While I'm a big LA fan I have to say that I rather agree with MightyMitre. I completely understand Lance wanting to ride the Tour again and go for a 7th win but I want to see the new guns take over. I want to see Ivan Basso or Cunego or Popovich do their stuff. I'm sorry but I just don't think Jan Ullrich is ever going to win the Tour again (now watch him make a liar out of me this year!) I have the utmost respect for Ullrich but I just don't think he has the tactical sense and the get-bulldog-mean aspect that Lance has. However, if Lance is in the race I'll be cheering for him...the guy truly inspires me.
As for the Paris-Nice race, those guys are going to get frostbite any day now! They had to shorten the second stage by like 100k and today's stage had to be re-routed to avoid a bunch of snow in the Massif Centrale. Tom Boonen is wearing the leader's jersey and Reynes won today's stage.