Stage 16

[Alex Beascoechea]

Everybody is assuming that the ITT is going to decide this tour, but
tomorrow there is an amazingly tricky stage. I am sure there are people that
still has some hope to win a stage (what about Bettini, Boogerd, Nardello),
if a small group forms with this type of fast guys and someone of the top
ten in it, Jan and/or Lance could find themselves losing many minutes.
Someone unexpectedly could get out of the podium. Something like this
happened to Rominger and Olano in 96.

The two main ports (Soudet and Bagargui ) are very, very hard and then it
will be rolling till then end (about 80 Km).

[warren]

In article >, Alex Beascoechea
> wrote:

> Everybody is assuming that the ITT is going to decide this tour, but
> tomorrow there is an amazingly tricky stage. I am sure there are people that
> still has some hope to win a stage (what about Bettini, Boogerd, Nardello),
> if a small group forms with this type of fast guys and someone of the top
> ten in it, Jan and/or Lance could find themselves losing many minutes.
> Someone unexpectedly could get out of the podium.

The teams of the riders who stand to lose a valuable place will have
plenty of time to reduce any dangerous gaps before the finish.

-WG

[Java Man (Espressopithecus)]

In article >,
says...
> SORRY. IT'S A TTT. CHECK OLN.COM AND YOU'LL SEE.
>
You're right, Bob. I don't know why anyone doubts you.

Rick

;-)