It is now or never for French fave Christophe Moreau, who despite being around forever seems to be in the form of his life.

Known as "Le Chien" because of his habit of riding with his tongue out when dog-tired, the 36-year-old won the recent Dauphine Libere and then destroyed the field to win his first French road race title.

A reformed doper, Moreau remains his country's best hope of a first win for 22 years and is hugely popular - he married a podium girl he met in 2000.

That was when he claimed his best finish, fourth - anything close to that in 2007 would be a fine result.