I launched a business! But first, a token race report.Today was stage eight of the Tour, which means, umm... it means we've raced for eight straight days. Ayup, you've just noticed that brain function diminishes as physical exertion levels continue at Tour de France levels. Anywho, for much of the day we were tantalizingly close to basking in some sun. But then the stark reality that we can't control the weather set in just as the pace ramped up from conversational to 60kph for the run-in for the final three KOMs that rounded out the stage. The sky turned black as night and opened up something fierce! A sane person or group of 200-some odd people on bikes would seek refuge, but we plowed on with a job at hand.On a brighter and unrelated note, I have taken my Middlebury degree in economics, segued that into a professional cycling career for the past decade, and somewhere in the interim started a business. Perhaps you're aware that I have a fondness for maple syrup? I don't tug your chain any further about that, I just encourage you to check this out -- in particular the two videos will give you an idea of the action to come:And now do yourself the favor and click HERE, because it's awesome.So with a busy day in the books today, eight days in the books hitherto, and a busier one tomorrow, I bid you goodnight.