the best of times, the worst of times

Today Thor Hushovd sprinted like a man among boys (just like me) to take the win. Look at that gap! Talk about the cat among the pigeons, or the iron in the fire, or the maiden and the three-legged cow(insert your favorite Ligget-ism here). Predictably, it was a great day for Thor and the Basque Batallion as they took the stage and moved up to 2nd on the GC.

However disaster did strike during the stage when Iban Mayo, also of the Basque Batallion, retired. The Fruita Freewheelers, still leading in the general classification even after only notching one point today, lost Jose Enrique Gutierrez.

In other GC news, Pan Blanco leap-frogged me today to move into 11th place, so i don't want to hear anymore belly-aching! My finely honed squad is just managing to stay in front of Senor Poopy and owner of the first draft pick, Carrie Casagrande. My draft looks like it works as well as it does in the NBA!

Ay Caramba, can the mountains come soon enough? Don't worry, they'll be here tomorrow.