Is Zabriskie expected to fade badly in the mountains? He'
s basically a TT guy, right?
Zabriskie abandoned before the mountains last year because of his crash in the team time trial.
Fade yes. Badly? Probably. He won two of the TTs in this year's Dauphine (one being the prologue) but finished around 30th overall largely due to his poor showing in the mountains.
Looks like Armstrong may have been right when he stopped trying to win the Dauphine. Said it was too close to the Tour for an all-out effort. That effort seems to be taking its toll on Leipheimer's Tour so far.