Originally Posted by somnambulant

It'll be interesting to see how well he does after 3 years "off". He actually came in 2nd in the Leadville 100 this year, which was pretty impressive. That said, if he continues to only race The Tour, I'll kinda shrug my shoulders and see what happens. But if he actually races some other grand tours or *gasp* some Spring classics or something I'd be far more interested. I don't see that happening, though.