U.S. Postal's David Zabriskie won Tuesday's stage with another long breakaway, but he went by himself at only 5 km! (To make that in miles, multiply it by .621.) Some might think that it was to take pressure off teammate Floyd Landis, but he said, "there was no plan at all. It just happened." This is definitely the best win of his career. One of the favorites, Alejandro Valverde, crashed, which I will write about more.
The next day (Wednesday) was a rest day, so Alejandro Valverde can recover a little, but still, "Alejandro's 100 percent sure to be starting tomorrow--what we don't know is if he is at 100 percent," CV-Kelme team assistant director Ignacio Labarta told Reuters [press]. "The checkups on his hip revealed he had nothing serious." Roberto Heras looks like he will win the Vuelta a Espana for the 3rd time in his career, one at Kelme (where Valverde is), one at USPS, and now at Liberty Seguros, the team ONCE turned into.
US Postal won't be too stressed if they don't win because, as Johan Bruyneel says, "We came to the Vuelta with the objective of winning a stage. We have won two, and have led the race for 11 days. We have done what we came here to do. Can Landis win the Vuelta? I don't know. Why not?" Everything besides the Tour is a bonus. Read more here.
Michael Barry, a USPS rider, writes about his experiences in this Grand Tour, and they (the writings) can be viewed here. Things to know while reading this: Max is the sprinter on USPS, and Dave is the stage winner.
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