I logged another 2 hrs on the trainer last night.  Me feeling strong, like bull.  Slow, like tortoise, but strong like bull.  The legs are little tired this morning.  My whole body is tired though, thanks to a 2am wake-up call from work.  After working on the computer for an hour it was hard to catch much shuteye in the remaining hour or so before the alarm goes off.

Target stores are on my black list.  I had gotten in the habit of purchasing the large containers of powdered Powerbar drink at Target.  They seem to have stopped carrying the big containers unfortunately and now only have the stupid little 8oz serving packets.  That yields a whopping 2.5 bottles of drink for about $3.50.  What a joke.

Tour thoughts:
Over the past couple years I have really come to appreciate Leonardo Piepoli for his strong, but selfless, work as a teammate in the mountains.  He did it again yesterday with his good attack up to Super-Besse along with Vandevelde in the hopes of softening up Caisse d'Epargne.  The two of them were caught by the charging pack but he stayed strong and finished with the leaders.
 
Shame on Cunego for losing 32" on a Cat 2 finishing climb.  That performance does not bode well for the high mountains to come.
 
Ricco seems to be a target of the vampires.  I can understand being a target yesterday, since he won the stage.  That is normal.  This quote from the Guardian newspaper is interesting
"Like Pantani, the Pirate, he has coined his own nickname, the Cobra, for the way he watches and then strikes. Yesterday there was venom as well as total commitment in his finish sprint in a stage he had targeted. He rode a poor time-trial on Tuesday and is unlikely to challenge for the overall title, and there are other question marks, at least so far as the drug testers are concerned: he has been tested four times in the past five days."

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