3 days to go
Who knows what bones Servais Knaven has recently broken, but it was good enough to win today's stage. He was 17 seconds clear of Paolo Bossoni and a few others. And over 8 minutes ahead of the main peloton which included Lance Armstrong, Jan Ullrich, Vinokourov and the human clavicle, Tyler Hamilton. (As well as every other bugger in the race and a passing paper boy who got caught up in the melee)
David Millar, on the other hand, has not reacted well to recent criticism on Colin's Countdown and seems to be stuck near the end of every stage - he was 135th today. Rumour has it that he has now given up on this year's competition and has decided to use the final stages to train for next year's Indian open slow cycling tournament.
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| Shoot 'em up Saturday |
With Lance Armstrong 67 seconds ahead of Ullrich, he looks to be almost home and dry. But Saturday's time trial is the last remaining chance for an upset. Ullrich was outstanding in the first time trial and beat Armstrong by over a minute - so a repeat performance would really make things interesting for the final day. One thing is for sure, both riders will be taking Saturday very seriously, and Dr. Michele Ferrari has already sent out for extra supplies.
But of course if Tyler Hamilton's collar bone finally gives way tomorrow, and a shard of flying bone sheers through Ullrich's spokes, sending him crashing out of the stage - then Saturday will be purely academic.
9:19:35 PM 
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