Is That All You Got ?

First , let me state , no Sheep were harmed in the making of this blog . But really , weren't you hoping for it ? Talk about action ... the boys hammering up the hill , the break in sight , "contenders" being unceremoniously spit out the back , then ... SHEEP !!! And not just a couple , a flock . At least a dozen or so . Just meandering across the road . How cool if La Pistolero had run into one and fallen off his bike . After apologizing profusely , and getting scolded by the shepherd , he would have to have put on a chase like we haven't seen since , well , since he attacked The Tall Skinny Dude after he couldn't figure out how to work his bike . Oh , well , guess there's always next year .

And now lets throw it to some Washed Up Balding Ex Pro for coverage of todays stage . Yes , after the Great Tourmalet Sheep Roundup of 2010 (and by the way , how did that get scheduled on the same day as the TDF ) It was just what you would have expected , The Tall Skinny Dude attacked , La Pistolero chased , La Pistolero attacked , The Tall Skinny Dude chased , back and forth , on and on , until eventually they looked at each other , simultaneously asked "is that all you got " and then continued arm in arm to the finish where La Pistolero stated , "You can have the small crumbs , I'm due for a huge banquet on sunday" .

Special Mention goes to the Spanish Golden Boy who decided he needed a pavement tattoo on his chest to impress the senoritas . After smashing himself on the road , he chased back on and still beat almost everyone to the top of the hill . Upon crossing the finish line , he was asked how he felt today and replied "ouch".

And The Balding Yank ... nowhere . Some other balding yank from his team seems to have taken over his spot . They look interchangeable to me .

The Russian ... lost time to The Spanish Golden Boy . Must not have had the good drugs today .

Little Tex ... meh ... I guess okay for an old guy . Better than I could have done at any rate , for whatever that's worth .

So it all comes down to the race of truth on Saturday . Will La Pistolero win his first stage this year or will he be the first TDF winner to not win a stage since The Bitter Former Golden Boy Of American Cycling Who Really Needs To Shut His Mouth (TBFGBOACWRNTSHM) ? My guess is he'll be so loaded full of chemicals that he'll either crush all his supposed competitors , or he'll spontaneously combust . Whichever , it should be plenty exciting . The rest of it hardly matters , pro cycling is littered with the bodies of guys who have been on or near the podium of a grand tour occasionally without winning any . Remember their names ? Me neither .

And don't you think Little Tex has a future lined up in advertising ? Much as I hate to admit it , I think his commercials are pretty funny and he's good in them . Well I guess there's eventually something you can like about everybody if you look hard enough .

And speaking of advertising ... SRAM has announced a new campaign to begin directly after the finish of the tour . the tag line will be ... "SRAM Red ... Proudly Throwing Away Yellow Jerseys Since August 19 , 2010"