7 & 8....ZZZzzzzz...and Radios...

Borrriinnnggg.....as far as for the overall...

What a waste of good mountians. At least one of those stages should have been a mountian top finish (2 would have been asking too much of the riders I think). It got to the point where I just FF to watch the last 10 minutes or so of racing.

Good for the stage winners though. And good for Thor H. on how he ripped the Green Jersey off of Cavindish's back by hanging tough on the first couple of climbs. It was intersting to see Thor sprinting against Hincapie for the intermediate sprints...really no contest. But even if George won, it wouldn't have made any differnce cause Thor was only down by 1 point going into the stage, so he would have gotten 2nd place points anyway.

Also, I'm really interested in seeing the stages with no radios allowed. I think it's going to make for some really exciting and more confusing racing. You'll only be able to get your time splits from the motorbikes and I think it will really add a new facet to the "text book" racing that goes on now...

Also.....I think Lance really wants to WIN his 8th TDF...and I think he is going to really let loose in the last week...we'll see...