Less than two weeks to go before the TdF starts.
Time to make this year's podium predictions. Contador is far and away the strongest, but the rest of the podium positions are up for grabs.
Lance taking third last year was definitely a surprise IMO, and impressive considering his absence from the sport. Although he's had some setbacks this year and his time trialling still hasn't returned.
Here's my prediction, let's see yours:
1. Contador
2. Basso
3. Frank Schleck (usually Andy, but he's had some knee issues this year)
4. Armstrong
I don't think Wiggins will make the Top 5 this year. Until he proves me wrong, I will say that last year was a fluke year/result as an unmarked rider.
"The song of a bird…We used to ask Ennesson to do bird calls. He could do them. How he could do them, and when he perished, along with him went all those birds…"-Return from the Stars, Stanislaw Lem
"We just walk around, and sometimes we go out and dance, and then we listen to the environment."-Ralf Hutter, Kraftwerk