I heard that Bobke has a bet with a mtn bike racer and that's why the chops... not sure WHAT the bet is tho...

Cunego IS out and Simoni has been saying he may not ride without Cunego... sounds like he is afraid he'll get stomped again without the support...

I think it's gonna be:

Lance
Vinokourov
Basso

I think Ulrich will tank again somewhere along the way, but he's hot so who cares?
I would LOVE to see Azevedo win a mtn stage
Floyd taking a stage would be cool too!
And if Voeckler puts on a show like last year... wow! That kid deserved the Maillot Jaune!!!

I was on the Champs last year for the final day. On Sat I was walking along and saw Kirsten Gum with a team of camera people... I said hello, not knowing if she would just blow me off or what. She stood and talked for about 20 minutes about all the stages and some behind the scenes stuff and then took pics with me! She was incredibly kind, polite and fun! Also have pics of Phil Liggett from the final day... didn't get to cht with him tho... and then a newscrew filmed me... I think they were Swiss??? Anyway, they wanted footage of me in my American Flag Jersey!