Vuelta

My man! - Cool as a Cucumber Climber - Dennis Menchov

Despite losing Oscar Pereiro to illness and the two Tom's (Danielson & Boonen) to injury, my fantasy Vuelta team is faring better than my unlucky Le Tour team.

So far I've got 5 stage wins out of 15 (Bennati, Menchov & Zabel - 1 each, Petacchi - 2), and my best riders are placed 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th, 14th and 18th overall. My riders also make up all the points placings 2nd-5th.

However my team rank is still only 312th out of 780 or so! Anyway its money well spent as it adds some spice to watching each stage on TV.

I hope ASTRO show the World Champs at the end of Sept!