Mercury-Viatel's Chris Horner trails Saturn's Trent Klasna by 2 minutes and 1 second as the race enters the final two days. I don't know if he has the team to defend Sunset. I don't think he does. He's got a better support team this year than he's had in years past, but I think it will self-destruct on the Sunset Loop.
Nothing is impossible on the Sunset Loop.
I believe you'll see the best Sunset race you've seen in a long time. Mercury entered this week's Classic ranked seventh in the world in the elite Trade Tech I division. Another Mercury team currently is leading the prestigious Paris-Nice race in France. Klasna admitted he has a a lot to be concerned about during the final two days of the Classic. Sunday is a hard race.