Armstrong has won the uphill time trial before Ullrich and Klöden. His sixth victory seems undisputed now but for a major accident.

The fight for second place can still be interesting. I see Klöden now as the most likely of the two Gedrmans to make the podium. I'd say he'll be seond in the end (he is now third, behind Basso).

Speaking about Armstrong and what else he could if he tried: He is second now in the mountain points competition without having really tried to go for these points. He only tokk what was unavoidable to take in order to go for the yellow jersey.

In the green jersey competition of the sprinter he is now 9th though he always has tried to stay clear of all sprints. That too were only the points he got when going for his main aim. He'll fall back in the sprinters competition in the last days, for he'd be crazy to risk the yellow jersey in one of the coming sprints.

He'll declare the end of his carreer when in Paris I guess.

Wolfgang