Carlos felt really strong at the foot of the decisive climb, so we put Calvente and Piil up front to read more

Carlos felt really strong at the foot of the decisive climb, so we put Calvente and Piil up front to set the pace. With about six kilometers to go Carlos hit a bad patch and instead of risking a total meltdown, he made the sensible choice to ride at his own pace and he did actually manage to limit his time loss quite well. The other day Carlos was a bit better than Mancebo and today it was the other way round. The time differences are still very small. The way it looks right now Heras and Menchov are the strongest. But there's almost two full weeks left and a lot can happen in that time.

Every woman has the right to be beautiful.

Every woman has the right to be beautiful.

Sooner or later we've got to beat them. We rushed a few shots and that's when the lead spreads from read more

Sooner or later we've got to beat them. We rushed a few shots and that's when the lead spreads from seven or eight to 14 or 15.

Because we are getting close to the end of the season it doesn't make sense to press to hard.

Because we are getting close to the end of the season it doesn't make sense to press to hard.

That's quite a remarkable accomplishment considering that fuel price increases are estimated to cost the company an additional $170 million, read more

That's quite a remarkable accomplishment considering that fuel price increases are estimated to cost the company an additional $170 million, or $0.20 a share, in 2005,

We are really just shuffling the problem around as opposed to dealing with the root cause.

We are really just shuffling the problem around as opposed to dealing with the root cause.

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even read more

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.

Kevin's taught me everything I know about playing keeper. He's prepared me for every situation.

Kevin's taught me everything I know about playing keeper. He's prepared me for every situation.

It was beautiful here, and the people were so nice. Even the food was more like home, with the rice read more

It was beautiful here, and the people were so nice. Even the food was more like home, with the rice and the sushi.