Is this what July is all about? It feels strange to think this is the last time we’ll see the Texan Lance Armstrong racing his beloved Tour de France. I had a few doubts before the opening time trail, but as the big guy devoured Ullrich putting him already a minute behind in the GC so early on, well I don’t know how I thought it would be any different. There was a great weekend of cycling on TV, including the obligatory Discovery Channel documentary The Science of Lance Armstrong and documentaries on BBC Four about Paris-Roubaix and Tommy Simpson.
Tough luck for David Zabriskie who crashed out in the final few kilometres of the Team Time Trial. After holding the yellow jersey for a couple of days, and the first Team CSC rider to do so, an error caused him to his the barriers and was left behind by his team. Its a real shame, he seems a likeable guy, good sense of humour and a bit of a character, in any case, he’s a prospect for the future and it won’t be the last we’ve seen of him.
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