But Zabriskie went down hard—still looking for info on how bad it is, but the Eurosport commentators seemed to think he might have to abandon.
The most likely challenger at this point to Armstrong is Vinokourov who Bicyling lists as 1.21 behind (not sure that’s right because of the way the TTT is scored). Julich is close 1.07 though it’s hard to imagine he’ll challenge Lance in the end.
Four Americans are in the top ten with Lance, George Hincapie, Julich and Zabriskie. Only 9 Americans are in the race.