1.   But the top men, the team leaders, will be thinking of the coming team time trial at Libourne.

2.   He posted the second best lap in the time trials.

3.   A series of gruellinng time trials will decide who goes to Henley.

4.   Although a long stage to Pamplona lies ahead on Wednesday and a final time trial on Saturday, he was beginning to look unbeatable.

5.   Amy Chow and Andree Pickens got free passes to the trials this time.

6.   And Julich was knocked out of the three-week-long race after he crashed in the eighth stage, a time trial in Metz in Northen France.

7.   Andreas Kloeden, a hitherto unheralded young German, won the Paris-Nice weeklong race with a smooth victory in the decisive uphill time trial.

8.   Armstrong and Ullrich both know that the overall standings will go into seismic upheaval in the Alps and the uphill time trial that follows.

9.   Armstrong still has the individual time trials coming up on Saturday and is considered one of the favorites, along with Ullrich, in that event.

10.   Armstrong won similar time trials in the last two Tours de France.