"FLandis" is amazing

Bad hip or not, his ride yesterday was absolutely epic, dropping not only the peloton, but then catching the lead and dropping them. Clearly, no one from T-Mobile, CSC, etc. were going to help him at all. It was a massive solo ride over what appeared to be the toughest stage of the Tour this year.

I’ve gotta admit, I thought he was out of it. After cracking like he did on Galibier on the 19th, I saw no way he could come back and pull himself into contention. He even gained 30 seconds on Sastre on the final decent. This was a man possessed.

If he wins this thing, somebody’s going to have to help him with his PR work. He still comes across like a geek in every interview I’ve heard. Maybe he is, and perhaps having hip replacement surgery will pull him out of the public eye, but jeez does he need a PR coach.

Like many (I think), I’m rooting for him to tear the time trial apart and put the yellow on for the ride into Paris. It’s been a helluva TdF thus far, and I can’t wait to see the TT tomorrow.