Been a while since I've blogged, think it was the combination of busyness and a lack of anything I really wanted to talk about till now...
Straight to the point then, Lance Armstrong made his sensational comeback at the Tour de France last month, and what a return it was! He was epic and 3445km later (after countless drug tests that ended up embarrasing the french authorities rather than him - yet again), Team Astana owned the field with a calculated and measured team performance with Armstrong finishing 3rd in the overall standings, awesomeness!
I've never really seen the worth of twitter till I followed him on it before the tour started, the insight you get first hand makes it instantly worth it! (i'm not gonna start following Ashton Kutcher tho)...
Armstrong has last week confirmed his participation in next years Tour de 'Lance through the all yank Team Radioshack. By then, the 'comeback' novelty would probably have worn off, but it'll definitely be great for the sport, livestrong!
Anyway, Armstrong has shown yet again that he's a legend! It's not about the bike...
Moving on to the more temporary (or not?) return of Der Regenmeister from outta nowhere!
Can't believe I of all people am excited about it, but it's true! When he retired I did say that despite all the controversy and the opinion I had of him, F1 wouldn't quite ever be the same again. It didn't really show in 2007 and 2008 because we had such epic back to back world championships decided by one point each year, but with 2009 in it's boredom I think we'll all be happy to see it. It's gonna be tough for him because he hasn't driven an F1 car since the big aero/tyre revamp this year, but I think his racing instinct will see him through it... It's actually a good time to get back in, the ferrari is looking alot better than it was, infact ferrari and mclaren are on a bit of a resurgence after the early season 2002'esque snoozefest, so no better time I think.
On a more humble note, poor Massa... If this is gonna be the end of his career it'll be a bummer, so much so that it might've been better for him to have won last year (can't believe I said that)... Btw, any Timo Glock conspiracy theorists can go suck it, he was on worn wet tyres for the F*&king umpteeth time!
As much as the Schumacher return overshadowing Massa's incident feels a bit insensitive, a friend of mine explained his 'lightning rod' theory with schumi now attracting all the attention and perhaps it's for the best. I think Massa needs to be outta the spot light as much as possible, him and his family can then recover better without the media continously in their faces. Bigger picture I guess...
Lastly to the football and the transfer rumour silly season. Rumours have surfaced over the past evening on the possible return of Paddy Viera to Arsenal! I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this, at 33 Viera is a shadow of his old self, but that defensive midfield role is looking a bit thin at the moment. Viera with one leg is in my opinion better than Denilson and maybe he can teach his lookalike Diaby a thing or two. Regardless of his ability now, I think his experience and character might bring something to the dressingroom that we're currently lacking.
Arsenal have lost a lot of its african connection to the deep Saudi pockets of man city, both 'King Kolo' Toure and Adeoffside are gone now so I seriously hope le boss tries and fills the gaps. I dunno if Viera is a part of the answer, there are also strong links to the dutch pirate Klaas Jan HuntelAAR joining our attack but shrug... in Wenger we trust!
