61.   If he returns to form, he can be a formidable opponent to Armstrong because he is an excellent climber and can hold his own in the time trials.

62.   If Longo was sugar and spice and everything nice after the time trial, she was edgy beforehand.

63.   In a time trial, riders compete individually against the clock, with the leaders going last.

64.   In that race, he demolished his rivals in the mountains and then surpassed himself to finish third in the time trial, his weak point.

65.   In the major stages, he won both long individual time trials, finished second twice in the Alps and third and sixth in the Pyrenees.

66.   In the time trial, riders start one by one and race against the clock.

67.   In the days leading up to the first weekend of time trials, Salazar crashed twice, suffering a shiner in the process.

68.   In the first long individual time trial last year, Armstrong won easily, hammering the morale of his rivals.

69.   Indurain had caught such rivals as Tony Rominger, Evgeni Berzin, Alex Zuelle and Jalabert napping and taken out an insurance policy for the time trial.

70.   Indurain, Pantani and Virenque, in that order, should be the favorites in the time trial to the resort of Morzine-Avoriaz.