Where did the day go?

Well, after being ensconced at a marvelous breakfast with marvelous people, I returned home to a non-working phone, edits from my editor (that's how it works people), a slew of other new projects and laundry.

The laundry still sits in a tub in the middle of the floor, but the rest of the stuff is moving along slowly. And that gives me a tiny bit of time to catch up. Not like the catching up BIG GEORGE HINCAPIE is going to have to do if he wants to even sniff the podium this year, but some catching up.

Here is how the top handful finished YESTERDAY'S Stage 16...

1. DESSEL Cyril 101 AG2R-LA MONDIALE 4h 31' 27"
2. CASAR Sandy 161 FRANCAISE DES JEUX 4h 31' 27" + 00' 00"
3. ARROYO David 32 CAISSE D’EPARGNE 4h 31' 27" + 00' 00"
4. POPOVYCH Yaroslav 7 SILENCE - LOTTO 4h 31' 30" + 00' 03"
5. HINCAPIE George 47 TEAM COLUMBIA 4h 31' 51" + 00' 24"
6. PORTAL Nicolas 38 CAISSE D’EPARGNE 4h 31' 51" + 00' 24"
7. VALJAVEC Tadej 109 AG2R-LA MONDIALE 4h 31' 51" + 00' 24"
8. SCHUMACHER Stefan 111 GEROLSTEINER 4h 32' 30" + 01' 03"
9. SCHLECK Andy 16 TEAM CSC SAXO BANK 4h 32' 55" + 01' 28"
10. KOHL Bernhard 115 GEROLSTEINER 4h 32' 55" + 01' 28"
11. EVANS Cadel 1 SILENCE - LOTTO 4h 32' 55" + 01' 28"
12. SCHLECK Frank 17 TEAM CSC SAXO BANK 4h 32' 55" + 01' 28"
13. VALVERDE Alejandro 31 CAISSE D’EPARGNE 4h 32' 55" + 01' 28"

Saab Fly to the finish sweepstakes - Stage 16

I'm up early and still debating the journey into Somerville, MA. Looks like rain and now it's already 8:04AM. Not sure I'll make it by 9 (still need to put out the trash) and there's been no real notifications (their emails had today's date and the right stage ... but they said FRIDAY) saying how big an event this would be.

Going to check the weather now and get the trash put out.

In the meantime, you go to the Saab site and enter today's word - "Alps" - and see if you've won.

Good luck.