Tuesday, July 22, 2003

5 days to go Following yesterday's revelation that Tyler Hamilton had slowed down the peloton to wait for Lance Armstrong to recover from his fall, other riders have tried to get in on the act. Some reports have credited Jan Ullrich as the man responsible for this selfless act of sportsmanship. But is it really sportsmanship - or stupidity? And David Millar also sacrificed his chances of a really good finish in the stage: I had manoeuvred myself into an excellent position, lurking purposefully in 108th place, and was just waiting to make my move when word filtered back that Lance was down. It just isn't right to attack when the Yellow is in trouble, so I had to bide my time and unfortunately before I heard that he was back up again the race was over.   Medical waste   A spectator at stage 15 of the Tour de France was shocked to discover medical waste had been dumped in his bag. Police have asked a cyclist in a Yellow Jersey who was seen in the vicinity to come forward as soon as possible  Talk talk Spurred into action by the harsh spotlight of our previous criticism, this morning Talk Sport had a special feature on the Tour de France. They mainly focused on that controversial topic of whether le Tour is popular in Britain or not but I felt their special live coverage was somewhat dampened by the fact that today was a rest day. 9:41:25 PM    comment []