Levi's prologue performance was also off (36th at 21 seconds). After that he said he hadn't been training much since the Dauphine. That made no sense to me. The biggest race of the year and he didn't train much???
Now he loses 6 minutes (5 to Floyd) in the TT. His remarks this time (on OLN) were something vague about not feeling well and hoping to get better soon but knowing that's hard to do.
I hate to say it, but it sure seems like he's just not drinking the same brand of orange juice that he was using, I mean drinking, during the Dauphine. Floyd, on the other hand, didn't seem to be using the right stuff during the Dauphine (losing over 10 minutes on just one mountain stage), but now seems to have the right concoction going...
It's almost like Levi used all his stored blood reserves during the Dauphine while Floyd saved his for the Tour...