Ballan WC

I don't really know much about Ballan other than he won Flanders a year ago, but I think its cool when the underdog wins. Being that he was on arguably the strongest team in the race, he was supposed to be a helper so Bettini could have another world title laid at his feet. Something about when the unexpected wins that makes things more interesting. I am a huge fan of Lance, but after the third or fourth win it was somewhat expected that he would win, yeah it was still cool when he won but nevertheless pretty boring. I expected to wake up this morning and see Bettini, Valverde, Friere, or maybe Boonen has won, Ballan winning meant the race report would actually be interesting. Not to mention, how bout Bruseghin pulling for 8 laps to single-handedly bring back the break from more than 17 min out. Thats a tough bitch. Almost as tough as Keith.