[chris]

Was it Rasmussen that totally blew it yesterday during the time trials? All I saw was some guy crash a couple of times and switch his bike about 4 times.

Yes, it was Rasmussen who lost it yesterday... however, compared to his goals for the Tour, he did exceptionally well. It was a real bummer that things didn't work out for him in the trials, but if not for that, we wouldn't have got the perfect podium finish that we had today.