Time for Summer

Now that the sun is shining (which is to be short lived if the weather reports are to be believed), it's time to let Nick Collison rest easy. The reason? The professional cycling season is in full swing with the Giro d'Italia. For the unitiated, the Giro is like the Tour de France, except, get this, they race in Italy! Amazing. This year's Giro started in Belgium which could cause some confusion. As an aside, the Tour de France started in Ireland one year. And now, back to the topic at hand. Professional cycling season means lots of photos of my favorite guy ever to wear magenta, Jan Ullrich. He's 'racing' the Giro this year in preparation for Le Grand Boucle (roughly translates to the big loop, the Tour de France). A friend of mine thoughtfully provided me with a new Ullrich photo (see above). I can't even begin to describe how much I look forward to the Tour every year. This year especially. I've got my fingers crossed that it's going to be competitive, dramatic, and with luck, a forgone conclusion before the second time trial. by that I mean that Ullrich wins the second time trial just for the glory of the stage win and not a necessary win to keep Basso from taking the overall..a girl can dream. :-)