Shoes, Ships, and Sealing Wax

Anybody see the stage?

What the hell happened? I wanted drama, but not this much drama.

It was frustrating to "watch" this via the text updates, because I couldn't see why Floyd Landis folded...was it simply coordinated attacks and he was stranded without his team? Did he bonk? His hip?

I keep loading VeloNews, but obviously it'll take a few hours for the reporters to get the interviews done and the stories filed.

Man. The day of the time trial, when Levi Leipheimer had such a horrible ride, I said "What a bad day to have a bad day." Square that...no, cube that...for Landis today. He dropped like a stone in the GC, down to 11th.

I of course don't make predictions or do analysis...but it seems to me that Floyd would need the rides of his life tomorrow and Friday, the time trial of the century on Saturday, and perhaps some lucky flats and a case of food poisoning in the CSC and Rabobank buses to come back now.*

(Speaking of Levi Leipheimer, though, he had a good day today. He's back up to 9th overall, 3:24 back, after being down 10 minutes-and-some before they hit the mountains. But that's the difference...the race changes completely when you hit the mountains, but it doesn't totally flip again between the mountains and Paris.)

*I'm the kiss of death, right? So maybe if I say Floyd's down for the count...go Klodi...