Well, it’s July again and that means that Sir Monkeypants and I are busy watching a minimum of 3 hours a day of Tour De France coverage. Thank God we’ve already finished watching the entire season of Veronica Mars or there’d be some serious TV contention. On Saturday, the first day, we watched nearly six hours of coverage. When I caught myself watching Wayne Gretzky give an interview about what an amazing athlete Lance Armstrong is, I realized that perhaps there really is a limit to the amount of Tour coverage they should broadcast.

So far Lance looks pretty unbeatable. He’s already announced that this will be his last year racing and that he wants to go out with a win, and unless something terribly unlucky happens, it looks like he’ll get his wish. I must say I’m surprised he’s retiring given that he’s only 34. I guess that’s old for sport, but usually the tour sports at least a few 36 and 37-year-olds. Maybe he wants to go out on top in order to maximize his marketing potential. If so I can’t really blame him. And really, what more does he have to accomplish and prove? He’s done it all!

More interesting this year is to see who might be a contender for Lance’s title next year. There’s a couple of new names in the mix already. Personally I’ve been a fan of Roberto Haras for a couple of years now so I’d like to see him do well and make a run for the gold. Go Haras!