Still quite rubbish, but at least less rubbish

That was unfortunate, but nice to see some initiative from BMC

Nice action between Quintana and Froome. They really continue where the Tour last season finished: In very close fights. This time with the better end for Quintana but it ain't over until the fat lady sings.

A bit more rubbish here

Good to see Castroviejo try though. Someone needs to pull something extraordinary to save this race for us...

Much better from Wilco! And Gesink crashing out, what do you know..

Bizarre stage but it's fine. No difference between 4th and 5th anyway so fair play to Kangert.

Uphill battle if Hanzen wants to stike back for the Points jersey, but at least BMC is having a pretty good time of it

Kangert 4th in GC, that's what I like to see

F*ck Spilak on 11th now which seems to become our standard this season

De Gendt isnt worth it they said. It wont pay out, they said...but the truth is that Porte doesnt pay off, while Thomas provides good results so far. 4th here, with the possibility to get 3rd. Maybe he can overtake TVG, but the last ITT wont make it easy for him...

I'm not in the race, but that was a terrific report Luigi.

It was just like I'd like to see all mountain stages with that much of action.

Good to see Bongiorno there, Too bad the GC riders don't care about breakaways here. Caruso better than the previous stage, but still far away from the top 10 in the GC.

De las Campos is not doing very good, though all the top GC riders are here.

So, what's the news on San Luis and Algarve?

Really busy for a few days, then holidays. I'm truly Sorry for the wait guys

I'm waiting for you to start my HQ reports

@Ollfardh: Now that I've got the file from Danny, I'll try to have Algarve done by Friday.

Trek - How long will that be? It's just 1 stage to go, right?

Cycleman - Alright, hopefully you can fix things

Yeah sorry, been getting a tonne of homework recently and I'm playing football 7 days a week, which takes up a lot of time

By the way, did you manage to restore the seconds and points, or are you going to have to restart? If restart, keep it short like ICL please.

And look: a fresh new page. Time for some rankings then


Sagan takes over the lead already, and probably has a San Luis GC to add. Kittel takes second after his San Remo win and Kristoff drops to third. The huge amount of sprinters near the top is probably because there's three stage races in still in progress.





Sky is still leading, but a poor San Remo sees some other teams get closer. A Froome win in Tirreno will set things right again of course. Belkin, Movistar and BMC have gone up to where they belong, while Cannondale and Orica are slightly suprising. FDJ drops to 7th, but remains the best CT team, closely followed by AG2R. Caja Rural is also still in the fight, while Champion System and NetApp collapsed after a good season start. Tinkoff, Omega Pharma, Trek and Giant are still struggling and Lampre remains last.

Hanzen Best EPIC Rider
Two FDJ riders, Demare + Vichot, in the Top20

FDJ Best CT team and still in Top10

I like these rankings a lot