I'm drunk enough to declare that I will be rooting for Ullrich thoughout, but not quite enough to realize that Basso will ride all over him. Poor guy :(

Ivan Basso!!!

I would guess that the conventional wisdom is Basso. I'll root for Ullrich. Last year Basso wasn't as strong as I hoped he would have been, so I think that there is a good chance a relative newcomer will walk ...err... ride away with the prize this year.

It's way too early to tell, but the way I see it, the top candidates and outsiders are listed below.

Top candidates:
Jan Ullrich
Ivan Basso
Alejandro Valverde
Denis Menchov

Top outsiders:
Alexandre Vinokourov
Damiano Cunego
Santiago Botero
Levi Leipheimer
(Ullrich's best teammate)

a more apropriate question should be "who cares?"

a more apropriate question should be "who cares?"

Ding ding ding!

tea, strumpets and tour de france. doesn't get any better.

Levi Leipheimer
(Ullrich's best teammate)

If Levi won the French would have a collective heart attack:D

Lance Armstrong