A Big Damn Sunday....
Some good sports on TV Sunday a recap:
First up was the New Jersey Devils vs. the Washington Capitals in DC. They had played Saturday in NJ with the Devils losing. I heard that one on radio while I was at work. The good news Saturday was the Cam Jansen, the Devil's designated fighter, scored his first NHL goal in his 82nd career game. WTG Cam!
Sunday the Devils finally rested Marty Brodeur after he started what was I believe 32 games in a row. Scott Clemmenson made his first start since some time since the trees still had leaves. The Devils went on and got Clemmy a 3-2 victory with my hockey pool choices Zach Parise and Jamie Langenbrunner each had a goal and an assist. LET'S GO DEVILS!
Next up was the Na$car race from California. Ho Hum. It's a big track, passing seems best done via pit stops and the cars go round and round. Dale Earnhardt Jr and his teammate each blew up an engine and they seemed to want to blame the unleaded gas that they are now required to use. Oh Well... Matt Kenseth won but I didn't see that cause I was watching......
The Tour of California bike race. I got home in time on Saturday to watch stage 6 which set up Sunday. Something heroic happened on Saturday. Levi Leipheimer of Discovery Channel had lead from the start in San Francisco a week earlier. Discovery Channel is the former US Postal team and Lance Armstrong's old team. Anyway Levi had a small lead going into this weekend's final two stages. Stewart O'Grady of the rival CSC team was part of a nine rider breakaway that soon had a three minute lead over the pack or as it is called the peleton. O' Grady had started the day about 2:15 behind Levi and so he had taken the overall lead on the road. Now the heroic part. George Hincapie, Levi's teammate had crashed near the start of the stage. It turns out he broke his wrist. George got back on his bike, rode through the large pack to the head of the peleton and with about 60 miles to go started to help his teammate pull in the nine rider breakaway. Not only did they make the time up they caught the breakaway right near the end of the stage, thereby preserving the lead and ultimately earning the victory for Levi Leipheimer. Sunday morning George Hincapie had surgery to put a pin into his wrist. WOW. The final stage on Sunday was very cool as it was in Long Beach. They did 10 laps on an eight mile circuit that included parts of the old Formula 1 course.
Although the Tour of California is not (yet) part of the international cycling tour many of the top teams participate to get ready for the European season. The scenery is spectacular and it also gives a chance for some of the U.S. teams to see how they stack up against the European pros. There were an estimated 1.6 million spectators over the 7 days of the race. Perhaps someday this will be a part of the Pro Cycling tour and then all the pros will compete.......
First up was the New Jersey Devils vs. the Washington Capitals in DC. They had played Saturday in NJ with the Devils losing. I heard that one on radio while I was at work. The good news Saturday was the Cam Jansen, the Devil's designated fighter, scored his first NHL goal in his 82nd career game. WTG Cam!
Sunday the Devils finally rested Marty Brodeur after he started what was I believe 32 games in a row. Scott Clemmenson made his first start since some time since the trees still had leaves. The Devils went on and got Clemmy a 3-2 victory with my hockey pool choices Zach Parise and Jamie Langenbrunner each had a goal and an assist. LET'S GO DEVILS!
Next up was the Na$car race from California. Ho Hum. It's a big track, passing seems best done via pit stops and the cars go round and round. Dale Earnhardt Jr and his teammate each blew up an engine and they seemed to want to blame the unleaded gas that they are now required to use. Oh Well... Matt Kenseth won but I didn't see that cause I was watching......
The Tour of California bike race. I got home in time on Saturday to watch stage 6 which set up Sunday. Something heroic happened on Saturday. Levi Leipheimer of Discovery Channel had lead from the start in San Francisco a week earlier. Discovery Channel is the former US Postal team and Lance Armstrong's old team. Anyway Levi had a small lead going into this weekend's final two stages. Stewart O'Grady of the rival CSC team was part of a nine rider breakaway that soon had a three minute lead over the pack or as it is called the peleton. O' Grady had started the day about 2:15 behind Levi and so he had taken the overall lead on the road. Now the heroic part. George Hincapie, Levi's teammate had crashed near the start of the stage. It turns out he broke his wrist. George got back on his bike, rode through the large pack to the head of the peleton and with about 60 miles to go started to help his teammate pull in the nine rider breakaway. Not only did they make the time up they caught the breakaway right near the end of the stage, thereby preserving the lead and ultimately earning the victory for Levi Leipheimer. Sunday morning George Hincapie had surgery to put a pin into his wrist. WOW. The final stage on Sunday was very cool as it was in Long Beach. They did 10 laps on an eight mile circuit that included parts of the old Formula 1 course.
Although the Tour of California is not (yet) part of the international cycling tour many of the top teams participate to get ready for the European season. The scenery is spectacular and it also gives a chance for some of the U.S. teams to see how they stack up against the European pros. There were an estimated 1.6 million spectators over the 7 days of the race. Perhaps someday this will be a part of the Pro Cycling tour and then all the pros will compete.......
posted by eddie @ 2/26/2007 08:18:00 PM
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