Ah, Bastille Day, and the best the French could muster was fourth on the stage. C'est la vie, quoi! Popovych took the July 14th for Discovery, on the same day that two of their riders, Savoldelli and Noval, packed their bags and checked out.
Nobody's doing that in the Tour Pool, though, especially Meylina Kandoy - second on the stage - who continues to eat into Metuzals and DeVeers lead. These two had another mediocre day out, finishing tied for 20th on the day. But Bastille Day honours go to Ian Dalling once again with a truly outstanding effort. Too bad he is so far down on the overall ...
Mr. Glen finally picked up some long-overdue points, elbowing past Phil Brun del Re who now occupies the lanterne rouge position.
- Kris Westwood (reporting from Kamloops, BC)
Date: 14-Jul Stage: 12 Start/Finish: Luchon > Carcassonne Distance 211,5 1st POPOVYCH Yaroslav UKR DSC 2nd BALLAN Alessandro ITA LAM 3rd FREIRE Oscar ESP RAB 4th LE MEVEL Christophe FRA C.A 5th BOONEN Tom BEL QSI 6th MC EWEN Robbie AUS DVL 7th VENTOSO Francisco ESP SDV 8th ZABEL Erik GER MRM 9th BENNATI Daniele ITA LAM 10th HUSHOVD Thor NOR C.A Mountains RASMUSSEN Mickael DEN RAB Young rider VENTOSO Francisco ESP SDV Aggressive BENNATI Daniele ITA LAM Teams DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM Abandon PLOUHINEC Samuel FRA AGR Abandon MARTINEZ José Alberto ESP AGR Abandon GALVEZ Isaac ESP CEI Abandon SAVOLDELLI Paolo ITA DSC Abandon NOVAL GONZALEZ Benjamin ESP DSC Overall: Yellow LANDIS Floyd USA PHO Team T-MOBILE TEAM Green MC EWEN Robbie AUS DVL Polka dots DE LA FUENTE David ESP SDV Young rider FOTHEN Marcus GER GST
RANK TOT Stage rank Stage points 1 487 20 30 Peter Metuzals 2 469 20 30 Helena DeVeer 3 448 30 27 Linda Gilligan 4 442 48 22 Paul Crowley "Team Blood Wash" 5 434 30 27 Orange Scheisse 6 426 2 46 Meylina Kandoy 7 418 23 29 Markus Chiang 8 416 9 37 Stefan Sander 9 415 23 29 Jamie Bryan 10 406 18 32 Spencer Campbell "Texless" 11 396 48 22 Steve Proulx 12 390 3 43 Nat Faulkner 12 390 10 36 Glenn "My Team is Clean" Robinson 14 384 33 26 Grimpeur George 15 383 26 28 Tyler Lawlor 16 378 10 36 "Barnet CC" 17 376 3 43 Team D.O.P.E.- Downplaying Operation Puerto Evidence 18 370 26 28 Blaine Penny 18 370 15 34 John Fee / Cynthia Phelan 20 364 1 48 Ian Dalling 21 362 26 28 "Mr. Stevens Picks" 22 354 33 26 Chris Holzauer 23 352 33 26 Sean O'Donnell "The Ruse is Up" 24 350 63 14 Chris & Storm 25 347 37 25 Julie Deschenes-Furry 26 344 44 24 Craig Hawkes "Sith Riders" 27 337 7 38 Matt Toulouse 27 337 23 29 Mhairi Gilmore 29 334 45 23 Doug Hinan 30 333 10 36 Kevin Field "Fev" 31 330 5 42 The Cyclery 32 325 70 12 Natasha Elliott 32 325 6 40 Jeffrey Furry 34 323 45 23 Courtnay Romkey 35 321 63 14 Eva Ortega "VillaEva" 36 319 57 18 Ross Knight 37 318 37 25 Derrick St. John 38 312 57 18 Paul Scafel "Team Venga Venga Venga" 39 310 26 28 Lori Meyers 40 308 37 25 Marc Boudreau 41 306 53 19 Sandy Fulton 42 302 7 38 Alex Lai 43 299 37 25 Vicki Thomas 43 299 53 19 Kris "Can't win" Westwood 45 295 13 35 Julie Jay 46 291 37 25 Gordon Dalling 47 280 16 33 Neil la Plante 48 279 53 19 Josh Hall 49 276 52 20 SUPERFAN 50 274 63 14 Musky Ninja 51 265 69 13 Rob Grondin 52 251 63 14 J to the U 53 237 30 27 Wilby McKnight 54 235 16 33 Jay "Son of Rudy" Heins 54 235 48 22 "Dick und Doof" 56 231 37 25 Dave Thomas 56 231 70 12 Ed Makarchuk 58 227 70 12 Deb Hine's Most Excellent Picks 58 227 63 14 Jennifer Garrett 60 226 45 23 Mike Larochelle 60 226 19 31 Team Oro Rocks 62 223 63 14 Yellow Dopes "Grubby Rabbit" 63 222 60 16 Team Damdom 64 221 48 22 Team Boyz on Bikes 65 213 60 16 Richard and Catherine 66 208 13 35 Shawn Clarke 67 205 75 10 Team 18 Wheeler 68 185 83 5 Kiwi Mike 69 175 75 10 Donelli 70 174 20 30 Reed Archer 70 174 53 19 Larginski 72 172 74 11 Sheri Jay 73 171 75 10 Rob Kerr 74 159 80 9 Adrian Das 75 157 33 26 "Team Wheelywotten" 76 142 37 25 Les Boyz 77 133 70 12 Dave Shirley 78 122 81 8 Chris White 79 109 81 8 Kate Scallion 80 96 75 10 Team OK 81 89 75 10 Operation Spain 82 66 83 5 Los Spics 83 57 86 0 Luise Sander "No Euros Here" 84 39 85 2 Remi "Team MTB + Frenchies" Berube 85 29 59 17 Il Gatto 86 15 62 15 Mr. Glen 87 4 86 0 Phil Brun del Re "The Lucky Lucky Nine"Posted by kriswestwood at July 15, 2006 02:21 AM