I'm way behind on my Tour de France coverage, but not much has happened. Well, a lot has happened but the big boys haven't made their moves yet. In Stage 4, the Team Time Trial, Lance Armstrong's team, U.S. Postal Service, took the win and gave Lance the yellow jersey. It shows that Lance has the strongest team. He will need it. However, it is too early in the race to wear the team out defending the yellow jersey and Lance lost it in Stage 5. A break of non-threatening riders (non-threatening for the overall win) put Lance over 9 minutes down but all of the other big boys were behind Lance. They have run two mountain stages, Stage 10 and Stage 11. Lance is in 6th, 9:35 back. Those in front of him are not a threat. His threats are Tyler Hamilton (11th at 10:18 back), Jan Ullrich (17th at 10:30 back), and perhaps Roberto Heras (27th at 11:44 back.) The big boys are all within striking distance of each other. The real race has not yet begun. Two more mountain stages in the Pyrenees, a flat stage, and then the Alps.