mr. tibbs said:If Cancellara can't beat Contador in a third week TT, he can't win the Tour. I think that settles it pretty well. If he loses time in the mountains (which, how could he not, vs Contador & Schleck?) and he loses time in the TTs, then how does he win?
I almost started a joke thread asking about Cancellara winning the Tour after his Roubaix win b/c I knew that would be the next line of wild speculation in the media, but come on. This is on par with the "Boonen for the Tour" craze of 2005 or Hincapie as one of the favorites for 2006.
At least, that's how it seems to me.
+1 I love Canc and will cheer him on just about every time. But a GT guy?
Unless the GTs go back to making it possible for a TTer who can climb to win, maybe he could podium. But the GTs are going for courses that favor climbers. Somehow those climbers (Schlecks excluded) are becoming amazing TTers. ;-)