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Ready for the mountains? It's all 'Bull'

Updated: July 21, 2007, 5:27 PM ET
By Bobby Julich | Special to ESPN.com

NICE, France -- There were many surprises in Saturday's individual time trial, but many can't be surprised by "The Bull."

That's our nickname for Alexandre Vinokourov, who, stitches and all, blew through Stage 13 and put himself back into the hunt. And if I was the rest of the peloton, I would be shaking in my boots right now.

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