We knew it was inevitable that, someday, familiar names and faces would be replaced by new, younger rising stars in the Tour. It just feels weird, that’s all!

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Bernard Hinault says George Hincapie is one of the few to “watch.” Well, Big George is a favorite in my home camp, but he’s also the elder statesman of the peloton. Let’s see what happens, shall we?

I guess I’ll be trying to work remotely as much as possible this month!

A few months back, I was searching for info on our two USA teams slated to compete in this year’s Tour. The Slipstream Sports guys have their web act together, so I susbscribed to their newsletter in order to keep up with their progress. Also cool is that you can follow them on Twitter. If you want twitterings sent to your mobile, follow these steps:

1) Go to TeamSlipstream on Twitter
2) Sign up for a Twitter account, register your mobile phone, and login
3) Go back to TeamSlipstream page on Twitter and click the grey “Follow Me” box.

High Road Sports may be the only entirely US-based UCI pro-cycling tour team, but their site only offered pretty Flash (although I won’t complain about seeing one of my favorites, Big George Hincapie). Sorry, guys - make it easy for me to follow you, and I will!

I’m working on a SharePoint installation for a legal client and came across this short video about knowledge management: “The Good, the Bad & the Ugly” (Neil Richards, April 2008 for the Legal Profession Conference).

In case the SlideShare gets mangled, here’s the link to the author’s blog entry where you can view the slideshow directly.

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So now we know who will and who will not appear in the 2008 TDF, and it is certain that this year’s Tour will be very different from years past. du-oh!

Who will not: Alberto Contador, 2007 yellow jersey winner who now rides with banned team Astana

Who will:

France: AG2R, Agritubel (Continental Pro), Bouygues Telecom, Cofidis, Credit Agricole, Francaise des Jeux

Spain: Caisse d’Epargne, Euskaltel, Saunier Duval

Germany: Gerolsteiner, Milram

Belgium: Quick Step, Silence

United States: High Road, Slipstream (Continental Pro)

Italy: Lampre, Liquigas

Denmark: CSC

Great Britain: Barloworld (Continental Pro)

The Netherlands: Rabobank

So now we wait.

Life throws curve balls, now and then, and I’m not all that great at playing catcher. Some things are looking upwards, albeit it will be for a short period of time, while others…well…

So, what have I been doing all these months? Not what I’d rather be doing. Yet, even that will change soon, although not soon enough.

Suffice to say that these past several months have been challenging. The next few months will be challenging. The months after that, we shall see.

I completed my first marathon, not quite as well as planned; but, that happens on one of the hardest, hilliest routes in the country. In November, I have the Komen 3-day/60-mile walk, followed by the AT&T Austin Marathon in Feb 2009, and some long event in-between (have to decide what that will be). Plus, I will be pursuing the ISG Sommelier Diploma. A lot ahead!

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