Ullrich breathing down LANCE's neck

[K. J. Papai]

The ITT just ended, and the World's absolute two best in the TT discipline came in 1st and 2nd.

Ullrich is the only one to crack an hour for 47K today; LANCE missed the hour mark by 8 seconds.

Tune in tomorrow for some Pyrenees and then especially Sunday where we will know for sure who wins
this Tour (unless it comes down to an ITT rematch next Saturday).

(I listened in LIVE via OLN Phil & Paul link from www.letour.fr)

-Ken

[Darren S.]

"K. J. Papai" <ken@kenpapai.com> wrote in message
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>(unless it comes down to an ITT rematch next Saturday).

One can only pray =) Jan was the man today!

Darren

> (I listened in LIVE via OLN Phil & Paul link from www.letour.fr)
>
> -Ken

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[Bruce Johnston]

"K. J. Papai" <ken@kenpapai.com> wrote in message
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> The ITT just ended, and the World's absolute two best in the TT discipline came in 1st and 2nd.
>
> Ullrich is the only one to crack an hour for 47K today; LANCE missed the hour mark by 8 seconds.
>
> Tune in tomorrow for some Pyrenees and then especially Sunday where we will know for sure who wins
> this Tour (unless it comes down to an ITT rematch next Saturday).
>
> (I listened in LIVE via OLN Phil & Paul link from www.letour.fr)
>
> -Ken

Lance will destroy the german in the mountains. I'll be shocked if he doesn't! Ullrich getting
better as the Tour moves on but so is Lance. I expect Lance to beat Ullrich by several minutes by
Tours end.

B-

[Robert Oliver]

> Lance will destroy the german in the mountains. I'll be shocked if he doesn't! Ullrich getting
> better as the Tour moves on but so is Lance.

Losing over a minute to Ullrich is not exactly getting "better." Ullrich was dropped on the first
big climb of the mountains, so perhaps he will lose more time...but perhaps he can make some of that
up on the final time trial.

At the very least, it's certainly not clear who will win.

[Harris]

"Bruce Johnston" wrote:

> Lance will destroy the german in the mountains. I'll be shocked if he doesn't! Ullrich getting
> better as the Tour moves on but so is Lance. I expect Lance to beat Ullrich by several minutes by
> Tours end.

I expect Lance to be attacked mercilessly in the remaining mountain stages as the others smell
blood. His best hope is to break away with Herras and gain a couple of minutes on the field. But I'm
not sure he still has it in him.

Art Harris

[Tritonrider]

>From: "Bruce Johnston" riposa@sierratel.com

>Lance will destroy the german in the mountains. I'll be shocked if he doesn't! Ullrich getting
>better as the Tour moves on but so is Lance. I expect Lance to beat Ullrich by several minutes by
>Tours end.
>
>B-
>
>

I wouldn't bet on that. Jan has really seemed to have his **** together, both in preparing for the
Tour, and in losing minimal time while he was sick. Sure looks like he's healthy and his head in
the game now. Today had to be huge for his confidence. As someone else said: Go Jan Go!! Bill C

[Ron D.]

"Robert Oliver" <rob.oliver@verizon.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
RVURa.8079$0F4.3931@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...

> Losing over a minute to Ullrich is not exactly getting "better."
Ullrich was
> dropped on the first big climb of the mountains, so perhaps he will
lose
> more time...but perhaps he can make some of that up on the final time
trial.
>
> At the very least, it's certainly not clear who will win.
>

Jan suffured gastric problems in the Alps. Hope he will show his true level in the Pyrénées

--
Ron

[Heinz Getzler]

Ullrich will probably go down as one of the biggest comebacks of the year. Armstrong will probably
still win this years tdf. But on the otherhand Armstrong has shown some weakness in years tdf. So
one cannot discount the possibility that Ullrich could take the yellow jersey in the Pyrenees. Since
this was at mountain TT this could be further indication that Ullrich could drop Lance tomorrow.

ken@kenpapai.com (K. J. Papai) wrote in message
news:<6100cab2.0307180722.64a784e9@posting.google.com>...
> The ITT just ended, and the World's absolute two best in the TT discipline came in 1st and 2nd.
>
> Ullrich is the only one to crack an hour for 47K today; LANCE missed the hour mark by 8 seconds.
>
> Tune in tomorrow for some Pyrenees and then especially Sunday where we will know for sure who wins
> this Tour (unless it comes down to an ITT rematch next Saturday).
>
> (I listened in LIVE via OLN Phil & Paul link from www.letour.fr)
>
> -Ken