Quote Originally Posted by Susan126 View Post
But I am happy that Vino won today's stage. He is a fighter but just has been getting very bad luck. I've heard talk that Vino has said that this year would be his last attempt at trying to win the Tour. But we know the credence of rumors?!
The August 2007 issue of Cycling+ UK magazine has a great article about Vino, if you can find the mag on your local newsstand. I think the reason that this will probably be his last chance to win the Tour is his age: He's almost 34, and says in the article that "I think I will ride two or three years more at the most." It's such a shame to think of what he could have accomplished in last year's Tour-- To see him and Floyd battling it out would have really been something.

Contador definitely seems to be a rider to watch. Battling back from a disabling, even life-threatening, illness or injury really does seem to give some riders a heck of an edge (i.e. Lance).