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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EOL" data-source="post: 1006569" data-attributes="member: 823">Vinokourov is no slouch in the time trial.  Even when he was working for Ullrich rather than himself in 2001 he finished near the top ten.  If he was ahead of Armstrong that might be enough but to take back time on Armstrong in a TT you have to be an incredible time trialer not merely a very good one.  Assuming Armstrong still has his form and he looked like he might have been a little bit stronger on yesterday.Of course if he could stay really close and have a couple more good days in the mountains...  Overall though I think podium hunters like Ullrich and Hamilton have more to be worried about then Armstrong, Vino is ahead of them. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />As far as Tyler and the time trial, in last year's Giro he won a time trial with a similar injury so I think it bothers him less, but I'll tell you that Friday is going to be a stage to watch.</blockquote>