Friday, July 27, 2007
So who is your pick?
To win, that is. Personally, I think Wim Vansevenant has the Lanterne Rouge slot pretty well sewn up. It would take some special kind of disaster for anyone to penetrate the 5:17 buffer he has in place.
Now at the opposite end of the peloton, we have 3 guys with half as much time between them:
Current standings - 27 July 2007
1. CONTADOR Alberto 112 DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 86h 04' 16"
2. EVANS Cadel 41 PREDICTOR - LOTTO 86h 06' 06" + 01' 50"
3. LEIPHEIMER Levi 111 DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 86h 07' 05" + 02' 49"
4. SASTRE Carlos 31 TEAM CSC 86h 10' 18" + 06' 02"
Prologue in London
15. CONTADOR Alberto 112 DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 09' 25" + 00' 35"
17. EVANS Cadel 41 PREDICTOR - LOTTO 09' 26" + 00' 36"
26. LEIPHEIMER Levi 111 DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 09' 30" + 00' 40"
Stage 13 ITT
2. EVANS Cadel 41 PREDICTOR - LOTTO 58h 47' 39" + 01' 00"
3. CONTADOR Alberto 112 DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 58h 49' 10" + 02' 31"
5. LEIPHEIMER Levi 111 DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 58h 50' 16" + 03' 37"
Most people seem to think the flat ITT tomorrow will favor Evans. We'll see. . . . I think it's still anybody's stage, but whether anyone will gain enough time to change the placements is the question! It could be less than 8 seconds deciding the Tour this year, possibly.
I'm hoping Evans wins in the GC tomorrow, if only because it will make a nice Predictor-Lotto sandwich of the peloton, and also allow the Lanterne Rouge to ride with the maillot jaune in the honorary procession into Paris on Sunday.
But as my buddy Bob Mina points out, if anyone can talk the new kid through the world's most important time trial like it was a Wednesday workout, Johann Bruyneel can. I'm trying to figure out how Bruyneel will advise Contador to race against Levi, and vice versa. I suppose they'll just shake hands and go out fighting and let the best rider win, but. . . . it would certainly be interesting to be a fly on the wall for that final meeting in the Disco bus.
Now at the opposite end of the peloton, we have 3 guys with half as much time between them:
Current standings - 27 July 2007
1. CONTADOR Alberto 112 DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 86h 04' 16"
2. EVANS Cadel 41 PREDICTOR - LOTTO 86h 06' 06" + 01' 50"
3. LEIPHEIMER Levi 111 DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 86h 07' 05" + 02' 49"
4. SASTRE Carlos 31 TEAM CSC 86h 10' 18" + 06' 02"
Prologue in London
15. CONTADOR Alberto 112 DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 09' 25" + 00' 35"
17. EVANS Cadel 41 PREDICTOR - LOTTO 09' 26" + 00' 36"
26. LEIPHEIMER Levi 111 DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 09' 30" + 00' 40"
Stage 13 ITT
2. EVANS Cadel 41 PREDICTOR - LOTTO 58h 47' 39" + 01' 00"
3. CONTADOR Alberto 112 DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 58h 49' 10" + 02' 31"
5. LEIPHEIMER Levi 111 DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 58h 50' 16" + 03' 37"
Most people seem to think the flat ITT tomorrow will favor Evans. We'll see. . . . I think it's still anybody's stage, but whether anyone will gain enough time to change the placements is the question! It could be less than 8 seconds deciding the Tour this year, possibly.
I'm hoping Evans wins in the GC tomorrow, if only because it will make a nice Predictor-Lotto sandwich of the peloton, and also allow the Lanterne Rouge to ride with the maillot jaune in the honorary procession into Paris on Sunday.
But as my buddy Bob Mina points out, if anyone can talk the new kid through the world's most important time trial like it was a Wednesday workout, Johann Bruyneel can. I'm trying to figure out how Bruyneel will advise Contador to race against Levi, and vice versa. I suppose they'll just shake hands and go out fighting and let the best rider win, but. . . . it would certainly be interesting to be a fly on the wall for that final meeting in the Disco bus.
Labels: Contador, Evans, Leipheimer, Vansevenant
