You know what? I reckon this years' Tour is going to be a cracker.

Who are we tipping for the podium? I have high hopes for Evans and Rodgers, but Leipheimer and Popovych look strong too. So does Hincapie. Landis just looks disorganised and very silly in yellow and green, but hopefully will get his ***** together to make the race more interesting in the upcoming weeks.

My inner mountain biker wants to see Evans and Rasmussen in some spirited riding up in the big hills, which let's face it, is what the tour is really all about.

This week though is going to be a wide open sprintfest, and judging from the ITT, it looks like there's so many sprinters on form this week.

Hopefully SBS can learn how to broadcast in the meantime. Last night was a new low in quality from those guys- I didn't know wtf I was watching half the time, and neither did the commentators.

*EDIT*

Okay, done a bit of research now. So there's three ITTs during the Tour this year, so we're really looking at guys who can climb as well as ITT. Maybe Thunder can chime in here.

Re: Hair removal. Waxing. Shaving is for amateurs! Oh, and why are you bothering doing it in Winter, Wattsy ya drongo!? The carpet is very handy in Winter under the ol' tights.