Sitting here watching the rain pouring down and thinking that Lance would be right out there pounding out the miles on this bike. And speaking of his bike, I hope you all caught the funny Tour de France blog written by Lance’s Bike in the Austin American Statesman during the 2004 TdF. It was called “It IS About the Bike” and you can find the entries HERE There’s a daily entry through the end of the 2004 Tour. Funny stuff...

Be sure and pass the word along to everybody to vote for Lance as The Greatest American on the poll that seems to be a partnership between AOL and Discovery Channel. The poll is HERE . Matt Lauer will host the awards program on Discovery Channel in June. Remember that vote early, vote often is the great American tradition...

The guys are riding their butts off at the Ruta del Sol (Vuelta a Andalucia) - Got the big guns there: George. Eki, Triki. Today in Stage Three, Eki was 6th and Triki was 17th, but Eki had the same time as the winner and Triki was 0.04 seconds back! That’s kind of a blink away from winning for both of them. The guys are starting to come on strong, with two stages left. Actually, this is planned as a training race, but a stage win would be pretty cool.