I drove my stiff, weary legs to the Tuesday Nite Worlds this evening. Three or four laps of warmup and my legs were not feeling spry. I had doubts whether I would hang long if the pace started quickly. Thankfully, it did not and I had some time to get my legs loosened up. It was an unspectacular race. I put my nose out front a little bit but did not work much and stayed in good position the rest of the race. The race seemed well under control tonight without any terribly hard pace.

Viewpoint: I will predict now that Armstrong will win the Ventoux stage of the Dauphine in a couple days. It's his last chance to win on that mountain and unless they let some people low on GC get too big of a gap he will play it cool until the last 2k, where the mountain gets steeper, and then leave any remaining riders in the dust.