As expected: Yellow : Contador and Schleck stage a mock sprint for the cameras. On queue, Schleck had a chain issue requiring a bike change. This time, Contador waited. 1 Alberto Contador 2. Andy Schleck 3. Denis Menchov Green: 1. Alessandro Petacchi 2. Mark Cavendish - Today's stage winner with a splash 3. Thor Husohvd Polka Dot: 1 Anthony Charteau 2 Christophoe Moreau 3 Andy Schleck Lance ended up 23rd 39:20 back.
White (best young rider) - 1 Andy Schleck 2 Robert Gesink 3 Roman Kreuziger Team: Radioshack - Note: get your team kit approved before the stage start. The start of today's stage was delayed due to the teams decision to wear special jerseys, after they signed in in the original jersey, in honor of Lance Armstrong's Livestrong program. All the jerseys has the number 28 on them to signify the 28 million people world wide who are suffering form cancer. The officials would have none of it. After some debate, the team was allowed to wear them to start but had to change as soon as they got out of the Lantrene Rouge: Adriano Malori - 170th 4:27:03 behind Alberto. The racinf season is not over. Follow along at http://www.cyclingnews.com/ From: Jeff Glover Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 6:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: TDF Today saw no real surprises. Fabian Cancellara won the Time Trail today finishing 17 seconds ahead of Tony Martin (watch for this rivalry to bloom over the next few years whenever these two are in a TT). Overall Alberto Contador increased his margin over Andy Scheck to 0:31. A bit too much for Andy to overcome on the ride to Paris son this one is all but done. This will be Alberto's second Yellow jersey in a row. As for third place, Denis Menchov solidified his claim on the 3rd podium spot by riding to a 1:39 lead over Samuel Sanchez after today's TT. In retrospect, Ablerto was the favorite from the beginning and came through. He clearly managed his way to this win as had he not been more careful he could have easily lost to Andy. Race smarts won this one for him. As a side note, the margin that Alberto currently enjoys over Andy is the exact margin that Alberto took when Andy lost his chain and Alberto rode on, even thought I think Alberto really had no choice. So the ride into Paris should be the typical parade (yawn) until we get to the final sprint to the end. At that point this one will be all out, go for broke. Alessandro Petacchi has 213 pts, Thor Hushovd has 203 and Mark Cavendish has 197. This is a "big splash" finish, the kind that Cavendish and Columbia have done so well over the past two years. Look for them to once again pull to the front and win the bunch sprint. Thor needs the help of his team but not sure he will get it, they have been noticeably absent in these situations so far. Alessandro will not be able to hide in the shadows but he should be able to do well enough to keep green in the end. We shall see... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
