Random thoughts that have been going through my head the past few days:

1. The road (is that 109?) that passes in front of Babler Park is one of the worst in St Louis. The condition is surprising considering virtually every other road in that area is quite nice. Not only is the pavement poor but they have those ginormous, six foot long road grates that will eagerly swallow up the wheel of a bike.
2. As bad as the Babler road is, Kehrs Mill south of Clayton is even worse. North of Clayton, Kehrs Mill is fine. South of Clayton it is hole, crack, bump and poor patch job after another. Shame on the city of Ballwin.
3. Cancellara is a prologue beast.
4. Seeing two teams in the Tour of California, High Road and BMC, sporting black shorts is a pleasure.
5. On the other hand, BMC has a terrible jersey. Actually, the jersey design is okay but the red outlined letters of BMC completely invisible on television. It appears that the team is wearing generic white jerseys. Not good exposure for BMC.
6. Michael Ball is an ass but, unlike BMC, you can spot their kit a mile away.
7. How disappointing that Leipheimer selected that hideous US Champion jersey. That is so awful I think it might be the real reason that Astana has been refused entry to ASO and RCS races this year.
8. The descent of Mt Hamilton in today's stage looked like amazing fun.
9. Today's winner... Robert Gesink??? Excuse me. I was familiar with Gesink's name but had no clue he could climb like that.
10. I felt sorry for Gesink in the break with Leipheimer. Leipheimer is about as big as an 8th grader. Gesink and his longeline frame must have been struggling to find a draft off Levi.
11. Zabriskie had a really good day in the mountains.
12. Hincapie had a teriffic descent of Mt Hamilton
13. The fact the Rubiera nearly had to retire because nobody was offering him a contract this winter is a joke. The guy is a first rate domestique. He was a horse in leading the chase of Hincapie after Mt Hamilton and then single-handedly blew the lead group to pieces on the first half of Sierra Rd.
14. When did Cancellara learn to climb well enough to finish in a select group of 16 riders?
15. My sentimental favorite is local boy Mike Lange. He struggled a bit today but is doing well and sits in 34th place about 10 minutes back.