Do I have the legs?

After 3 stages of the Tour, my legs are feeling great. Today's stage out and about in the hills went perfectly for myself with being in an early breakaway and gaining valuable sprint points. I think that they are not enough for the sprint title, but the seconds are more valuable with 1 stage to go.

I managed to finish with the main bunch of 7 riders with losing only 15odd seconds to the 3 leaders of the stage. By being in the early breakaway minimised the chance of an attack that was going to spit me out the back. So all went well.

By my calculations, I think that I will be giving about 30-45 seconds to the leader going into the Time Trial tomorrow. There will be 8-10 riders all within a minute of the leader, so a great way to end a tour.

The next question is, do I have the legs at this stage in the race to bridge the gap??
Did I spend too many pennies yesterday and today trying to gain an advantage over the rest and not leave enough for the final stage.

At this point, I feel like I am in good enough shape to get close to the leaders in the Time Trial, but how close will only be decided tomorrow. The only other rider in which I know can punch out a good TT is giving me about 15 seconds start, however I have the advantage as I will start behind him on the grid. So, with this in mind a podium is not out of the question, but is a win?

This will be decided tomorrow!

As far as Princess went, the young kid got dropped in today's stage, however managed to get back to the main bunch for the finish. Credit to him for fighting it out. We both think that he will be giving about 1min lead to the leader, who is a TT specialist. So, the outcome for him is "up in the air" at this stage.

Well, for tonight, I am going to dust off the TT bike and give her a good clean and lube so that there will be no excuses for tomorrow.

The outcome can only be decided by me, the way I like it.

For now...

X-Man