Flat but Windy stage today and team columbia used that to their advantage spearheading a 29 rider breakaway around 25k from the finish which opened up a just over 30 second advantage and left some of the major GC contenders behind. The Schlecks, Contador, Sastre, Evans, Levi, among others were set back a "gimme" 30 seconds on Columbia's Kircken, Rogers, and Martin as well as Lance Armstrong who was saavy enough to get in the break. Cancellera was lucky enough to be in it was well to hold on to yellow. With the main field left behind Cavendish out sprinted Thor Hushov for his 2nd stage win and took a straggle hold on the green jersey. But the big news is that with the break Armstrong was catapulted into 3rd place in GC 40 seconds off of cancellera. And with Astana's arsenal in full gear tomorrow the Texan could well be in yellow heading into the Pyrenees.
Huge stage for GC riders tomorrow with the return of the team time trial, look for astana to bring home the W and get there top GC riders up in the top of the classification, Saxo Bank, Columbia, and Garmin Slipstream look like the other big hitters. look for some GC contenders especially evans and leon sanchez to fall back because off their team's lack of time trial strength.
My Picks:
1. Astana
2. Columbia
3. Garmin Slipstream
4. Saxo Bank
5. Liqiugas?
Friday, July 10, 2009
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