Results tagged “philliggett”

Fans are a bitch sometimes. If you ever watch any of the Tour stages, you'll likely marvel at a) how close they let the fans get to riders, even in the final kilometers (where at least they're behind barricades) and b) how insane Tour fans are in Europe. On the mountain climbing sections, you'll inevitably see these crazy guys running next to and even in front of the riders. And yesterday, the yellow-jersey wearing Norwegian leader Thor Hushovd, was struck by a promotional "hand" being waved by a fan (either plastic or cardboard, we're still not sure) and severely cut. We don't think we've ever seen this much blood on the tour before. Ew.

It was nice playing along as a wannabe soccer fan for a while. Yes, yes, we know you're not done yet. But, you see, the Tour starts this weekend. And now that the media machine known as Lance Armstrong has left the building, Seattlest is actually (gasp) excited to watch this time around. The past few years of the Tour have been like sex between people who've been married forever--still feels pretty OK, but you know exactly how it all is going to happen. We'd give you the blow-by-blow of who is lined up to win the yellow, but everyone is already doing that, and the best part is that it is a long and varied list of contenders this year. (Apparently there's that whole doping controversy-palooza as well, in case you've been living under a rock.)