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When he said Di Luca would lose the maglia rosa if Denis Menchov out-rode him on a TT VeloNews described as “crazy hard.” That’s an industry term.

Well, Menchov done did it, and now he gets to wear pink and drink champagne. Score one for Mother Russia.

Lance is tauting his boy Levi via Twitter, though he did tip his Texas-sized cap to Menchov for a “classy, classy ride.”

What everyone’s really talking about is how awesome the TT was/looked like it was.