Good evening,
The forecast for my small town calls for an overnight low of sixty-seven degrees, and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
I’ve been following the Tour de France, but today was a rest day, so there was no new cycling to watch this morning. It’s Stage 17 tomorrow morning, and Andy Schelck Talks Tough Before [the] Tourmalet Showdown.
Schelck had better do more than talk tough, as Alberto Contador has a slender lead, but a wide capacity to do whatever it will take to keep that lead. I think that if someone told Contador he’d have to eat his own parents to win, we’d see him serving both of them on Ritz crackers before the next stage begins.
Here are the top 10 General Classification riders after Stage 16:
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 78:29:10
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:08
3 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:02:00
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0:02:13
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:03:39
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:05:01
7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack 0:05:25
8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:05:45
9 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0:07:12
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Transitions 0:07:51
Tomorrow’s stage is sure to be exciting.
Some readers will see this post tomorrow, but there are some — true night owls — who will see it tonight, before they go to bed. For those still up, I have a special treat, courtesy of CBS News, on the returning scourge of bed bugs.
That’s right — bed bugs are a returning menace in communities across America. I grew up thinking that they were a pestilence from another time, but they’ve come back.
Just watch this CBS report (a report I found at the Huffington Post):
Link: http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=69016&sitesection=ndnsubss&VID=89084.
For an earlier post, about a bed bug detecting beagle, see Bed bug problem? Call a dog named Max – Wisconsin State Journal.
FREE WHITEWATER’s now offered 2 — two — bed bug related posts. Readers won’t find this same solicitous attention to health and hygiene at just any website.
Oh, no.
Sleep tight, and don’t let the bed bugs bite.