Le Tour

Great quote from Garmin-Chipotle DS Jonathan Vaughters, about crashing:

"Tell you what. Next time you're in your car, get up to 50 mph, strip down to your underwear, then jump out the door. That's what it's like to crash in a professional bike race."

I am a HUGE fan of Jonathan Vaughters and everyone at Garmin-Chipotle.

Specifically, Dave Zabriskie is hilarious.

"On the second leg of the flight, I got upgraded and things seemed to be looking up. I was watching the Golden Compass waiting to see those big bears with armor. Then, the stewardess announces that they are going to reboot the system because some of the movies aren’t working for people. Well, after the reboot, mine stopped working.

Now I’m reading Sky Mall magazine – I’m reading the details of an emergency generator. It can do everything - even charge your ipod. That’s what I would do in an emergency. I would charge my ipod.

Jonathan Vaughters is well-spoken.

David Millar is passionate.

And GC's GC hope Christian Vandevelde is, from what I remember from Vandevelde's 2004 Tour diary on Velonews, is all three.