Tour de France

To me the most impressive part of the Tour de France wasn't Lance Armstrong's 7th consecutive victory. It was Dave Reich's extensive knowledge of all things Tour related. Even before the race started, he was talking about how excited he was about the Tour and hoping Ivan Basso would finally beat Sir Lance. I watched the race a couple of evenings w/ Dave. Twice he came over and explained things like the peloton to me. He even knew what all the jerseys meant. Yellow = leader = Lance, that's all I knew. Apparently, there's a lot more to it like sprint champs and the king of the mountains. The one time we went out to Westerwood Tavern to watch it, some guy changed the channel and Dave had to set him straight about what was being shown at our end of the bar. Hands down the best part was the devil. He positioned himself perfectly so the riders were going slowly uphill when they came by him and he could run beside them for a while. The announcers had it right when they said "You don't want the Prince of Darkness running beside you." That's not only a cycling lesson. That's a life lesson.