Originally Posted by
MitchellH
I saw today where LA was something like 9 minutes down after stage 6 in '03 (not sure if that was the yr.). Still too soon to say about Menchov IMO.
Not quite. He was about 6 minutes down after stage 6 in 2000, but not a single one of the riders in front of him was a GC contender. Who's in front of Menchov? Let's see, the Schlecks, Sastre, Martin, Contador, Cancellara (putting him in for Stephen Roche)... and one Lance Armstrong. Comparison fail. Menchov is done.
ETA: Lance was in maybe 11th on GC after that stage. Menchov is a good deal further back than that.