Au Revoir Lance

The Tour de France ended Sunday with a third victory by Alberto Contador and a 23th place finish for Lance Armstrong. The most publicity he received Sunday was for wearing the wrong colored kit (that's cyclist speak for uniform). Radio Shack did win the best team prize but no one cares about that except maybe the corporate executives at Radio Shack. Lance went out as a seven time winner in 2005 and his legacy wasn't seriously damaged by his return but it doesn't add any additional luster. The current Federal investigation into doping by the Postal team will impact his image more than his last two Tour attempts. From now on his lawyers are more important than what jersey he's wearing.

The best placed American was Chris Horner, a career domestique (that means worker bee in French) who is 39 years old. He finished 10th will riding for his team leaders but ended up higher than either Armstrong or Levi Leipheimer. Horner seems to be a great guy and deserves the accolades. My guess is he'll be on a another team next year making better money.

Chris Horner—Buried by TT, Rode for Team