Hope you're right on all accounts. Love to see Lance win, love to see
Ullrich make him earn it.

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In interviews with Frankie the last two days Lance said (paraphrasing
here)

"I am glad we won the TTT before my cycling career is over"

and

when questioned about transitioning from big gears for the flat stages to
small gears for the mountains

"I never really had a problem transitioning before but who knows maybe
this
year is different"

Is Lance fortelling problems to come?

I doubt it. I am one of those that thought this year was unusual for him in
his Tour run in. Knowing how he operates though, I bet he is exploiting the
whispering going around so that he can stifle them with his efforts on the
road. I think if he did feel weak yet privately held out hope, he would
play
it slightly the other way and try to discourage the others from attacking
him. He should take the jersey and finish either alone or win a very small
group on L'Alp d'Huez. I am hoping that Ullrich is also in that small group
so as to keep the suspense up for a bit longer. There are 2 fairly long
ITTs
later in the race and I really doubt that Lance wants to feel dependant on
gaining time on those stages.