View From the Bushes

Generally speaking, when the Tour de France is not actually being ridden I try and keep my coverage to a minimum to avoid alienating those readers who have not yet discovered the magic of cycling. However, since after tomorrow the next time I'll blog is Tuesday the 5th (taking all next week off to focus on the Origins convention), I need to get my pre-tour coverage in while I can.

In addition to T-Mobile announcing their team, we also have the Phonak line-up, which is missing Tyler Hamilton but includes Floyd Landis, one of the many dark-horse contenders for the podium. Then of course, there's the Discovery Channel team. Supporting Armstrong is a lot of the people from last year, but also includes Paolo Savoldelli, the guy who just barely won the Giro.

Levi Leipheimer has switched from Rabobank to Gerolsteiner and along with the aforementioned Landis and the perennial Armstrong, my dream of an American podium is alive and well. I got to tell you, I'm getting pretty excited. Now I just have to figure out how I'm going to watch it.

Too fat to cycle, but just the right size to watch it
Ross