Tour de France 2010

That is likely to change over the next three days though. Three flat days, two with early sprint points, I'm tipping Cav to start contending now and making a lot of progress very quickly. HTC have no GC contenders so really need to pull the points in quickly.

Interesting set up at the top of the board though. Will Vino remain as Contador's man or is he going to pull and Armstrong on him and try to take the lead of his national team?

I'm also thinking that Sky might let Thomas off the leash to try and bag the Yellow Jersey before they get to the mountains. Wiggins still has plenty of support to police Schleck, Evans and Contador for three days while Cancellara is now replacement brother to Schleck.

New prediction, Schleck to bag yellow at the end of this week but drop out of contention at the end of next week. Podium is a combination of Wiggins, Contador and Evans. Armstrong to come back next year for another go.

I hope cav does something but doubt it somehow.

I woudn't trust Vino at all if I was Contador. For al that he is a total drug fiend, Vino is awesome entertainment.

Sky, for all their hype have achieved very litte this season. Aside of Wiggins' success in the Giro prologue a stage in the Crit International and a semi classic is a pretty poor return. If they have any sense they wil go all out to get Thomas in yellow, he coud well get it on Saturday, not the hardest stage, probably hard enough to blow out Cancellara but thomas showed in the Tour of switzerland he can climb.

Not sure why you'd say Schleck will crack? He's fresh and in form. Podium is a cert.