Apart from the main GC suspects (LA/Basso/JU), the rider who has impressed me most this year has been Oscar Pereiro.
I like a guy who's prepared to give it a go and I think OP has got plenty of guts and grit.
OP finished 10th on GC in the 2004 TDF and although he's also 10th on GC this year, his riding I think has been better.
He challenged in the mountain stages and finished well placed in each stage.
Today he finished 15th (I think) in the ITT.
For me he has been the rider of the TDF :
I like a guy who's prepared to give it a go and I think OP has got plenty of guts and grit.
OP finished 10th on GC in the 2004 TDF and although he's also 10th on GC this year, his riding I think has been better.
He challenged in the mountain stages and finished well placed in each stage.
Today he finished 15th (I think) in the ITT.
For me he has been the rider of the TDF :