I haven't seen the full standings, but I heard at the finish line that Landis was the fastest on the day, but that Danielson held him within 4 seconds, and Zabriskie was another 20 seconds behind Danielson.
Based on what we saw on the course, I was surprised; Z looked like he wasn't even going hard on our steep uphill section, and I figured Landis would key off Danielson's time splits and go all out to make sure he had some time in hand before the big mountains start tomorrow.
Smells like a repeat of last year; I respect Landis as a climber, but Danielson is a climbing specialist who's becoming an all-rounder, and I see him leading the contenders at the top on Saturday. Should be an interesting couple of days.
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