Tour de France Grand Depart is over the border in Dusseldorf. Interesting that 20 years after Jan Ullrich won in 1997, he is not invited back due to his history of doping during that time. Most of the current German riders are saying, "cut him some slack".....but OK OK, on to the action.

Who comes out with the Yellow jersey after the 14K ITT

• Dennis = On TT form after the Tour de Suisse TT win
• Martin = 4xWorld ITT Champion....wants the yellow Jersey in Germany
• Froome = May want to show his form (or now)
• Porte = TTing on fire at the Dauphine
• Bardet = Will take the usual team France "off the podium" positions
• Dan Martin = Off the podium but near the front. Will set himself up for an overall decent GC
• Contador = Will lose the Tour de France tomorrow, unless he got a good steak tonite (seriously though his TT at Dauphine was great)
• Quintana = At least he won't be able to blame any time losses on the hideously slow Giro Pink Skin Suits, but he will start Sunday with a 20+ second deficit
• Peter Sagan = Will do the entire ITT doing a Wheelie and still be faster than the fastest pro triathlete could do this
• Aru + Fuglang Astana smackdown = Does Astana decide team leader tomorrow or halfway through the tour on the Monte du Chat (the "Cat climb" used on the Dauphine)

What do you guys think? Who is going to show up with round water bottles and Gatorskins and get ST scorn? Is Jan going on a ride with Riis and Indurain to talk smack about the 95-96-97 tours and how awesome it was when it was the full juicer's podiums? I really do feel the the blood passport is making the racing a bit more even and "un predictable". Riders are showing flashes of being human, so weakness and breaking in every grand tour.
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