For the first time, the last stage will not be a game and a pleasure journey, it will be the last battle the decision, the favorites are know but after the three week.
Leader:Tejay Van Garderen
Luxury Team Mate:Thibaut Pinot, Pierre Rolland, Wouter Poels
Team Mate:Romain Bardet,Alexandre Geniez,Arnold Jeannesson,Tony Gallopin
Sprinter:Adrien Petit
Leader:Bradley Wiggins
Luxury Team Mate:Christopher Froome,Luis Leon Sanchez
Team Mate:Edvald Boasson Hagen,Richie Porte,Ben Swift,Bernard Eisel
Sprinter:Mark Cavendish
Leader:Andy Schleck
Luxury Team Mate:Frank Schleck,Jerome Coppel,Maxime Monfort
Team Mate:Haimar Zubeldia,Ben Hermans,Steve Morabito,Linus Gerdemman,Jan Bakelandts
Leader: Jurgen Van den Broeck
Luxury Team Mateaniel Martin,Nairo Quintana
Team Mate:Miguel Angel Rubiano,Jonathan Hivert,Thierry Hupond,Cyril Gautier,Guillaume Levarlet,
Sprinter:Cardozo Miguel
Leader:Vincenzo NibalI
Luxury Team Mate:Nicolas Roche, Moser
Team Mate:Mauro Facci,Matteo Carrara, Alexandre Kistoff,Jhon Murphy,Matt Montaguoti,Fortin
Leader:Steven Kruisjwijk
Luxury Team Mate:Barredo, Wilco Kelderman,Bauke Mollema
Team Mate:Tom jellte Slagter,Alexandre Kolobnev,Petr Roooikjaers,Erick Friedirechsen
Sprinter:Heinrich Haussler
Leader:Tom De gendt
Team Mate:Lars Boom,Paulo Serry, Nikita Novikov,Lieuwe Westra,Pim Lightart,Romain Feuillu,Martin Keiser,Gustav Larsson
Leader:Janez Brajkovic
Luxury Team Mate:Fransco Masciarelli, Kevin Seelddrayers, Rigoberto Uran
Team Mate:Geraint Thomas,Simone Ponzi,Fabian Wegmann,Marco Marcato
Sprinter:Enrico Gasparotto
Leadereter Velits
Team Mate:Tony Martin,Dries Devenyns,Gerard Ciolek,Marcel Schweizer, Gert Steegmans,Sylvain Chavanel,Kenny de Haes
Sprinter:Manuel Trentin
He is the double Champion of the Tour de France, he's very strong in the TT and can handle the gap in the Mountain,He is the Grand Favorite.
Tejay Van Garderen
He's the best ally of Wiggins, They have the same ability in the Mountains and he will wait the two TT to make the difference, He and Wiggins will both chase the true Climbers
Andy Schleck
Somes says the best Climber in the World, weak in the TT but strong in the Mountains, was unlucky the last two years ut he showed good level in the Tour de Suisse
Great Climbers with the ability of taking time in the Climbs
Mark Cavendish
He's invincible in the flat , and that makes him a serious contender for the green jersey
Heinrich Haussler
Not very strong in the sprint but with his ability of punchers can take some additionnal Points
Mattew Harley Goss
If somes says that Cavendish will win the most number of stages, Some says that Goss is the Favorite, He is the second best sprinter and he certainly will get some points in hills and Mountains
Chris Anker Sorensen
He's the Last winner of this Jersey , and he will certainly be a great Contenders
Matthew Loyd
He's the 2012 winner and he failed last year but this year he will be someone to survey
Barredo Carlos
He's making a lot of attack, and he certainly will show himself this year
Fabian Cancellara seems to be The Serious Favourite for this Prologue, because TVG and Wiggins are more long TT riders, we should also take a look at the performance of all the riders in this sky team( Froome,Sanchez,Boasson Hagen), Geraint Thomas also from Astana...
sutty68 wrote:
Can't wait for the battle to commence at Le Tour
Bradley may be the Favourite, but lets hope that Tejay can cause a surprise and ride off with the win, Good Luck
Don't Forget Nibali And Schleck , They are more strong Climbers than TVG and Wiggins, don't care about wiggins in the mountains tough,h'es strong than TGV in the TT but not in the Mountain , VDB also the only one that can compete with Schleck and Nibali but not good in the Hills , will lose some times there
The first Favorite to go is Bradley Wiggins who didn't make a good prologue didn't catch his screen
Luis Leon Sanchez making a departure and taking the lead to Rasmussen
Geraint Thomas one of the favorite, finished not good tough
The former World TT champion Tony Martin didn't perform well also
Maxime Monfort, taked the lead
Very good in TT Wilco Keldermman finished at 3 second from Monfort
The French TT champion Jerome Coppel, not so good today
Lars Boom too strong to not being able to take Monfort down
Edvald played the game and take down Lars Boom
The Departure of the favorite for the final ride and we begin with Tj Van Garderen , not so good and not so bad 4 seconds after Boasson Hagen, taked one to Wiggins and 13 to Schleck and 5 to Van Den Broeck
Vincenzo Nibali make the best operation and win 1 second to TVG
Christopher Froome, the second leader in the sky may he play his cards , doing well today, finshing fourth
Fabian Cancellara, without noise winning the stage
12-Tejay Van Garderen-------------------+6
19-Bradley Wiggins-----------------------+9
38-Jurgen Van den Broeck---------------+11
80-Andy Schleck--------------------------+16
Two Battles will begin , first the battle of the flat with sprinters and secondly the batlle of the Climber Jersey with 2 fourth Cat. Climb and a second and third one, the strongest today can gather up to 9 points.
Today will be more a easy stage for TVG and other Climbers so we will make sure to protect him and to play the win in the sprint by Adrien Petit even if he has no chance to win. He will be leaded by tony Gallopin
The race started with a lot of attacks that the peloton chased and handle, Offredo take the First Mountain Sprint and one point in his Ranking is added.After 30km a Breakaway is formed with Johan Van Summeren,Dries Devenins, Javier Del Nero and Alexandre Kolobnev.In the second mountain Sprint it was Alexandre Kolobnev who take the 5 points
del Nero 3 and Devenins 1.Dries Devenins take 20 pts at the intermediate sprint,del Nero 17, Kolobnev 15, Vansummeren 13, frohlinger 11, and our Adrien Petit take 10 pts.devenins was the strongest at the 3 Cat Climb and take 2 pts, kolobnev take 1.Devenyns take also the last Mountain Sprint.
And now is the battle for the finish,the breakaway at 30km with an avance of 2 minutes seems to not succeding that's why the sprinter team place their leaders at the front of the peloton .At the finish Ben Swift launched the sprint but Mattew Harley was too strong
----------------------------------------Goss-------------------------------------------
---------------Ben Swift---------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------Edvald Boasson Hagen-----------
Adrien Petit got a good 4th place after taking the wheel of Boasson Hagen
Some Change In the general after the leave of Boom and Rassmussen from the top 10
The first difficult stage in the third with a lot of Mountain Sprint it will be more a stage for punchers, anyway the Leader should stay Careful.
and there comes the favorites:
Tony Gallopin
His two stages wins in Paris-nice make him a favorite for today's stage , he like this kind of difficult stage with a flat or downhill finish
Edvald Boasson Hagen
The world Champion will surely like this stage
Mattew Harley Goos
He win the second stage and he has more chance in that.
aniel Martin,Nairo Quintana 
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