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Barring an accident, I don't think that anyone will be able to touch Lance. No, he didn't win the ind. TT, but he did average a cadence of 120! I think Sherwen commmented that Lance intentionally did so to "make the other riders quake in their boots!"

This Gonzalez guy was not even in the pre-race favorites. Most of the Tour thus far has been run on flat ground and that favors the sprinters. They die in the mountains. The mountains are what makes the Tour. Lance wins in the mountains. Last year, I cannot forget the climb where he looked back at the German as if to ask: "I'm leaving now dude? Are you going?" Urlich did not respond in performance or words and Lance left him in his dust! Classic moment. Lance appears to struggle some in this Tour, but geeze, this is a heavy duty physical event. 21 days of racing over a couple of thousand miles. Everyone is going to have a down day from time to time. Lance is 24 seconds behind mainly because he got caught up in a wreck that was not his fault and he did not fall, but did have to stop and start over and that is what cost him time. Gonzalez was riding away while Lance was trying to get untangled. Last year Ulrich fell and Lance held back and waited on him. That is sportsmanship at its best. This guy came back from life threatening cancer to win three of these races. I think he is the greatest. No whine, no complain, just race and win. Great going Lance. Good luck the rest of the way. And as it says on his site, "Now it is time for Daddy to put the pain on them." Or words to that effect.

...but he did average a cadence of 120

Lance seems to keep very high cadence during his time trial. I never understood why. Anybody know?