agreed. LL is dull. some of it for me is because he's nearly robotic on the bike. After watching yesterday, I'm skeptical of his chances for a W in this giro. In fact, I'm thinking his missing the podium is not out of the question (and I thought he was a favorite for the W last week). He looks to be laboring going uphill and no horner isnt going to help his cause (according to other BF posts I assume to be factual) while the rest of astana is hanging out otb with "the patron".

I always underestimate Di Luca. No more. He's ridden dominantly this race. I hope he wins, he's riding to win, not riding to preserve his chance of winning, and it makes for damn good race finishes. Rock on killer!