Well I was Wrong-partly

Mayo didn't have the guns to take back that much time from his rivals. Lance was in good form, finishing just behind stage winner Ivan Basso, and moving into 2nd place in the General classification . Jan Ullrich (2nd in last years tour) lost time as did Tyler Hamilton, who fell to 20th. Levi Leipheimer moved into 12th position over-all, and Bobby Julich remained in 17th. As expected however Hincapie and Landis fell to 41st and 42nd respectively, after carrying water for Lance on the first climb and beginning of the last climb. Below is the profile for today's stage.

Contrast this to tomorrow, when the battle will truly begin. Ouch. Gotta love France in July. One of these days I might even be able to watch it live.