I Have Readers?

I guess I do... I mean, other than my wife. This is nice... thanks to all that read for my "insights."
I had one question that I will answer. Here it is in part:

So, tell me one thing, what do you think of Boonen? BTW I was on the edge of my seat today, quite unusual for a flat stage.

What do I think of Boonen? Well, I think he shouldn't be in the Tour, as I think his drug use is a real concern. He has a problem, and he needs to address it. I remember reading another guy who said that when you do recreational drugs like coke, you're probably open to doing other drugs as well, such as performance enhancing drugs. Do I think that Boonen is doing CERA or EPO? I don't have any proof, and I would not go so far as to say that he is. I do think that his lifestyle is troubling, and that he needs to check himself.
Let's just say that if I heard he was busted for doing a performance enhancer, I would not be too surprised. (I mean, his hero is Johan Museeuw who was a total doper... but, let's be honest all those racers from the 90's to the mid 2000's were on the juice, and Johan was one of 'em. The reason that Boonen went from US Postal to Quick Step was for Museeuw.) I'm just saying that Boonen is wasting alot of talent with his problems, chief among them being the coke. Boonen is without question the greatest Northern Classics rider of his generation... but he could be so much more. A Boonen not distracted with his legal problems can also challenge Cavendish.... challenge him, not beat him. No one is beating Cav.
Today was a great day, and that moment when Columbia is driving away from the rest of the group, and you see a few hangers on, and one of 'em was Lance... man, that was a special moment. This is why this race is so awesome, and it's also why seeing Lance in it can be so cool. I said before, he has the bike sense, the ability to read a race, that very few have. Certainly not Contador, because where was he? Today was probably one of my all time favorite non-mountain, non-TT stages in memory... and credit Columbia, as they took the race by the scruff of the neck and shook it around a few times. That was awesome.