The question of who will win the Tour de France for 2008 continues to be a cause of great speculation.
Most experts are stilling seeing Cadel Evans as the favourite and even some of the riders consider him to be almost unbeatable.
In the ABC News article, Only disaster can deny Evans Tour victory: Millar, British time-trial specialist David Millar is tipping Evans to overhaul his 1 minute 34 second deficit to his Spanish rival Carlos Sastre.
In the race’s first time trial, held over 29.5km, Evans finished fourth at 27secs behind winner Stefan Schumacher. Sastre finished 1:43 behind the German.
Some are wondering whether having the yellow jersey and starting last from the field will drive Sastre, more known for his climbing skills, on towards a maiden triumph on the race.
But Millar believes Evans would have to have a disastrous day not to overhaul the Spaniard.
“Carlos will do a better time trial than he would normally do, just because he’s going so well,” Millar said.
“But he’s a climber, so he’s going to lose time to Cadel and Denis (Menchov) and Christian (Vande Velde).”
So can we expect an Evans triumph on Saturday? “No worries,” added Millar.
All the big contenders enjoyed a relaxing day last night, and tonight’s 19th stage is likely to be dominated by a bunch sprint at the finish.
I’m not celebrating yet but it’s good to know that the general feeling is still that we’ll see an Australian in Yellow in Paris this Sunday.
One of the other early favourites, Christian Vande Velde also rates Evans as the likely winner.
American Christian Vande Velde, who dropped out of yellow jersey contention on the second of three days in the Alps, is aiming for the race of his life in a bid to secure a podium place.
The 32-year-old Garmin team leader is sixth place at 4:41 behind Sastre and is hoping to jump up to third.
“I think Cadel has a great chance of winning the Tour,” Vande Velde, who finished 10secs behind Evans in the first time trial.
My nine year old son, James, will be in Paris to see the final stage. I’m not at all jealous. All I can say is that he’d better get some good photos.
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