just to go off the subject a bit, I was looking at the tour stages I might want to stay up and watch (i.e. hills !). There are only 3 stages with Cat 1 and greater climbs (10,11 and 17). Isn't that pretty lame out of a 3 week tour? I thought there'd be more climbing than that. Then only Stages 12 and 18 have anything else worth a mention, Cat 2 climbs.

Out of 20 stage and compared to the Giro, isn't that a pissweak effort?

Ahhh, ****, I'm off for a beer and pulling out the MTB instead.