Its a bummer to watch anyone impload like that. Reminds me of Chickenman's cave in at the last ITT in 2005. It was just hard to watch and more so knowing how hard these guys prepare, and how much focus they put on this event above all others.
I thought the interview Landis did today was really courageous (maybe that term is to strong, but if you caved like that could you face a wall of reporters?). Plenty of guys would have simply not talked to the press. Landis proves he is a class act and that sport is unpredictable no matter how much we want to think it is going to go "as planned"
I agree with all the other comments about the excitement of this tour. I liked the last 7 years, it was fun to watch a team prepare and dominate consistently. But this is a great departure, and brings an entirley new level of interest to the sport. We really dont knwo what will happen next- and that is a cool.