A Little Break

Sorry for my tiny departure during the past couple stages. I was away on business and was out of touch. MOSTLY because the application I've been using to stay updated - the Tour de France 2011 iPhone app - was abandoned in the same way 16 or so riders have abandoned this year's Tour.

The company that created the app - and charged money for it - http://twitter.com/protourtips - won't return emails and only had this cryptic message on their app news page...

What burns me is three-fold!

1 - I paid for this app, so it should be a little more stable than one I got for free (and by stable I mean I expect it to exist AT LEAST FOR 21 DAYS)

2 - I have the resources sitting right here on my couch to write and post dispatches about each and every stage of the race. I can't understand how the group was doing it before UNLESS they were actively violated copyright law and running dispatches verbatim from other sources.

3 - I now have to scramble to get info you guys for the important stages ahead - even today's 14th stage that I expect to blow the field apart.

So, I'll soldier on alone....updates to come on today's amazing stage.