July 26, Stage 20: Bergerac – Périgueux (ITT) 54km
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It all boils down to this
What happens in the organisers’ dreams? The final winner is decided in this 54 km time trial. But I think the gaps will have opened naturally in the three weeks since the Grand Start in Leeds. I said it once and I will say it again: even without a second time trial, the 2013 Froome would have crushed the opposition on this route… But will the 2014 Froome be as strong as last year’s? It all boils down to this. If so, he will certainly be in the mix to win the stage, whose solid course is more tailored to men in great form than to true specialists like Martin, Wiggins and Cancellara.