Merde Ici!
Base10 took off Thursday in no small part to watch the Tour de France's last mountain stage. What a great race! Armstrong and the Postal Team simply dominated and Lance won the stage. It was great to watch. Unfortunately, Lance was accosted by a couple of drunken Germans. Wearing shirts adorned with "Fuck Bush" written in very stylish silver duct tape, the Germans spit on our boy Lance! Of course after reading this about the Germans, this should come as no surprise.

Note to Paul Sherwen: While Base10 loves the sometimes over-the-top commentary of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen, in this case Paul went a little too far. On the last descent, Sherwen noted that the road the riders were taking was the same road that Hannibal used to bring elephants across the Alps to defeat Charlemagne. Paul, Hannibal crossed the Alps in 218 BC. Charlemagne ruled most of central Europe until 812 AD. Close. You were only off by about a thousand years. It's a good thing these guys are not in charge of the time keeping. Click here for a Liggett/Sherwen Bingo Card!

Today's stage was uneventful. Armstrong goes into tomorrow's time trial leading his closest rival by over four minutes. The race is over as long as he can avoid riding off a mountain. See you in Paris!
- posted by Base10 @ 10:48 PM