and so it begins…
today the Tour de France 2005 was started with the traditional “prologue”, ie. an individual time trial over a course of 19 km. lance did great as always. although he had a slight problem with the right pedal when he rolled down the start ramp but he picked up his high cadence pace and even overtook his archrival jan “ulle” ullrich. he finished in second place and i guess that was a strategic decision to do so because now he does not have to defend the yellow jersey until the TdF hits the mountain stages, which are usually the place where the tour is won or lost. i strongly believe that lance will win the tour for the seventh time in a row. he looks strong and motivated as ever. sure, a lot can happen in almost 3 weeks and the tour is over in Paris. but when he caught “ulle” in the time trial today… i was cheering and yelling, yeah, that’s the way to do it! go lance!