Iban ready for the Giro?

With a knee-injury and not much time to go until the Giro starts, I wonder if Iban will be in peak condition come the 12th of May. As we all know, his left knee has hampered his Giro preperations considerably, forcing him to abandon the Paris-Nice and the Vuelta al País Vasco, as well as ruling him out of the Ardennes classics. These races were supposed to fine-tune his form and serve as perfect preperation for the Giro; his first big goal for the 2007 season. Now, if you look at his calendar, Iban`s not supposed to do any more races until the Giro starts. How will that affect Iban`s form? Badly, I`m afraid, but I guess Iban will now change his calendar sligthly so that he`ll be ready for the Giro. I have no idea what Iban will do next, but personally I would have liked him to take part in the 6-day Pro Tour stage-race Tour of Romandy, running from the 1st to the 6th of May this year. Even if he would just chill and take it easy in the grupetto, I think that some competition ahead of the 3-week Giro d`Italia would do him good. This year`s Romandy features some seriously hilly stages, as well as a stage with a mountain-top finish. Or perhaps the Vuelta Asturias, from the 3rd to the 7th of May. Though, I guess Iban knows what do to. For all I know, Iban may turn up at the Giro super-fresh and with the legs to follow at his unpredictable best. It`ll be interesting to see, as the Giro seems tailor-made for a rider of Iban`s characteristics this year. Aupa Iban!