More than half (51%) of the voters in the “Who will win the Tour de Georgia” poll picked current leader Floyd Landis to win the bike race, which ends Sunday.
I've been checking the results every night, and Landis was leading in the polling before he ever motored down the ramp for the individual time trial Thursday and took the lead. David Zabriskie of Team CSC was second, with 31%.
I voted for Tom Danielson (17%) before the race started. I figured his Discovery teammates would figure out a way to undue whatever lead Landis had built up on the ITT. As it stands, that lead is only 4 seconds as the peloton leaves Dalton today for a mountainous route to Dahlonega.
Of course, that might not be so easy. Landis was one of the guys who led Armstrong over the mountains when they were teammates on Postal.
As it stands, four of the five cyclists in the poll are in top standings: Landis (1), Danielson (2nd, 4 seconds out of first), Zabriskie (3rd, 24 seconds), and Nathan O'Neill (4th, 55 seconds). The fifth, Trent Wilson, is in 37th, 5-11 out.
Prizes
Since this is a poll, and not a contest, there is no prize.
If I were to award a prize, it would be a bag of that North Georgia delicacy — boiled peanuts. Second prize, two bags of boiled peanuts. Third prize, three bags of boiled peanuts. Get the idea?
Back in the day when I was an Atlantian, we'd motor up to North Georgia to see the trees change colors in the fall. People would sell small paper sacks of peanuts that had been boiled in huge, black, cast iron pots at roadside stops.
When I returned to Georgia in the '80s with my buddy, we bought a bag and I let him eat a handful of boiled peanuts before I told him he should shell them first.
I don't even know if roadside boiled peanuts are allowed anymore for public consumption. But you can make them in the privacy of your own home.
For those who have hung with this riff so far, here's the boiled peanut recipe from Food Network:
Start with 2 or 3 pounds of fresh green peanuts. (I don't know where you get green peanuts, probably have to pick them yourself.) Boil them in salted water for 1 to 3 hours.
Take a couple out of the pot, shell them. The peanuts are done if they're soft. Drain the water through a colander, then take the colander of peanuts and throw them in the garbage.
There. You've made boiled peanuts!
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