Credulous At Best

Mongo is really looking forward to the Tour of California. Many experts believe that it's the best field ever on American soil.

Teams like Saxo, Garmin, Columbia, and Cervelo, are all bringing Tour caliber squads. Add in Landis, Basso, Boonen, Freire, Gesink, Cavendish, and other #1 or #2 team riders, like Dessel and Hamilton, and it certainly has all the makings of an exciting race.

Mongo and some of his buddies are also partaking in the Fantasy Challenge...put on by Versus. It's a fun way to add some trash talking at the bike shop. Below are my nine starting riders. I also have five backups, but my team is extremely front loaded so I'll probably never use them.

Christian Vande Velde
Levi Leipheimer
Floyd Landis
Vincenzo Nibali
Dominique Rollin
Janez Brajkovic
Kim Kirchen
Fabian Cancellara
Thor Hushovd