O.K. So who is going to be left out today? Who are the pretenders?

It seems that Aitor Gonzalez IS the favourite for the TT (is the last year
of his contract with Fassa and he has to do something to impress some DS, he
seems to have the "legs" this time). Is speedy going to win the Vuelta
again? Or is he going to be another big dissapointment?

Has Beloki finally made it out of his post-TdF 2003 crisis? If he can be one
of the top 10 today, he could be considered recovered to be a podium
favourite in next year TdF. For the moment he seems to be managing to be the
leader of his own team, and that should be the minimum he should manage to
do in this Vuelta.

Tyler has to show today if he still has it after his Olympic TT. If he wins
the TT today he will be the absolute favourite to win this race.

Others potentially well placed GC-guys after today's TT : Isidro Nozal,
Floyd Landis, Sastre. One os this could be out after today.

Trying not to lose more than 2 mins (in order of probability): Garzelli,
Menchov, Valverde and Heras.

Incognito: Cunego. Does he really give a damn about his vuelta? (probably
not), we'll see today.