TDF stage 1 / uphill sprint - Gilbert wins as expected; crashes create gaps and Alberto loses big time (1) - Saturday,  07/02/11  11:57 AM

Greetings all! As I did last year (and the year...  This year the Tour doesn't have a prologue (!) - the...  Cadel Evans nearly caught him at the end with a...  Commentating on the commentating: I'd finally gotten...  Tomorrow we have the team time trial which should be... 

Tour de France 2011 (2) - Saturday,  07/02/11  09:59 AM

Tour de France...  Following are all my Tour de France 2011 posts, in...  I have to call out the Tour de France race organizers...  [ Tour de France 2011: all posts | index...  Greetings all! As I did last year (and the year...  This year the Tour doesn't have a prologue (!) - the...  Cadel Evans nearly caught him at the end with a... 

en vacance... (1) - Saturday,  07/31/10  08:33 AM

On vacation in Montecito - yay! - and man I have a lot...  It's kind of sad to look at my home page and realize I...  Meanwhile, let's make a filter...  A great article with a great point: Are you a social...  Google developing Facebook rival. So be it, and good...  Totally true: Clive Thompson on the death of the phone...  A Linux experiment gone horribly...perfect! It is... 

reliving an amazingly great Tour de France! (3) - Monday,  07/26/10  11:17 PM

...  Well it was a great tour, an *amazingly* great tour,...  Here are the highlights for...  As I said, a *great* tour, every day there was...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 20 / parade + sprint / Cavendish unstoppable again, Contador crowned, Petacchi keeps green (5) - Sunday,  07/25/10  07:27 PM

...  The final stage of the 2010 Tour de France was a...  The main excitement of the day occured before the...  The final podium featured Alberto Contador winning his...  It was a great Tour - the best really since I began...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 19 / time trial / Cancellara rips course, Contador survives Schleck, Menchov takes over third (4) - Saturday,  07/24/10  05:57 PM

...  Today was the traditional "penultimate day time...  Later in the day the GC contenders fought it out;...  Tomorrow we'll have the usual parade to Paris and...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 18 / sprint / Cavendish wins another, Petacchi reclaims green (3) - Friday,  07/23/10  06:46 PM

...  Check out that stage profile, yep, what we have here...  Tomorrow we have the most excellent time trial through...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 17 / climb! / battle royale on the Tourmalet ends in draw; Schleck wins but Contador keeps yellow (5) - Thursday,  07/22/10  10:11 PM

...  After the usual break took off - doomed, as everyone...  Meanwhile Sammy Sanchez survived a nasty crash early...  A cool side note: after the break formed Carlos Sastre...  And so ... tomorrow we have a pure sprint stage, and...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 16 / climb / Lance attacks and almost wins! Fedrigo prevails; Hushovd back in green (5) - Tuesday,  07/20/10  09:50 PM

...  Wow, Lance *almost* pulled it off, and I think...  Today we had the "queen stage", a huge climbing day...  But it was not to be. A nine-man break formed, with...  Tomorrow is a rest day - much needed, you can be sure...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 15 / climb! / Voeckler wins from break, Contador attacks, takes yellow after Schleck's mechanical (6) - Monday,  07/19/10  07:59 PM

...  Oh what a day of racing we had today, and it will set...  As you can see from the profile, we had a long day in...  Meanwhile behind him the real fireworks were...  There will be a lot of controversy over whether...  [Update: I see where Alberto has posted a YouTube...  It all sets up a great battle in the queen stage... 

TDF stage 14 / climb! / Riblon wins from break, Menchov and Sanchez 2nd and 3rd (5) - Sunday,  07/18/10  10:42 PM

...  Wow, what a shootout! A *great* mountain stage today,...  Chapeau to Christophe Riblon who survived all the way...  Tomorrow we have more climbing including the HC Port...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 13 / rollers / Vinokourov denies sprinters by attacking to win, GC unchanged, Petacchi back in Green (3) - Saturday,  07/17/10  06:49 PM

...  On a day which would seem to belong to the sprinters,...  Speaking of tomorrow; near the end we have the HC Port...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 12 / rollers with a kick / Rodriquez wins, Contador takes 2nd, 10s from Schleck; Vinokourov 3rd (4) - Friday,  07/16/10  06:05 PM

...  Today's stage really lived up to its potential. A...  Predictably the break itself was attacked, with...  Oh, and another cool thing? Thor Hushovd made that...  And so tomorrow we have - more fireworks? We'll see. ...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 11 / sprint / Cavendish wins another in a wild and woolly sprint (3) - Thursday,  07/15/10  11:14 PM

...  (Yawn) 185km of riding, an early break, swept up, and...  Tomorrow is a rather interesting stage; some Cat 2...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 10 / transitional / Paulinho wins from break! GC unchanged (3) - Wednesday,  07/14/10  10:51 PM

...  Today's TDF stage was forecast to be good for a...  Tomorrow looks like a stock sprint stage - long flat...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 9 / mountains / Casar wins as Contador and Schleck pull time on GC (4) - Tuesday,  07/13/10  10:48 AM

...  Today was an amazing stage in the Tour de France, on a...  Sandy Casar survived to win the stage and Schleck took...  Tomorrow seems to be one of those transitional stages...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

Monday, July 12, 2010 11:30 PM (1) - Monday,  07/12/10  11:30 PM

As noted,yesterday was *not* a good day... My weekend...  BTW, yeah, today is a rest day in the Tour de France,...  James Surowiecki pounds the nail through the wood on...  I love this: Jeff Bezos 2010 commencement speech at...  Powerline: The World is Full of Bad Jokes, "But the...  Scott "Dilbert" Adams commenting on the iPad: The...  So here's something interesting: Google have announced... 

TDF stage 8 / mountains / Lance crashes and cracks, Schleck attacks for win (4) - Sunday,  07/11/10  07:07 PM

...  Lance Armstrong has seen many great days in the Tour...  Meanwhile the first real mountains of the 2010 Tour...  And so tomorrow is a rest day - and a digestion day,...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

not a good day, as Lance and Holland lose... (1) - Sunday,  07/11/10  04:26 PM

Man, some days are not good, and this is one of...  So what...  Tour de France: Lance Armstrong blew up on the final...  World Cup: Holland played Spain to an ugly 0-0 draw...  So be it... But I don't have to be happy about it. ... 

TDF stage 7 / transitional climb / Chavanel wins, takes back yellow! GC unchanged... (4) - Saturday,  07/10/10  11:45 PM

...  (blogged from a Carl's Jr. in Bishop, driving home...  Just finished watching today's TDF stage while driving...  After that weird stage 2 where Chavanel won from the...  Tomorrow morning the Tour really starts; stage 8 is...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 6 / sprint / Cavendish notches another, Cancellara, Hushovd keep jerseys (4) - Friday,  07/09/10  10:40 PM

...  (blogged from a Marie Calendar's in Merced, driving to...  I watched today's TDF stage while driving (!!, Tivo to...  Speaking of tomorrow, I won't be able to watch as I...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index...  * BTW I must tell you, I have an HD Slingbox attached... 

TDF stage 5 / sprint / Cavendish [finally] wins one!  Jerseys unchanged... (3) - Thursday,  07/08/10  11:34 PM

...  To everyone's relief, especially his, Mark Cavendish...  Is Mark back? Will the confidence from this win carry...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 4 / sprint / Petacchi wins another, reclaims green (3) - Wednesday,  07/07/10  09:27 PM

...  A quiet day in the Tour de France; 200km of parade...  Tomorrow is another field sprint - it will be...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 3 / cobblestones! / Hushovd siezes the day, takes green, Cancellera back in yellow (3) - Tuesday,  07/06/10  11:03 PM

...  Today was the big day - cobblestones! And while some...  The real battle among the GC contenders was pretty...  Tomorrow we all relax and have a "normal" field...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 2 / rollers / crashes on slippery descent cause peloton to stop racing; Chavanel escapes to victory (4) - Monday,  07/05/10  10:23 PM

...  Well today was as weird a day in the Tour de France as...  Fabian Cancellara was in yellow and was driving the...  My own view is that while Cancellara did the right...  Tomorrow we have the infamous stage 3 over...  [Update: the various reactions from riders are...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF stage 1 / flat / crashes mar finish as Petacchi wins sprint (4) - Sunday,  07/04/10  10:40 AM

...  Today's stage 1 from Rotterdam to Brussels was 220km...  Fortunately nobody was seriously hurt - although...  Onward to stage 2 - a classic ride through the...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

TDF prologue / Dutch treat! - Cancellara wins, Lance beats Alberto (5) - Saturday,  07/03/10  12:06 PM

...  Greetings all! As I did last year, I'm going to make...  The Tour got off to a great start today with a...  To nobody's surprise Fabian Cancellara blistered the...  Tomorrow is a stage for the sprinters - the GC guys...  [ Tour de France 2010: all posts | index... 

Tour de France 2010 (88) - Saturday,  07/03/10  11:53 AM

Tour de France...  Following are all my Tour de France 2010 posts, in...  ...  Greetings all! As I did last year, I'm going to make...  The Tour got off to a great start today with a...  To nobody's surprise Fabian Cancellara blistered the...  Tomorrow is a stage for the sprinters - the GC guys...