Basso on Tour

Basso says he will only attack Lance if Lance shows any signs of weakness, which the Texan has not shown so far. "It's possible to win the Tour de France in one attack," Basso said. "Last year at Luz Ardiden, Armstrong won the race in one attack. I don't know if Armstrong will have a bad day. If he does, we will be ready. It's not worth it to attack just to gain 10 to 20 seconds."

However, Basso's teammates got injuries recently from crashes etc, so that's a disadvantage to Lance with his strong team always there for him.

Domitilla, Ivan's daughter, sits in a happy father's arms.


A new name, Andreas Kloden of Ullrich's T-Mobile team, is expected to be pretty high up in the overall standings in Paris ahead of Jan Ullrch, the team leader, if he keeps up his climbing abilities and doesn't fall behind in the TTs (time trials).