Saxo (laughing all the way to the) Bank

The lead up to the Tour is usually just as interesting as the race itself.

The one year it looks, as if Cadel might have had a team that could be within a 50km radius of him over the 3 weeks was dealt a blow with the news of Dekker testing positive for blood booster EPO. Apparently, though not all is lost they have 11 on the roster for the 9-man team and now it is whittled down to 10 – based on the previous Belgian decisions MIT won’t be surprised if the 10th is a man named Tyler.

In camp Saxo, Bjarne seems to have been preparing the team by watching re-runs of Seinfeld or The Comedy Company. Replying to the news that stage 10 & 13 will be “radio- free”, Voigt has suggested helmet free days or two days without cables in the brakes. Maybe not champagne comedy but a good try by Jens, his boss though has a slightly different sense of humour – thinking if the potential for unrest and conflict within the Astana squad does occur then he believes “it’ll be fun to watch”. We all do miss T-Mobile don’t we….