Ma Ma! the italians are coming! HaPPy BirtHdAy!

in atlanta . .or, peachtree city .. or in some hotel in georgia, i guess. team bmc looking good. we went for a nice 2 hours with Tinkoft team from Italy. chatted with Tyler H for a little while . .he's a nice dude . . the kind of teammate you'd like to emulate. looking out for the guys off the back on every group ride i've been on with him in CO, and keeping tabs on everyone yesterday. . CSC was celebrating in the dining hall last night as their teammate that day won the Paris-Roubaix classic in Fr. . i'm still at times amazed at the 3 dimensions of all this; when it gets really real. today is a flat stage, but there's going to be wind which could be a factor, and some finishing circuit that has a climb on the end, so there could be some time splits at the end. . . hey, GIVE A SHOT OUT TO SUGAR, IT'S HER BIRTHDAY. . remember, she's the inspiration for this blog!