I didn't expect a lot of excitement from the Tour de France prologue, and for the most part, I was right. But Lance Armstrong's second place finish on the first day was plenty exciting, even over the internet. (Unfortunately, the TDF is not televised on Swedish Television.) David Zabriske (the non-Mormon from Utah, shown above) posted the best time of the day early on, and no one could catch him.

Perhaps the bigger story, however, was that Armstrong caught and passed Jan Ullrich, who started a minute before Armstrong. That was a statement ride, and I suspect Ullrich heard the message clearly. Note to T-Mobile: have you thought about swtiching your loyalties to Alexandre Vinokourov, who finished third in the time trial? Ullrich seems completely unable to cope with Armstrong.

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