So, what was hot and what was not.

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1. Team Saxo Bank looked as a great team. They always look as a great team, but on TDF it's especially good:) And thanks to them for the great site with many videos!
2. I was pleased to see Heinrich Haussler's victory. He cried and it was so touched...
3. Thor in green. I'm happy for him. Not because he beat Cavendish (he is great sprinter, no doubt), but just because Thor is a cool guy and he deserves his spot on the podium. And his solo breakaway in mountains was impressive.
4. Frank's victory. No comments:)
5. Canc in yellow (and Canc - the winner of the first stage)
6. Andy on the podium. That's the main plus:)

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1. Kurt and Jens crashed:( And another bad crashes for Gesink, Leipheimer, Menchov and others.
2. Bastille Day without radios - not a good idea to test it on the grand tour.
3. Poor results from Evans, Sastre and Menchov - I think, if these guys were in a good shape, the battle would be much more interesting. Because only the Shlecks tried to stir the peloton (maybe, Evans on a first two weeks).
4. Boring Pyrenees.
5. Doping rumours. Yes, we had no many rumours during the race (except Di Luca positive test on Giro), but it begins now - this article (click to read) says about "doping announcement" this Thursday. And they decided to re-test some samples from last year's Tour (and not just Tour, if I meant right). Every of these rumours is killing me! I know I should be confident, but I can't. I looked through some Russian cycling boards - people write stupid things. I know, I know, they don't know anything, they just can't know, but it's so in my style - to believe in stupid rumours. I should do something with myself:)

And, as I don't want to end my post in such a bad way, here is a Twit from Kurt-Asle Arvesen:
"Andy is a natural born talent. Not only in cycling, yesterday night he took our dinner/party by storm with his speech!"