So, the Tour is over. Sastre is, presumably, nursing a champagne headache, along with his CSC teammates. They'd better recover fast, because the post-tour critieriums start right away and they have plenty of earnin' to do -- not to mention recovering for the Olympic road race on Aug. 9.
For the rest of us, life goes on. No Bob Roll. No Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen. No ShamWow (are they really made in Germany, where they make "good stuff"?) commercials. All we have left, all we can hope for, is to experience vicariously the lives of our cycling heroes through the agency of the Tour de France Pool, and bask in a tiny fraction of their reflected glow through our own results.
To that end, you no doubt would like to know the Tour Pool results. First, an explanation. Everybody has either paid their entry, or committed to pay it, with the exception of four entrants, who have been removed from the results. You know who you are, if you pay up by Wednesday, you'll be back on the list.
So, how did you do? The final stage and final overall rankings produced the scores below -- a strong win from Team Last Minute, followed by Fee and Stephan Sander. True to form, K8 Scallion was dead last on the day. But what did this do to the overall standings? All will be revealed in the next report ...
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1 Team Last Minute 258
2 Fee 246
3 Stephan Sander 240
4 Meylina Kandoy 232
5 Matthew Ellis A-Team 228
6 Paul McAneney 221
6 Alexandra Lai 221
8 Marc Boudreau 218
8 Team Kingsmere 218
10 Josée Lamirande 213
11 Dr. Ed 210
11 Oro Rocks! 210
13 Flip i Flap 207
14 Linda Gilligan 201
15 Chris Holzhauer 195
16 Les Boyz 194
17 Sebastian Robillard-Cardinal 193
18 Team mtbrkerz 192
19 Team Twink 191
19 Paul Skafel 191
21 Jay "GC" Heins 184
22 Tricia K (& RP) 183
22 Steve Proulx 183
25 Devil's Island CC 181
25 Rob Grondin 181
27 Superfan 178
28 Paul Crowley 176
29 Bob Webber 175
29 Paul McAneney Team 2 175
31 Chris White 174
32 Earl Wexler 173
33 Paul Gagnon 171
34 Jeffrey Furry 170
35 Kiwi Mike 168
36 Bill Richardson 167
37 Barnet Cycling Club 165
37 Deb Hine 165
39 Richard Swandel 164
40 Remi Berube 163
40 Tyler Lawlor 163
42 David Markin 161
42 Team Nestle 161
44 Phelan 157
44 VIPER 157
46 Jboys 155
46 Team Willow 155
48 Grimpeur Kings 153
49 Helena Deveer 152
49 Hamburglars 152
51 Jay "Green Jersey" Heins 150
52 Mike House 149
53 Gordon Dalling 148
54 Getafix 146
55 Ian Dewar 142
57 Vince Caceres 138
59 Donneli 135
59 Blaine Penny 135
62 Julian Hine 131
63 Sandy Fulton 130
64 Julie Deschenes-Furry 129
65 Biggie Flave 127
65 Julie Jay 127
67 Westboro Chiropractic 125
68 Sheri Jay 121
69 Are we there yet? 114
70 TinaB 110
71 Ian Dalling 105
72 natbikes.com 101
73 Doug Corner 99
74 Bat of Alpe d'Huez 97
74 Old Farts 97
76 Richard And Catherine 96
76 Matthew Ellis B-Team 96
78 Mhairi Gilmore 93
79 Grimpeur George 88
80 Lisa McMurray 71
81 Erich Zappe 69
82 Kris Westwood 60
82 Ilennod 60
84 K8 Scallion 29