Impossible to say. I do think Pantani would have pushed Armstrong to the limit, breaking him on occasion. But any Tour with long, flat TTs was going to put him at a disadvantage. He was simply to light to compete with heavier Bigs in the discipline. Let's put it this way, Marco perhaps would have won two more Tours I think.
Yup. Armstrong himself was an excellent climber and coupled with his ITT level he was arguably one of two best riders in TdF history (alongside Indurain). Long ITTs would be too much for Pantani vs Armstrong. One long ITT per Tour then he would have a better chance but even in this case incredible consistency of Armstrong and his team would be hard to topple.
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