For the Shark of Messina, Vincenzo Nibali (LIQ), is likely to hold his third place overall after today's time trial. He is only 36” behind Chris Froome (SKY), but it would take about an incident for the British rider to stumble and lose his place as the runner-up in the 2012 Tour.
At the time trial in Besançon, Nibali had a good ride but he was still 1'32” behind Froome. And, in the TT of the Criterium du Dauphine in June (also contested over 53km) he lost 1'55” to Froome.