This might be one of the most boring tours in a while. There's no real threat to Lance. Jan Ullrich can't compete since his team can't figure out who their leader is (Chasing down their own man, Vinikourov on a break away was disgusting), and Basso seems to be the only other rider who can't even make a run at him. The time trial is really the only place they can make time on him for the rest of the race (barring horrible mishaps) but he's a feared time trialer so that's not looking too good.
Next year should be exciting because we'll honestly be wondering who could win, possibly down to the last stage.
Lest anyone think I'm dissappointed, I'm not. Lance is da man. I just wish that over the last 7 years SOMEONE would have adopted a similar devotion to this race so they could give him a real challenge.