Awesome stage today, David Millar of slipstream was out on a solo break as the peloton flooded the streets of barcelona for the an exciting uphill finish. But millars time trialing skills just werent enough as he was caught with just over kilometer to go and the tough sprint for the stage victory revved up, Columbia put guys at the front but could never get there man mark cavendish in position for a sprint, this gave spaniard oscar friere of rabobank the perfect opportunity to go for the W in front of his countries fans, his leadout man put him in perfect position but frierie just didnt have the legs to close on the incline and the Big Norwegian Thor Hushov who was waiting on his wheel charged around him and up the last 50 meters claiming the stage victory. This W puts "The God of Thunder" up high in the points classification for the green jersey only a few behind Mark Cavendish.
As for GC nothing really changed as all the top contenders finished with the same time in the peloton, except for Australian Mick Rogers would lost some valuable time when he crashed and was unable to catch back up to the peloton
Friday, July 10, 2009
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