Today's 13th stage is flat, before 3 cruel stages in the Pyrenees. The crucial stage is 15, on Sunday, featuring 4 cat 1 climbs in a row, and then the bloody finish on a HC climb that has been variously described as monstrously tough. This is basically where Lance will have the biggest opportunity to lose the Tour, or consolidate a win.
He has already lost Beltran, his ace on the mountains (who fell and knocked his head), so it will be stage 15 that ultimately tests the mettle of all the champions in this years race, and especially Armstrong and his team. Should be exciting.
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