A long stage back into France today, another long and ultimately unsuccessful break and another close sprint finish won by McEwen. The sprinters are doing their thing while all the contenders seem to be content to watch each other and sty to stay out of trouble. With the burden of leadership on a number of new shoulders this year, one gets the impression nobody is willing to show their hand yet ... drive to arrive, baby, drive to arrive ...
The Cyclery TDF Pool stage finish was also tight -- in fact, too close to call with an eight-way tie for first between Peter Metuzals, Helena DeVeer, "Team Blood Wash", Linda Gilligan, Jamie Bryan, Stefan Sander, Markus Chiang and the irrepressible Steve Proulx. Since these are the top eight teams in the pool, there are no changes: Metuzals still leads by a single point over DeVeer.
A couple teams deserve special mention for their low-key approach to the early stages: Mr. Glen has scored zero points so far (he entered the pool late, so couldn't pick anyone who had already scored), and Il Gatto has not only failed to score a point but somehow contrived to lose five thanks to Di Luca's abandon. Keep your spirits up, boys, it's a long tour.
Date: 5-Jul Stage: 4 Start/Finish: Huy > Saint-Quentin Distance 207,0 1st MC EWEN Robbie AUS DVL 2nd GALVEZ Isaac ESP CEI 3rd FREIRE Oscar ESP RAB 4th HUSHOVD Thor NOR C.A 5th BOONEN Tom BEL QSI 6th KOPP David GER GST 7th BENNATI Daniele ITA LAM 8th VENTOSO Francisco ESP SDV 9th ALBASINI Michael SUI LIQ 10th EISEL Bernhard AUT FDJ Mountains PINEAU Jérôme FRA BTL Young rider VENTOSO Francisco ESP SDV Aggressive MARTINEZ Egoi ESP DSC Teams DAVITAMON - LOTTO Overall: Yellow BOONEN Tom BEL QSI Team DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM Green MC EWEN Robbie AUS DVL Polka dots PINEAU Jérôme FRA BTL Young rider FOTHEN Marcus GER GST
RANK TOT 4
1 242 1 48 Peter Metuzals
2 241 1 48 Helena DeVeer
3 223 1 48 Paul Crowley "Team Blood Wash"
4 221 1 48 Linda Gilligan
5 211 1 48 Jamie Bryan
6 208 1 48 Stefan Sander
7 202 1 48 Markus Chiang
8 199 1 48 Steve Proulx
9 198 20 40 Spencer Campbell "Texless"
9 198 10 41 Orange Scheisse
11 188 10 41 Glenn "My Team is Clean" Robinson
12 175 47 28 Lori Meyers
13 171 10 41 Chris & Storm
14 170 10 41 Meylina Kandoy
15 168 10 41 Natasha Elliott
16 165 20 40 Blaine Penny
16 165 20 40 John Fee / Cynthia Phelan
16 165 10 41 Eva Ortega "VillaEva"
19 164 10 41 Grimpeur George
20 158 28 38 The Cyclery
21 157 20 40 Nat Faulkner
22 154 10 41 Craig Hawkes "Sith Riders"
22 154 10 41 Chris Holzauer
24 153 10 41 Sean O'Donnell "The Ruse is Up"
25 152 47 28 Josh Hall
26 150 47 28 Dave Thomas
27 149 31 33 Tyler Lawlor
28 148 20 40 Team D.O.P.E.- Downplaying Operation Puerto Evidence
29 147 29 35 Matt Toulouse
30 144 29 35 Julie Deschenes-Furry
31 142 47 28 J to the U
32 141 57 21 "Dick und Doof"
33 140 20 40 "Barnet CC"
33 140 31 33 Doug Hinan
35 139 20 40 Mhairi Gilmore
36 138 47 28 Deb Hine's Most Excellent Picks
37 135 20 40 Sandy Fulton
38 133 47 28 Ed Makarchuk
39 131 31 33 Ross Knight
39 131 57 21 Team Boyz on Bikes
41 130 31 33 "Mr. Stevens Picks"
42 129 31 33 Derrick St. John
43 126 64 20 Musky Ninja
44 124 47 28 SUPERFAN
45 122 9 43 Ian Dalling
46 120 57 21 Jennifer Garrett
47 119 31 33 Jeffrey Furry
47 119 31 33 Courtnay Romkey
49 118 57 21 Wilby McKnight
50 117 31 33 Kris "Can't win" Westwood
51 116 31 33 Kevin Field "Fev"
52 115 57 21 Yellow Dopes "Grubby Rabbit"
53 113 31 33 Paul Scafel "Team Venga Venga Venga"
54 106 54 27 Julie Jay
55 103 57 21 Team Damdom
56 102 57 21 Team Oro Rocks
57 100 31 33 Rob Grondin
57 100 31 33 Alex Lai
57 100 31 33 Gordon Dalling
60 99 31 33 Marc Boudreau
60 99 31 33 Vicki Thomas
62 98 31 33 Neil la Plante
62 98 64 20 Sheri Jay
64 96 64 20 Jay "Son of Rudy" Heins
65 94 54 27 Mike Larochelle
66 90 64 20 Kiwi Mike
67 85 64 20 Richard and Catherine
68 84 64 20 Donelli
68 84 56 23 Team 18 Wheeler
70 78 70 18 "Team Wheelywotten"
71 69 71 13 Rob Kerr
72 67 71 13 Larginski
73 64 71 13 Adrian Das
74 62 80 8 Dave Shirley
75 60 71 13 Reed Archer
76 53 81 7 Les Boyz
77 51 71 13 Shawn Clarke
78 46 71 13 Chris White
79 41 71 13 Kate Scallion
80 37 83 0 Luise Sander "No Euros Here"
81 25 78 10 Los Spics
82 23 78 10 Operation Spain
83 20 83 0 Team OK
83 20 83 0 Remi "Team MTB + Frenchies" Berube
85 11 83 0 Phil Brun del Re "The Lucky Lucky Nine"
86 0 83 0 Mr. Glen
87 -5 83 0 Il Gatto
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