CSC (Sastre)
STEPHEN: This is Tyler Hamilton’s team now. He’s never really lived up to his earlier promise, and he’s now been passed by Leipheimer as the Next Great American Cyclist. Hamilton won Liege, but that means diddly squat. Frankly, I don’t rate this team at all.

JASON: Hamilton swears he’s in the best shape of his life and ready-though he admits no one is going to beat Lance. Hamilton tailored his training to mimic Armstrong’s. The man has finished second at the Giro, so he’s got the ability to rise up in the big tour. I do rate him and this team highly.

CSC is a good team: Sastre rides with the elite climbers; Sorensen, Piil, Luttenberger, Nick Jalobert are all going to find themselves in breakaways on the flat stages.

STEPHEN: Perhaps I should restate that. They don't suck. They won't contend for anything, nor will they embarrass themselves. They'll win a stage or two, and maybe send Hamilton to the top ten. They are solid and boring as hell. They pretty much define the peleton.