revised gc?

[oracle]

so out of last year's top 5 on gc, none will be present.

1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 86.15.02
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 4.40
3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.21
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9.59
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 11.01
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 11.21
7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 11.33
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11.55
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.44
10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.04
11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.26
12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 19.02
13 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 21.06
14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 23.40
15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.43
16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24.07
17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 24.08
18 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 27.45
19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 28.04
20 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 33.02


i'm going to pick laurent brochard to win it all.

[rodenmg]

And the only one out of the those "elite" top 5 that DOESN'T cheat is Lance! Amazing, isn't it.

[zeroking17]

so out of last year's top 5 on gc, none will be present.

<snip>

i'm going to pick laurent brochard to win it all.

The bookmakers have spoken. As of right now, the podium has Valverde, Landis, and Leipheimer.

odds (http://www.online-betting-guide.co.uk/tour-de-france.htm)

P.S. odd (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ag2r-cyclisme.com/images/laurent-brochard.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ag2r-cyclisme.com/fiche-laurent-brochard.asp&h=300&w=200&sz=15&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=gFHlnKAqtHNylM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=74&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlaurent%2Bbrochard%26svnum%3D10%26hl% 3Den%26hs%3D0V6%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN)

[catulle]

Er, I think I just saw Vino listed in the TdF web site, iirc. The team appears as Wurth, atmo.

[Fat Robert]

a pair of my bacon-stripped shorts says "no way" valverde doesn't podium

[gasman]

a pair of my bacon-stripped shorts says "no way" valverde doesn't podium

Not on the top step I bet.