View From the Bushes

Today I thought I would take a break from my fascination with that obscure race in France and focus on something more important like examining the thousand year old roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict with particular emphasis on the somewhat neglected role of the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Or I would if knew anything about the fall of Constantinople (other than it is said to roughly mark the end of the Dark Ages, but everybody knows that.) Since I don't, it's back to talking about the Tour.

Today was of course the Team Time Trial (TTT). What a lot of people don't understand about the tour is that there are only a handful of stages where the main contenders (like Lance) can pull ahead of their competition. All but one of those stages depend primarily (but not exclusively) on just the strength of the main contender. There is one stage however where it's all up to the team and the TTT is that stage.

Fortunately US Postal pulled it off and won the stage for the first time. Allowing Lance to pull ahead of all of his major rivals (but not ahead of one of his team mates, but that's another story). The next opportunity for Lance to put time into his rivals will be Friday at the earliest but probably Saturday, so if you're thinking of watching to find out what the heck I'm talking about. Saturday is the day. Oh yeah...and I'm still running...a...d20 website...and releasing...adventures... and one of these days I'll talk about that.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross