Can I git my jersey signed?

Vai con disco bike racers! Ol' Curly is as happy as a 3-weiner'd toad this morning. Mrs. Curly once again put Curly's bibs in the dryer... and his base layers. Her only response was to start labelling things "dryer" or "no dryer"... I'm willing to cut some slack since we're in the final 200m of pregnancy and all, but DAMN! There are 3 things you never do with lycra... don't iron it... don't put it in the dryer... and don't put it in the dryer! Now Ol' Curly knows what yer thinkin'... "Oh Curly... you should just do your own laundry" To which Ol' Curly sez... Shut yer your glory hole... That was part of the deal! If I gots to be garbage man, poop picker upper, general thankless job ho... I'd like the rules for lycra followed.

Now, we're off to Spoleto this mornin' for the finish of today's stage. Spoleto is a cow pies throw to places like Deruta (the pottery), Perugia (those little Baci chocolates), Assisi (the fat, poor priest) and Orvieto (some damned fine white wine)... No one goes to Spoleto on purpose... but you should. It's nice and quiet there and a great homebase for hittin' all those other places. Plus... the folks in Spoleto are some damned fine hosts. Don't tell them Curly sent ya tho... He had a little accident in the city's main fountain and he never calls or writes anymore... Now there's one big ass climb right in the middle of the stage today... not big enough to shake up GC but big enough to put some hurt on the sprinters teams for keeping things together. THERE WILL BE A BREAKAWAY... it'll come back together tho. Look for my countryman, Hushovd to make a run for the white stripe.

How 'bout the Flandis Carnival huh? Part of me thinks this is all a UCI ploy to get some TV time and hence bring in sponsors through the "sensationalistic" angle... This story has it all. Any second now, Dr. Fill and Dr. Oprah will offer free council. I'm not sure what to make of this whole thing... it just seems bizarre now.

Yer Trainin: It's Friday... You prolly have Enumscratch to do and so you should only do 10X20 minutes intervals at 230% today. Sounds like Ol' Lemond will be at the Diabetes ride so I can git me jersey signed and some photos.

OK... I had to swap out the video. This is much better. I like this missing saddle spray and it's nice to see some PROs slightly drunk and trying to do an interview. At about 2:10 left, Lemond starts to talk about his diet.