We hit the first real mountain stage...
Can Chavanel defend his Yellow jersey? -Probabbly not...
Is Armstrong strong enough to keep his good position in the GC?
What about Moureau in 7th?
Many Questions are asked... After the arrival in Morzine Avoriaz well know it...
After this stage there is a day for rest... There will be some useful informations... Stay tuned for it.
An early break was fomed bei Jussi veikkanen, Moinard and Peter Sagan
Soon 5 other ridewres came to the group. Also Jelle vanendert caught up to the group to defend his KOM jersey...
However, the group was to big and was eventually caught. hen 4 riders finally formed a break that could stay away from the Peloton. Offside the cameras Katusha Captain Karpets fell and lost more and more time to the pack...
The next rider to fall was Daniele Bennnati.
This is not a very good tour as it is the fifth rainy day and many riders are struggeling with it...
The Breakaway group went into the first Climb with an advantage of 4'17min.
Bennati had a very bad day and fell agian, this time in the climb but luckily he could stay in the grupetto.
First Big name from the climbers to fall back was Klöden. After this stage the top 20´s are gonna be outta reach. Also karpets and Breschel lost Contact.
With loosing Paulinho, Zubeldia, Klöden, Steegmanns, Rubiera and Popovych, Armstrong only has two riders to protect him left. However Leipheimer didnt seem that strong today.
Then a very early attack by Sami Sanchez... The ninth in the GC wanted to show hisstrength.
Moureau and Rogers tried to chase the Spainiard...
First at the top of the mountain was Jussi Veikkanen taking 30 points...
20km before the finish the break was caught and therefore everyone prepared for a clash at the last mountain...
Fränk Schleck and Moreau were the first to attack, and Evans tried to follow...
5km before the finish a group of ten was ahead with andy Schleck leading the group...
The Speed was not very high so Fränk went for the win but Evans was chasing hard...
Less then a km to go it was a tight race with 5 riders batteling for the win...
But Contador was the strongest and took the win!!!
It suddenly started snowing!!!
And also the maillot jaune changed his owner... And the new leader is:
Bad news for us is that CA Sörensen gave up today...
At least Brechel keeps the Maillot verde...
And then the clock was ticking for Ben Swift... Would he make the time today???
Points Classification 1 Matti Breschel Team Saxo Bank 139
2 Óscar Freire Rabobank 124
3 Mark Cavendish Team HTC - Columbia 118
4 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Transitions 103
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Professional Cycling Team 99
6 Alberto Contador Astana 85
7 Lance Armstrong Team RadioShack 84
8 Gerald Ciolek Team Milram 83
9 Allan Davis Astana 78 10 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank 68
hillis91 wrote:
A tip, take the pictures in the replay. And remove the name tag and the circles Then the pictures would be awesome.
Great story
Believe me, i would do that but the replay mode is not turned on cause from time to time the game crashes...
and i usually remove the circles but from time to time i forget