tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028977.post-39378112531975905972008-07-18T20:18:00.003-04:002008-07-18T20:30:37.405-04:00<img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/a7/fullj.929e66cd37dd8905cd1cfce5147a6e9e/929e66cd37dd8905cd1cfce5147a6e9e-getty-tdf-2008-fra-cycling-sprint.jpg" /><br /><br />Speechless. He's just so fast--the fastest man in the world right now. Others are probably thanking he'll be gone in the next stage or two for the Olympics (training).<br /><br />In other news, Saunier Duval <a href="http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article//80305">sacked Piepoli</a>.<br /><br />Today saw one of the most amazing crashes ever: a rider hit some road furniture and the bike was cut in half. Wow. The rider escaped pretty much unscathed. (see the embed video below).<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/7b/fullj.f5a2a32a4435ce491994389193a2936a/f5a2a32a4435ce491994389193a2936a-getty-tdf-2008-fra-cycling-doping.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Picture shows handwritings on the ground reading " Go, Drug Addicts", on July 18, 2008, during the 182 km thirteenth stage of the 2008 Tour de France cycling race run between Narbonne and Nimes.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><embed src='http://contagionimg.dayport.com/img/flashEmbedPlayer.swf' flashVars='articleID=2289&fileTypeID=2&videoAdConDefID=0&videoAdObjectID=76' name='bcPlayerExt' wmode='transparent' width='509' height='409' allowScriptAccess='always' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' swLiveConnect='true' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash'></embed>The Friarnoreply@blogger.com