For those who follow, who do you want to win? Who do you like? Who's surprising you? What are your thoughts so far?

As much as I want my Discovery boys to take home the yellow jersey, I'm becoming ever scared of Vino. He's always been an incredible fighter who's tough and strong and is not afraid to take risks. Since his team wasn't able to race in last year's Tour because of not meeting the min. req. # of riders, he's back BIG TIME with avengence in this year's Dauphine and seeing yellow at the Tour. ...not to mention the strength of his new team this year! This guys are doing incredible thus far so when they all come together and work for him, I'm going to enjoy watching how it unfolds.

I was surprised with George's and Levi's finishes in today's 40k TT. I thought Levi would have done much better but you never know with that team - there always so damn smart they could be keeping reserves for the mountain stages to follow.

But my bets are starting to point towards Vino for the Dauphine. He's one tough cookie on those two wheels.