While placing 12th overall in the Giro D'Italia is respectable, too many of the young bucks are loaded for bear for the Tour de France.  

If Lance/Romance is going to win, he is going to have to beat the likes of Alberto Contador (his own teamate & 2007 Tour Winner as well as 2008 Giro Winner), and Cadel Evans (current leader of the Daphine-Libre-- the precurssor to the Tour), the Sheck brothers (Andy & Frank), Carlos Sastre (last years Tour winner) and others.

I question Lance's return at times.  Was it because he was tired of chasing skirt? Did he want his old glory back??