Because I love derivative works, and because Team Astana was so nice to provide me with a nice, juicy source file. And, of course, because Chris Horner’s season has been so unfair.

[download the mp3]

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Because I don’t want to be entirely useless today (see previous post) here’s an audio excerpt from a recent ESPN feature in which Jeremy Schaap claims another year is just what armstrong needs.

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“…Convetional wisdom among the people who cover the Tour de France and the people who follow Lance Armstrong is that with a full year of training, he would be a contender next year; that the lack of top gear power that he’s shown so far is something that he might be able to recover…”

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Coincidence that Velonews used the same idiom to describe the same action by the same rider in the same race as I did, just several days later?

Not that I care—I mean, we all know which video report you’d rather be watching, right?

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Tommeke, Tommeke, Tommeke

The Belgian fans were blasting this when Boonen suddenly found himself alone with 24k to go. It doesn’t really get interesting until 1:50 in, but apparently this song was all the rage in the peloton back in 2006. In fact, I’d even have a video to show you if Velonews had bothered to archive their old crap. Alas.

Anyway, right-click here to download an MP3 for your listening pleasure.

Working on the video for today’s exciting Roubaix. Should be up sometime this evening.

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