After the second major shake-up in the overall standings of the Tour de France in as many days, Saturday's 57-kilometer individual time trial from Le Creusot to Montceau les Mines takes on even more importance. Indeed, it could be the most significant Tour de France time trial since the final stage showdown between Laurent Fignon and Greg LeMond in 1989.

Perhaps the best indicator of how current race leaders may fare on Saturday is how they performed in Stage 7's 52km TT from St. Gregoire to Rennes. That stage was, of course, won by Sergei Gontchar of T-Mobile, who covered the distance in a dominant 1:01:43, but Gontchar is now sitting in 57th place in the overall standings at nearly two hours out of first place.

Saturday Time Trial takes on added significance

Considering the 10 men currently leading the Tour de France, American Floyd Landis had the strongest performance and could be considered a favorite for the overall title... but this is the 2006 Tour de France and like they say, "anything can happen." So, rather than prognosticate, we'll just leave you with the numbers:Current Overall Standings
1. Oscar Pereiro Sio (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne-I.B. 3248.6km in 80:08:49
2. Carlos Sastre (Sp), CSC, at 00:12
3. Floyd Landis (USA), Phonak, at 0:30
4. Andréas Klöden (G), T-Mobile, at 2:29
5. Cadel Evans (Aus), Davitamon-Lotto, at 3:08
6. Denis Menchov (Rus), Rabobank, at 4:14
7. Cyril Dessel (F), Ag2r Prevoyance, at 4:24
8. Christophe Moreau (F), Ag2r Prevoyance, at 5:45
9. Haimar Zubeldia (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 8:16
10. Michael Rogers (Aus), T-Mobile, at 12:13

Current Top-10 as they performed in Stage 7
(Times listed are actual times and not relative to other riders' performances)2. Floyd Landis (USA), Phonak, 01:02:44
4. Michael Rogers (Aus), T-Mobile, 52km in 1:03:07
8. Andréas Klöden (G), T-Mobile, 01:03:26
9. Denis Menchov (Rus), Rabobank, 01:03:27
11. Cadel Evans (Aus), Davitamon-Lotto, 01:03:32
15. Christophe Moreau (F), Ag2r Prevoyance, 01:03:47
18. Carlos Sastre (Sp), CSC, 01:03:54
23. Oscar Pereiro Sio (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., 01:04:24
36. Haimar Zubeldia (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, 01:05:15
38. Cyril Dessel (F), Ag2r Prevoyance, 01:05:25