Bont`s Greg Henderson gives his take on the Tour

Hey there.

 TDF. My dark horse is Bradley wiggins. He won't beat Contador. Noone will actually. But he has stripped so much weight and now shows his class on the road switching from the track.

I really believe Astana will have 2 on the podium. This can be dangerous as everybody knows you need teammates to win the Tour. I still believe Contador will win.

Our GC hope will probably be Tony Martin the young German. He also has stripped a ton of weight but still has so much power and strength. Unfortunately Kim won't be ready in time and Mic wasn't up to scratch for a good GC after such a long season already including the Giro. He is a class rider but a sprained verterbrae isn't helping things now and is struggling to put power through the pedals.

Kiwis in the tour is so cool. I think if we design a road program with some proper guidance or direction and try to move away from our track orientated mentality then we can definitely see more guys riding the tour.

Julian is pure class. He has been racing at this level for so long now and delivers time and time again in positioning Tyler in the sprints.

Roly is going to have a hard time because I know the pressure he puts on himself. Its unfair to think for one minute that he can support sastre in the mountains. And then TDF sprints are crazy and finding the front to guide Hushovd will be very difficult for him also. I really hope Roly doesn't stress himself about these situations and just concentrates on riding from day to day. If Sastre get the Jersey then Roly will be perfect to ride the front. He is as strong as a ox on the flat.

Green jersey will be won by Cav if everything goes along incident free. Too many guys haven't scored points on some days. And our train is too good for anyone ...bar Julz...to come close too. But even Julz would have a problem competing against our boys.

Poor ol Cadel. Has the legs for the podium but unfortunately is let down by his team. He has no support up high in the mountains and his ttt was poor. But he is a fighter and will never say die.

I'm interested to see if there will be any in house fighting in Astana. You would think under Bruynel he will have this under control. If there is any then that's when other teams could take advantage. But...Kloden looks already set to ride for LA and AC.

I think Tony Martin will ride our GC. Maybe Kim will get better but the others will be looking for stages or helping Cav in the groupetto

Later,

Greg.