George, George, George of Discovery, Strong as he can be!

George Hincapie is your new Tour de France leader after Stage 1, taking a 2 second lead on Thor Hushovd. For those of you unfamiliar with the Tour, during some stages there are sprints within each stage where riders can earn bonus seconds. At the sprints, you get 6 seconds if you're 1st, 4 seconds for 2nd, and 2 for 3rd. At the finish, you get 20 seconds if you're 1st, 12 for 2nd, and 8 for 3rd. At the last sprint of the day, Hincapie broke from the pack and grabbed 3rd place to give himself the lead. When Hushovd and Tom Boonen failed to finish in the top 3, Hincapie had his yellow jersey. Hushovd though is questionable to start tomorrow. He bumped into something while sprinting along the crowd barrier that someone from the crowd was holding, which produced a massive cut on his right arm. It is up in the air as to whether or not he will be able to continue. In a very unorganized sprint, Jimmy Casper of France won the stage.

And there will be an 18 hole playoff tomorrow to decide the US Women's Open Champ. Pat Hurst and Annika Sorenstam finished at even par, two clear of a group that included Michelle Wie. Sorenstam birdied her first two holes and looked to be assuming control until she pulled her approach into the water on the 7th. 2 more bogeys on the next two holes put her behind Hurst. But 2 straight birdies on 15 and 16 gave Annika a 1 shot lead, which she gave back with a bogey on 17. Annika had a chance to win on 18, but her birdie try hit the right edge of the hole. Hurst made a 6 footer for par to force the playoff. I'm telling ya, women's golf is sitting on a gold mine. They had huge crowds this week, especially today where they even got a little rowdy.

I'm taking tomorrow off, haven't yet decided what I'm going to do with my day off, but it'll be good.