Lance Armstrong is tied with Fabian Cancellara for 1st place with a time difference of 32/100's of a second, but with the mountain stages today through Sunday, we can expect Lance to seriously ramp it up and try to create a large gap for himself.
Lance seems to be in the best shape of his life and this is looking to be one hell of a comeback. Maybe the best in sports history. Even his arch enemy, the French Media, seems to be onboard and grateful, for lack of a better word. Yes, in a true WTF moment, a member of the French Press Corps publicly thanked Lance for "coming back and making the Tour exciting again". We can't make this stuff up.
Lance and Team Astana are proving to be The Team to Beat. They hold spots 2-5 in the top ten and have 7 riders in the top 16.
The Americans are on a roll with five riders in the top 25:
2. Lance Armstrong - Astana
5. Levi Leipheimer - Astana
8. Christian VandeVelde - Garmin Slip Stream
12. George Hincapie - Columbia
22 - David Zabriskie - Garmin Slip Stream
Welcome to the Pyrenees! Who knows what can happen in the mountains? Riders have died climbing and descending at break neck speed (literally). The stage to watch is Sunday - Col du Tourmalet awaits!
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