Congrats to your Belgian Gert Steegmans and Quick Step. Hopefully, next year Boonen will be able to race again and it will be a clean race. We can only hope. It was fun to watch everyday, wasn't it? I haven't seen the stage into Paris yet. I missed it this morning and they haven't replayed it yet.

Gaff, thanks and I hope you will see the stage and the sprint of Gert. It was certainly fun to watch every day. This morning when I waked up, I thought there is not Tour and I felt sad. Yes I am going to miss the Tour. But this week every day there are the 'criterions' in Belgium. Today it is in Aalst and Sastre is invited. Tomorrow in another town where Cadel and Freire are invited and Thursday in Herentals with Tom Boonen and Cavendish. This is after-Tour-enjoyment :love:

I felt much the same way. I'll try to watch for those races. Don't know if we'll have coverage here.