This is the first big test of large-scale cycling in the United States post-Lance.

The criminal justice system is accurately symbolized by a large sculpture that sits at the foot of the United States attorney's building: four metal circles that interlock. The wheels of justice, as it were, frozen in legal and social gridlock.

It's in a big transition. The sport has a lot of notoriety and it's the new Euro-sheik thing. But it's at a fork in the road.

Huff, don?t panic, don?t panic. Come on, Huff, come on, stay strong.

The prize money is a bonus. You split it between eight riders and mechanics and then you have enough to buy dinner.

This is so disappointing. We needed an upside down number 13.