Stage 9 could well be the turning point of the Fantasy Tour de France. Oscar Pereiro withdrew in Stage 8 and this stage would have been when any reserve riders would replace him in the lineups. Thats good news for knasen as his reserve Pierrick Fedrigo joins his team just as the rider himself wins the stage - but not so good news for the leader matt493 who has no replacement for the former Tour winner. Matt's lead has been cut from over 300 to under 140 since Stage 8.
Eoin's EDTeam are the team on a charge. 2nd place early on, they had slipped to 6th and were 545 points behind matt493 on Stage 7. After Stage 8 that gap was cut to 350 pts, and on Stage 9 to 137. You can see his team here, with his rise being made more remarkable by the fact he chose Denis Menchov.
Nobody selected Rinaldo Nocentini - but perhaps they should have, as he is the top scorer for the day, ahead of Pellizotti and then Tony Martin - the German remaining the top scoring rider overall.
Top 10:
1 |
(1) |
Team matt493 |
(matt493) |
9483 |
2 |
(3) |
EDTeam |
(Eoin) |
9346 |
3 |
(2) |
Team We shall Fail! |
(Kami) |
9211 |
4 |
(4) |
Fenian's Boys |
(fenian_1234) |
9074 |
5 |
(6) |
Riding On Oreos |
(Roo) |
8970 |
6 |
(5) |
Turbojugends |
(HankFromHell) |
8957 |
7 |
(7) |
Team skeltik |
(skeltik) |
8886 |
8 |
(8) |
Team DOOM(ed) |
(trueatfirstlight) |
8877 |
9 |
(10) |
De Stofzuigers |
(JustinWk) |
8719 |
10 |
(9) |
Mr.Clean |
(The Mountain Lion) |
8712 |
The extended article has the full standings
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