Lance has called this race the most important time trial of his life so far to drop the hammer and not show weakness to his competitors going into the Pytenees Mountains, where he is expected to have a climbing advantage.Lance is an Olympic Medialist in this discipline, so this should be in his wheelhouse when he goes out on the course within the hour.Expect USA's Tyler Hamilton to excel as well as former winner Lance Ullrich, and for Lance to gain 3 minutes on the Russian Vinokourov who only trails by a scant :21 seconds right now.
