What a Tour

I am an unabashed Tour de France junkie. It's not that I know so much about -- or participate in -- bicycle racing, but the competition and sportsmanship in this event are really unequaled. Take today's stage in the mountains, when the second place rider (Jan Ullrich) stops in the middle of the race because the leader (Lance Armstong) falls. Armstrong Falls, But Still Leads Tour [ITV.com]. That harkens back to 2001, when Ullrich went down and Armstrong -- then, as now, the man wearing the "mailloux jeune" -- waited for his rival to remount, recover and catch up before accelerating again, saying "You don't attack a man when he's down." Classy, very classy.

 Posted by glenn