Lance in YELLOW, He's on an early attack Options

[newdeal2]

Lance has snagged the yellow jersey as a result of US Postal winning the Team TT by about 1 min.

That's a lot of pressure this early in the tour...will he try to keep it? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

[Joseph Mills]

Damn It! WTF was I thinking reading this? I'm still watching the TTT right now.  :wacko:

I am soo sorry Sean! I purposely don't go to certain sites for the very same reason. I like to watch it not knowing the outcome.

I've already switched over from watching the 7:00pm to the 4:00pm broadcast and now I've rationalized that I should watch the 11:00am broadcast because, well, it's sorta around lunch time! I'm hopeless. I'll try and remember not to give anything away because you gotta have the drama unfold before your eyes.

I think it's cool that Robbie Mc Kewen got the yellow for his first time ever yesterday. He missed a 2nd sprint victory by such a small measure.

Lance announced his performance level at the prologue individual TT and the team announced their performance level at the team TT today.

I don't think Lance will sacrifice anything to hold on to the yellow jersey at this point. The only riders that can take it away from him are not anything approaching a "rival". And his true rivals will just continue to mark time and stay close and wait in case an opportunity unfolds later down the road.

Although Mayo may snag a mountain stage and Ullrich may drop the hammer on that uphill TT, LA appears to be totally prepared for a possible sixth. More power to him. We'll get to witness with our own eyes what has NEVER been done before.

Of course, all of this is just bullshit. Anything can happen. Maybe I better quit pontificating and go ride my bike. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)