musings of a neurotic mind

today was the 14th stage of the TdF and it was very special since the Austrian rider Georg Totschnig won this stage that again finished on a mountain top. this was the stage win of an Austrian rider since 1931! Lance finished in second place after being separated by his team on the first of the two climbs today. that sort of suprised me: one attack by the t-mobile team and his mates where gone! so he rode along with Ullrich and Basso and i was constantly waiting for that famous “Lance attack” (i.e. look into the eyes of your rival and then start off like a rocket) which finally came one or two kilometers from the finish line. Ullrich dropped and Basso tried to keep up but Lance was faster. when he rides it looks like he is flying up that mountain and is not struggling at all. i doubt that but still, he makes it look sort of easy — which of course it isn’t!
tomorrow will be another hard stage in the mountains with a mountain top finish again… and i guess the tour is going to be decided on that stage. it’s getting hot at the TdF because not only the temperatures are rising but also the heat of the competition.

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