Whither Vino?

Is it time to say, well done Vino for the Tour De France 2007?
Well there are 6 more days of cycling. But after today's race in which Vino lost 29 min, I don't think he will get the maillot jaune this year. He is now 34 mins+ behind :(
While I was hoping that he would win this year, an accident ruined his chances. He had set hopes aflutter y'day when he won the time trials with 50 stitches on his knees after the accident, but today destroyed all of y'day's work.
I am more shocked to learn that he is 34 and has perhaps little chance of a repeat performance of hard work that he has shown over the years. But then Lance won his last when he was around the same age and Vino was the only guy who matched him move for move in 2005 although Basso came 2nd.
Hope Team Astana can sock it to the other teams t'row and for the next 5 days.
Good luck to him.
I think that Contador is a definite contender for the Tour sometime soon although Kloeden (also Team Astana) can also upset calculations this year itself. He has lived far too long in the shadow of teammates such as Uhlrich.