Last day before the fireworks begin.
I’m not actually convinced Lance can pull this one out. I’ve done comeback tours and inertia and entropy are not to be despised. That said he goes out on top as a contender because nobody since Ullrich has put in the scare that he has.
He broke his collar bone last year you know.
The big picture hasn’t changed- another Sprinter’s finish signifying nothing yesterday and the same to look forward to today. Tomorrow we begin climbing which should tell us a lot.
We will definitely have to start learning other cyclists’ names to prove that we’re real fans and not merely moved by the Islanders’ remarkable streak in the ’70s (better than rooting for the Rangers).
Today’s 142 mile stage between Montargis and Gueugnon has 4 four rated climbs and climbs from start to finish. It might be possible to make a team time trial break away statement going into the Alps but it’s unlikely any one is going to take a gamble like that given how beat up they were on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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This time around seems to me to be too, too much for him. I might be wrong about this, but you’d think that the repetition would take something off his passion for it, that it would be psychologically very difficult to repeat and repeat this. Yeah, Lance might be a machine in that regard, but somehow I don’t think so.
I was pissed when he went riding with Bush, by the way. So as far as I’m concerned, he probably has to show me some amazing riding in the next few stages to have me change my mind about him.