Le. Tour. De. France.
Just over the half way point today, one more day to the Pyrenees. Cavendish the Manx Maniac has another controversial stage victory which moves him up in the Sprinter’s standings and does nothing at all to change the overall picture. Head butts are an interesting innovation, but I can understand the steward’s actions and HTC-Columbia is now less the services of Mark Renshaw.
Umm… what makes them controversial is that they’re dangerous. This is not Roller Derby or Hockey where contact is allowed and encouraged, it’s more like NASCAR where it’s merely expected.
Otherwise there’s nothing to watch.
Yawn. 3 Threes and 2 Twos, one of them at the finish in this 131 mile jaunt between Bourg-de-Péage and Mende. Neither Contador nor Schleck are predicting any change in their 41 second gap and they seem well positioned to fend off interlopers.
Tomorrow’s stage is even less interesting if that’s possible so if there is a move before the mountains it should be today.
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Contador pulls back 11 seconds out of 45.