Cool, let's get technical rather than addressing the post. (And fwiw, LA came in a close #2 (2 sec?) to DZ in the prologue, later to see Zabriskie drop after the TTT crash, poor guy... and LA rode across the line not contesting a stage win in the alps b/c he doesn't care about stage wins, they don't factor into getting and keeping yellow jersey. Actually the only really exiting non-TT parts of 2005's TdF where the few chase downs on Basso and Ullrich IMO.