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Jan hasn't shown that he can climb as fast as LANCE can, even in LANCE's "weakened" condition.
Others, however, have shown that they can climb well this year.
So Vinokourov and Mayo attack LANCE (in Mayo's case, he's going to go HARD if at all), LANCE follows
paced by Heras, Jan can't keep up. LANCE takes an additional minute-plus into the ITT, and comes out
of the race as this year's "Mellow Johnny."
I'm not race-savvy enough to imagine a solid scenario for Vino and Jan "working together" to attack
LANCE in the Pyrenees, as Vino has apparently suggested. If Jan can't keep up with all of them, the
result is that LANCE takes time.
Once the race hits more flat ground, the Posties are the class of the field, and LANCE will be
within 100 feet of #'s 2 and 3 at all times, unless there's a crash, and then he'll only be out of
touch for a few minutes at most.
I'm enjoying this Tour greatly, and getting nervous. I'd love to watch the mystical LANCE win his
fifth. A hard fight like we've seen is more interesting than a walkover. But I think the most likely
outcome of this weekend's racing is that LANCE looks more secure in his lead.
A fair question now is, will Ullrich manage to hang onto second place? Everyone else is going to be
charging at LANCE, and Jan can't keep up with them. His final ITT performance should gain him back a
few spots, so he may well end up second again.
TYLER FOR A PODIUM SPOT!
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Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall "I'm not proud. We really haven't done everything we
could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." --Microsoft VP in
charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine.
Others, however, have shown that they can climb well this year.
So Vinokourov and Mayo attack LANCE (in Mayo's case, he's going to go HARD if at all), LANCE follows
paced by Heras, Jan can't keep up. LANCE takes an additional minute-plus into the ITT, and comes out
of the race as this year's "Mellow Johnny."
I'm not race-savvy enough to imagine a solid scenario for Vino and Jan "working together" to attack
LANCE in the Pyrenees, as Vino has apparently suggested. If Jan can't keep up with all of them, the
result is that LANCE takes time.
Once the race hits more flat ground, the Posties are the class of the field, and LANCE will be
within 100 feet of #'s 2 and 3 at all times, unless there's a crash, and then he'll only be out of
touch for a few minutes at most.
I'm enjoying this Tour greatly, and getting nervous. I'd love to watch the mystical LANCE win his
fifth. A hard fight like we've seen is more interesting than a walkover. But I think the most likely
outcome of this weekend's racing is that LANCE looks more secure in his lead.
A fair question now is, will Ullrich manage to hang onto second place? Everyone else is going to be
charging at LANCE, and Jan can't keep up with them. His final ITT performance should gain him back a
few spots, so he may well end up second again.
TYLER FOR A PODIUM SPOT!
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Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall "I'm not proud. We really haven't done everything we
could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." --Microsoft VP in
charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine.