Yellow all the way to Paris?

You can't be serious, but you wouldn't be too wrong either, in thinking that for the first time ever the possibility of a rider holding on to Tour de France's maillot jaune from start to finish is there.
If ti were a sprinter winning last night's Stage One from Brest to Plumelec, it would have been a different story. If FdJ's Phillipe Gilbert had done it, it would have been a different story too. Maybe if Columbia's Kim Kirchen had taken the win, instead of being dumped by Alejandro Valverde in the slight uphill sprint, he could be the one. But no, it looks like Caisse d'Epargne are lining up their second win in three years with Spanish national champion Valverde.
But what a start we've been given. I'd thought of the undulations on the 197km route for Stage One and of course I thought of it as too bloody long for an opening stage.
And Valverde taking the win to follow his win in the Dauphine, must surely mean that the said possibility is real - substantiated by his Alpine feats in the warm-up in Dauphine more than anything. But of course, the lead is a mere second over Gilbert, but more importantly it is the same over contenders Ricardo Ricco, Cadel Evans and Filippo Pozzato, while Damiano Cunego and Carlos Sastre are a further six behind, still an open race.
Now tonight, we must expect a similar result with another undulating course, which suits the likes of Valverde as he's shown again last night. But the finish of the 164.5km route from Auray to Saint Breuc goes flat near the end, after a slight rise, which could offer a different type of rider the chance. Maybe good for somebody like Oscar Freire or Alessandro Ballan, or.... Valverde again. Maybe Ricco too. Don't you wish Paolo Bettini was there.