Fortunately today's stage was a lot more exciting with a flat sprint finish. Click the jump for more info.
Sprints, IMO, are the most exciting part of any professional tour. Yes, it is impressive to watch strength on climbs or break away after break away that get swallowed whole by the peloton. Sprints are just badass. Stage 3 of the Amgen Tour of California did not disappoint. Thor "God of Thunder" Hushovd on Cervelo Test Team beat out self-proclaimed fastest man on a bike Mark Cavendish from Team Columbia-Highroad.
Check out the look of desperation on Cav's and the team Rabobank rider's face finishing behind Hushovd. Sweet. Hushovd has always been a favorite of mine. Now on Cervelo Test Team along with last years TDF winner Carlos Sastre, they have good chances of punishing some people this coming year. Go to this website and look for the Stage 3 tab and scroll down for the stage win within the video box.
Of course there is also the return of Lance to Team Astana. He has told the press that he will be a Super Domestique Extraordinaire to teammate Levi Leihpheimer. Levi has won the ToC for the past two years now. Lance has so far done his job helping Levi as he still holds the yellow jersey. According to Lance, his role for the long run is still up in the air. Exciting to see what will happen. As a side note, Lance is riding for free. Thats right, a volunteer rider. He just wants to bring awareness to the Livestrong Foundation and the fight against cancer.
Levi being interviewed by some chubby guy.
Lance getting ready to ride.
Hopefully the rest of the ToC will be exciting. Sorry to cut the post short. I was going to post about Team Garmin/Slipstream but Lost is on.
1 comment:
This is like a professional article man. I bet you if you sent it to dad and didnt tell him you wrote it he would ask where you got it from.
I gotta step my game up.
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