 After Stage 3, it should come as no surprise to you that Tony Martin is the top scorer once again, this time picking up 207 pts which betters his tally of 200 from Stage 1. The 27 riders breaking clear did of course have an affect on the scoring and most notably so with Maxime Bouet, the Frenchman was the 2nd best scorer today - good news for all 2 of the teams that have him.
No team selected Van de Walle so nobody was affected by the first withdrawal of the tour, although if you selected a sprinter other than Cavendish or Hushovd it is looking to be a bad choice. The top points on offer for the Green jersey already seem set to be controlled by those 2 riders.
Once again it is matt493 in the lead and he has now extended his lead over EDTeam to over 100 pts. He had better be aware though because Fenian's Boys are on a charge. Up 7 places to number 3 - notable gains from Martin, Armstrong, Hushovd and Dumoulin today will have helped. Theres no new entries into the Top 10 but its still close going into the TTT which could see a more major shakeup of the GC.
A big gainer today is Team Robbo´s Heroes, up 18 places, while ErikZ's Columbia filled team understandably benefits from the results today and gains 13 places.
Top 10:
| 1 |
(1) |
Team matt493 |
(matt493) |
3398 |
| 2 |
(2) |
EDTeam |
(Eoin) |
3279 |
| 3 |
(10) |
Fenian's Boys |
(fenian_1234) |
3214 |
| 4 |
(4) |
Team We shall Fail! |
(Kami) |
3171 |
| 5 |
(3) |
Team skeltik |
(skeltik) |
3149 |
| 6 |
(7) |
Turbojugends |
(HankFromHell) |
3127 |
| 7 |
(9) |
De Stofzuigers |
(JustinWk) |
3115 |
| 8 |
(5) |
Mr.Clean |
(The Mountain Lion) |
3108 |
| 9 |
(6) |
Team DOOM(ed) |
(trueatfirstlight) |
3061 |
| 10 |
(8) |
The Crüe |
(mattiasgt) |
3055 |
Read the extended article for full standings and the top 20 riders |
