In all the hubbub over Discovery’s recent signing of Italian Ivan Basso, I’d completely forgotten about the fact that Discovery signed another Tour hopeful earlier in the year - Levi Leipheimer. Thank goodness the Fat Cyclist didn’t forget:

Levi Leipheimer verified that he is, in fact, eager to move from de facto team leader to super domestique before he ever raced for Team Discovery. “Ivan Basso’s a huge talent, you know, and I’m very happy to have him on the team,” said Leipheimer. “I can hardly wait to fetch water bottles for him as he tries to get a double grand tour win.”

Oh, do go read the whole thing, won’t you?