The French have something to cheer about in this year's Tour after Sandy Casar took a canny stage win in Angouleme today. Earlier in the stage, Casar crashed heavily when he hit a dog that was crossing the road, and he finished the stage scraped and battered but very happy.
(This is the second dog-related crash in this year's Tour ... sadly, it is no longer the Year of the Dog, so we can discount a Chinese plot to sabotage the Tour, though it is now the Year of the Pig so we know what to look out for.)
The Tour organizers may be pleased with a home rider winning the stage, but rumour has it their happiness will be short-lived, as another rider has supposedly tested positive. The word on the street is that it's polka-dot jersey Juan Mauricio Soler, but that remains to be seen. So much for having a scandal-free end of the Tour ...
Orange Scheisse has taken today's stage in the Pool, besting the old-timer Peter Metuzals and John Fee. The Hamburglars also had a good stage, but they only gained a point on overall leader Paul Scafel. A special mention goes to FEV, who was equal fourth with Hamburglars and is one of the key people behind the Tour Pool.
Meylina Kandoy lost seven points and her run at the overall win is looking to be in doubt, though she did pass the equally shaky Chris Holtzhauer, who sits now third, one point back. Alex Lai is starting to look good for a podium: she's fourth, one point behind Holtzhauer.
The time trial tomorrow will definitely shake things up, hopefully in the Tour, but possibly in the Pool as well. It should be an exciting day.
It's an exciting day tomorrow in Victoria, BC, too: the elite and junior classes will be racing at the BMX world championships, so my update may be a little late.
Until tomorrow, when I will bring you all the glory, shame, scandals and joy.
-- KW
Stage: 18
Start/Finish: Cahors-Angoulême
Distance 211 km
1st 15 CASAR Sandy
2nd 12 MERCKX Axel
3rd 10 LEFEVRE Laurent
4th 8 BOOGERD Michael
5th 6 BOONEN Tom
6th 5 HUNTER Robert
7th 4 ZABEL Erik
8th 3 CHAVANEL Sébastien
9th 2 EISEL Bernhard
10th 1 HUSHOVD Thor
Mountains 2 LEFEVRE Laurent
Mountains 2 BOOGERD Michael
Young rider 1 CORIONI Claudio
Aggressive 1 CASAR Sandy
Teams 3 Française des Jeux
Arrest for drugs -50 MORENI Cristian
Yellow 7 CONTADOR Alberto
Team 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Green 5 BOONEN Tom
Polka dots 5 SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio
Young rider 5 CONTADOR Alberto
Stage results
Rank Name Score
1 Orange Scheisse 33
2 Peter Metuzals 28
3 John Fee 25
4 The Hamburglars 24
4 FEV 24
6 Paul Scafel 23
6 Alex Lai 23
6 Ian Dalling 23
9 Tyler Lawler 19
10 Top Chillin 18
10 Mike Larochelle 18
12 Those Wacky Stage Guys-Kris Westwood 17
13 Meylina Kandoy 16
13 David Markin 16
13 Dopeless Bloodhounds 16
13 Paul Gagnon 16
13 Noddy 16
18 Markus Chiang 14
19 Liisa Bjerkelund 13
19 Devil's Island CC 13
19 Sheri Jay 13
19 Here We Go Again 13
19 Team Damdom 13
19 Derrick St John 13
19 Matthew Ellis 13
19 Henry Mai 13
19 Oro Rocks 13
19 The Bat Returns 13
29 Chris Holzauer 12
29 Blaine Penny 12
29 Ed Makarchuk 12
29 Sebastien Robillard-Cardinal 12
29 Adrian Das 12
29 Grimpeur George 12
29 Vinnie 12
29 Stefano DiCiclismo 12
29 Tom Nightingale 12
29 Mhairi Gilmore 12
29 Helena DeVeer 12
29 Jamie Bryan 12
29 Luise Sander 12
29 Donelli 12
29 Ben Sporer 12
29 Jefferb 12
29 Deb Hine 12
29 Bryan Gormley 12
29 Martha Guy 12
29 Superfan 12
29 JBoys 12
29 Viva Espania 12
29 Team of Some Young Guys 12
29 Kiwi Mike 12
53 Paul McAneney 11
53 Nat Faulkner 11
53 Adam E 11
53 Ian Dewar 11
53 Shawn Clarke 11
53 Annie Letourneau 11
53 Julie Jay 11
60 Paul Havey 7
61 Team 18 Wheeler 5
62 Les Boyz 4
62 Rob Kerr 4
64 Remi Berube 3
64 Julie Deschenes-Furry 3
66 Christopher Holloway/Katherine Murray 1
66 Duane Smith 1
66 Bill Hurley 1
66 Jeffrey Furry 1
66 Cynthia Phelan 1
66 Natasha Elliot 1
66 Mike & Marnie 1
66 Rob Grondin 1
66 Stefan Sander 1
66 Wilby McNight 1
66 Bill Richardson 1
66 VillaEva 1
66 Paul O'Bleines 1
66 Leslie & Reed Archer 1
80 Team Alpe D'Huez 0
80 Chris White 0
80 Nadzilla 0
80 Claire McAneney 0
80 Gord's Wife 0
80 Shaw 0
80 Gordon Dalling 0
80 Hujine 0
80 Graham Chafe 0
80 Michael DeKelver 0
80 Earl Wexler 0
80 Kevin Nelson 0
80 Barnet Cycling Club 0
80 Dick und Doof 0
80 Catherine & Richard 0
80 La Bambina 0
80 The Sensational S's 0
80 Kate Scallion 0
80 Team Off the Back 0
Overall results
Rank Name Score
1 Paul Scafel 593
2 Meylina Kandoy 571
3 Chris Holzauer 570
4 Alex Lai 569
5 The Hamburglars 567
6 Blaine Penny 535
7 Peter Metuzals 524
8 Ian Dalling 518
9 David Markin 515
9 Ed Makarchuk 515
11 Sebastien Robillard-Cardinal 506
12 Paul McAneney 502
13 Markus Chiang 493
14 Orange Scheisse 473
15 Liisa Bjerkelund 472
16 Adrian Das 461
17 Devil's Island CC 459
18 Nat Faulkner 445
19 Sheri Jay 444
20 Dopeless Bloodhounds 437
21 Adam E 434
22 Here We Go Again 433
22 Grimpeur George 433
24 Team Damdom 431
25 Vinnie 429
26 Stefano DiCiclismo 422
27 FEV 417
28 Derrick St John 413
28 Team Alpe D'Huez 413
30 Matthew Ellis 410
31 Les Boyz 409
31 Christopher Holloway/Katherine Murray 409
33 Paul Gagnon 408
34 Henry Mai 404
34 Tom Nightingale 404
36 Top Chillin 403
37 Mhairi Gilmore 402
38 Helena DeVeer 398
39 Jamie Bryan 389
40 Duane Smith 386
41 Bill Hurley 382
42 Jeffrey Furry 380
43 Rob Kerr 372
44 Cynthia Phelan 370
45 Luise Sander 365
46 Natasha Elliot 355
47 Tyler Lawler 349
48 Ian Dewar 343
48 Mike & Marnie 343
50 Shawn Clarke 340
51 Mike Larochelle 339
52 Donelli 337
52 Chris White 337
54 Ben Sporer 336
54 Rob Grondin 336
56 John Fee 331
57 Jefferb 330
58 Nadzilla 326
59 Those Wacky Stage Guys-Kris Westwood 325
59 Deb Hine 325
61 Remi Berube 322
62 Claire McAneney 319
63 Gord's Wife 302
64 Bryan Gormley 294
65 Stefan Sander 291
66 Oro Rocks 280
67 Martha Guy 270
68 The Bat Returns 267
69 Superfan 266
70 Shaw 255
71 JBoys 254
72 Annie Letourneau 243
73 Julie Jay 234
74 Wilby McNight 228
75 Bill Richardson 224
76 VillaEva 217
77 Gordon Dalling 214
78 Viva Espania 213
79 Hujine 209
80 Graham Chafe 208
81 Paul O'Bleines 206
82 Michael DeKelver 196
83 Earl Wexler 192
84 Julie Deschenes-Furry 187
85 Kevin Nelson 173
86 Barnet Cycling Club 172
87 Noddy 167
88 Dick und Doof 159
89 Team of Some Young Guys 156
90 Kiwi Mike 155
91 Team 18 Wheeler 146
92 Catherine & Richard 131
93 Leslie & Reed Archer 129
94 La Bambina 77
95 Paul Havey 59
96 The Sensational S's 6
97 Kate Scallion 1
98 Team Off the Back -19
As anticipated yesterday, yellow jersey Michael Rasmussen didn't start today's stage of the Tour after his team pulled him for lying about his whereabouts earlier in the year. A pretty drastic decision on their part, but probably the only one they could take to protect even a tiny fraction of their credibility.
So we have a Tour with a farcical battery of positive tests (Sinkewitz, Vinokourov and Moreni) and Rasmussen's unusual case, with media and sponsors walking away, and the fans booing the riders.
Yet despite this it's still a crackerjack Tour, with huge numbers of spectators on the roadside. Contador is leading with a narrow 1:53 margin over Evans and 2:49 over Leipheimer, with a long time trial coming up on Saturday. Will we see the first-ever Australian Tour winner? Can Contador hang on? Does Levi have anything left?
One Pool entry that has nothing left is erstwhile leader Chris Holtzhauer, who had an abysmal day, scoring just two points and dropping to 12 points behind Paul Scafel. Lucky for Chris, Meylina Kandoy also scored just two today and still sits third, ahead of Alex Lai.
It was a pretty low-scoring day all around, save for Orange Scheisse, Peter Metuzals and Ian Dalling. A special mention to The Bat Returns in fourth, who has seldom been seen this high on the stage rankings.
So, what next? It's hard to imagine things getting any worse, but I've said that before so I'll keep my predictions to myself for the time being.
In the meantime, a quick note on scoring. I was asked if riders who test positive have all their points removed. The answer is no, all the results that are official count, so as long as a rider wasn't removed from the stage result because of a positive test, they still get the points.
Also, please note that our chief hamster is adding her own little editorial comments by tweaking the team names from day to day, in case you were wondering where that came from.
Until tomorrow -- KW
Stage: 17
Start/Finish: Pau-Castelsarrasin
Distance 188,5 km
1st 15 BENNATI Daniele
2nd 12 FOTHEN Markus
3rd 10 ELMIGER Martin
4th 8 VOIGT Jens
5th 6 MILLAR David
6th 5 TOSATTO Matteo
7th 4 QUINZIATO Manuel
8th 3 RIGHI Daniele
9th 2 BOONEN Tom
10th 1 CHAVANEL Sébastien
Mountains 2 FOTHEN Markus
Young rider 1 KRAUSS Sven
Aggressive 1 VOIGT Jens
Teams 3 Lampre - Fondital
Abandon -5 RASMUSSEN Michael
Abandon -5 MENCHOV Denis
Yellow 7 CONTADOR Alberto
Team 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Green 5 BOONEN Tom
Polka dots 5 SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio
Young rider 5 CONTADOR Alberto
Stage Results
Rank Name Score
1 Orange Scheisse 41
2 Peter Metuzals 34
2 Ian Dalling 34
4 The Bat Returns 27
4 JBoys 27
6 Mhairi Gilmore 22
6 Top Chillin 22
8 Bryan Gormley 21
9 The Hamburglars 19
9 FEV 19
9 John Fee 19
12 Team Damdom 16
12 Paul Havey 16
14 Paul Scafel 14
14 Alex Lai 14
14 Tyler Lawler 14
14 Mike Larochelle 14
18 Donelli 13
18 Those Wacky Stage Guys-Kris Westwood 13
18 Julie Jay 13
21 Markus Chiang 12
21 Derrick St John 12
21 Viva Espania 12
21 Team of Some Young Guys 12
25 Paul McAneney 11
25 Luise Sander 11
27 Noddy 9
27 Kiwi Mike 9
29 Dopeless Bloodhounds 8
29 Vinnie 8
29 Ben Sporer 8
32 Liisa Bjerkelund 7
32 Devil's Island CC 7
32 Sheri Jay 7
32 Here We Go Again 7
32 Stefano DiCiclismo 7
32 Matthew Ellis 7
32 Paul Gagnon 7
32 Tom Nightingale 7
32 Henry Mai 7
32 Jamie Bryan 7
32 Shawn Clarke 7
32 Oro Rocks 7
32 Superfan 7
32 Annie Letourneau 7
46 Kate Scallion 5
47 Cynthia Phelan 4
48 Chris Holzauer 2
48 Meylina Kandoy 2
48 Blaine Penny 2
48 Ed Makarchuk 2
48 David Markin 2
48 Sebastien Robillard-Cardinal 2
48 Adrian Das 2
48 Nat Faulkner 2
48 Adam E 2
48 Grimpeur George 2
48 Helena DeVeer 2
48 Ian Dewar 2
48 Jefferb 2
48 Deb Hine 2
62 Natasha Elliot 1
62 Claire McAneney 1
62 Team Off the Back 1
65 Shaw 0
65 Wilby McNight 0
65 VillaEva 0
65 Gordon Dalling 0
65 Graham Chafe 0
65 Paul O'Bleines 0
65 Michael DeKelver 0
65 Earl Wexler 0
65 Kevin Nelson 0
65 Barnet Cycling Club 0
65 Dick und Doof 0
65 Team 18 Wheeler 0
65 Catherine & Richard 0
65 La Bambina 0
65 The Sensational S's 0
80 Team Alpe D'Huez -5
80 Christopher Holloway/Katherine Murray -5
80 Les Boyz -5
80 Duane Smith -5
80 Bill Hurley -5
80 Jeffrey Furry -5
80 Rob Kerr -5
80 Chris White -5
80 Rob Grondin -5
80 Nadzilla -5
80 Remi Berube -5
80 Gord's Wife -5
80 Stefan Sander -5
80 Bill Richardson -5
80 Julie Deschenes-Furry -5
80 Leslie & Reed Archer -5
96 Mike & Marnie -10
96 Martha Guy -10
96 Hujine -10
Overall Results
Rank Name Score
1 Paul Scafel 570
2 Chris Holzy 558
3 Meylina Kantdo-it 555
4 Alex "Contador in Yellow" Lai 546
5 The Hamboozers 543
6 Blaine Penny 523
7 Eddy Makarchuk 503
8 David Markin 499
9 Petey Metuzals 496
10 Ian Dalling 495
11 Sebastien Robillard-Cardinal 494
12 Paul McAneney 491
13 Markus Chiang 479
14 Liisa Bjerkelund 459
15 Adrian Das 449
16 Devil's Island CC 446
17 Orange Scheisse 440
18 Nat Faulkner 434
19 Sheri Jay 431
20 Adam E 423
21 Dopey Bloodhounds 421
21 Gimpy George 421
23 Here We Go Again 420
24 Team Damdom 418
25 Winnie 417
26 Team Alpe D'Huez 413
27 Stefano DiCiclismo 410
28 Christopher Holloway/Katherine Murray 408
29 Les B-Boyz 405
30 Derrick St John 400
31 Matthew Ellis 397
32 Kevy 393
33 Paul Gagnon 392
33 Tom Nightingale 392
35 Henry Mai 391
36 Muggle Gilmore 390
37 Helena DeVeer 386
38 Top Chicklins 385
38 Duane Smith 385
40 Billy-boy Hurley 381
41 Jeffrey Furry 379
42 Jamie Bryan 377
43 Cynthia Phelan 369
44 Rob Kerr 368
45 Natasha Elliot 354
46 Luise Sander 353
47 Mike & Marnie 342
48 Chris White 337
49 Robbie Grondin 335
50 Ian Dewar 332
51 Tyler Lawler 330
52 Shawn Clarke 329
53 Radzilla 326
54 Donelli 325
55 Ben Sporer 324
56 Mikey Larochelle 321
57 Claire McAneney 319
57 Remi Berube 319
59 Jefferb 318
60 Debbie Hine 313
61 Those Cracky Stage Guys-Kris Westwood 308
62 John Fee 306
63 Gordie's Wife 302
64 Stefan Sander 290
65 Bryan Gormley 282
66 Oreos Rock 267
67 Martha Guy 258
68 Shaw 255
69 Batty Returns 254
69 Superduperfan 254
71 JBoys 242
72 Annie Letournesol 232
73 Wilby McNight 227
74 Julie Jay 223
74 Bill Richardson 223
76 VillaEva 216
77 Gordon Dalling 214
78 J to the U 209
79 Graham Chafe 208
80 Paul O'Bleines 205
81 Viva Espania 201
82 Michael DeKelver 196
83 Earl Wexler 192
84 Julie Deschenes-Furry 184
85 Kevin Nelson 173
86 Barnet Cycling Club 172
87 Dick und Doof 159
88 Noddy 151
89 Team of Some Dumb Guys 144
90 Kiwi Mikey 143
91 Team 18 Squealers 141
92 Catey & Ricky 131
93 Leslie & Reed Archer 128
94 La Bambina 77
95 Paul Havey 52
96 The Sensational S's 6
97 Kate Scallion 1
98 Team Jump Off the Back -19
When I suggested Alex Vinokourov had lots of surprises in store for us after stage 15, I was expecting more audacious attacks and gritty performances. I suppose deep down in my cynical self I might have added a positive doping test, but I didn't think he would be stupid enough to get caught, but as we have all seen, that is what has happened. So, no more Vino, and no more Astana at the Tour.
Add to that, Moreni gets busted for testosterone on stage 11, resulting in the withdrawal of the whole Cofidis team, and the word on the street is that none other than yellow jersey Rasmussen has been pulled out of the Tour by his team for lying about his whereabouts to the anti-doping agencies.
The racing has become almost an afterthought, and that's a shame because the racing has been fantastic. There was another mountain showdown between Contador and Rasmussen today, with the Dane coming out on top and virtually guaranteeing himself the overall victory ... until his team pulls him out. The news isn't official yet, so Rasmussen's results from today stand in the Pool. We'll see what the morning brings.
No matter how disillusioned we may become about the Tour, we always have the pure, unadulterated and fair competition that is the Tour Pool. There's no way to artificially enhance your performance in this kind of competition, short of bribing the hamsters with sunflower seeds, so we are safe in the knowledge that Damdom is the true champion of stage 16, and that Ben Sporer and Cynthia Phelan didn't do anything unethical to share the podium with them. It will be interesting to see how they fare without Rasmussen, but that's another story altogether.
On the overall, Chris Holtzhauer is still clinging tenaciously to hope, as he has rebounded in the wake of the scandals to joint lead in the Pool with Paul Scafel. Meylina Kandoy is third a mere three points behind, and it's a relatively big gap back to Alex Lai in fourth, the Hamburglars in fifth and so on.
Undisturbed by all the scandals, Team Off the Back sits secure in their abysmal -20 record. They likely don't feel threatened by Scallion's drop to -4 and can continue to plod along with red lanterns dancing in their head.
Here's hoping there is a stage tomorrow, because there's still a lot of good racing ahead -- providing there are enough riders left to race!
-- KW
Stage: 16
Start/Finish: Orthez-Gourette-Col d'Aubisque
Distance 218,5 km
1st 15 RASMUSSEN Michael
2nd 12 LEIPHEIMER Levi
3rd 10 CONTADOR Alberto
4th 8 EVANS Cadel
5th 6 SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio
6th 5 ZUBELDIA Haimar
7th 4 COBO ACEBO Juan Jose
8th 3 SASTRE Carlos
9th 2 PEREIRO SIO Oscar
10th 1 VALVERDE Alejandro
Mountains 2 SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio
Young rider 1 SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio
Aggressive 1 SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio
Teams 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Abandon -5 SPRICK Matthieu
Abandon -5 SAVOLDELLI Paolo
Abandon -5 VINOKOUROV Alexandre
Abandon -5 COLOM Antonio
Abandon -5 IGLINSKIY Maxim
Abandon -5 IVANOV Serguei
Abandon -5 KASHECHKIN Andrey
Abandon -5 KLÖDEN Andréas
Abandon -5 NAVARRO Daniel
Abandon -5 RAST Gregory
Abandon -5 MORENI Cristian
Abandon -5 CHAVANEL Sylvain
Abandon -5 AUGE Stéphane
Abandon -5 NUYENS Nick
Abandon -5 SCHEIRLINCKX Staf
Abandon -5 VERBRUGGHE Rik
Abandon -5 WIGGINS Bradley
Abandon -5 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone
Abandon -5 Astana
Positive test -25 VINOKOUROV Alexandre
Positive test -25 MORENI Cristian
Team raided/tested 5 Astana
Team raided/tested 5 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone
Team raided/tested 5 Astana
Team raided/tested 5 Team CSC
Team raided/tested 5 Rabobank
Team raided/tested 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Yellow 7 RASMUSSEN Michael
Team 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Green 5 BOONEN Tom
Polka dots 5 SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio
Young rider 5 CONTADOR Alberto
Stage results
Rank Name Score
1 Team Damdom 52
2 Ben Sporer 51
3 Cynthia Phelan 48
4 Orange Scheisse 42
5 Vinnie 40
5 Martha Guy 40
7 Alex Lai 35
8 Sheri Jay 34
9 Liisa Bjerkelund 32
10 Duane Smith 31
11 Les Boyz 30
11 Hujine 30
11 Julie Jay 30
14 John Fee 28
15 Henry Mai 27
16 Ed Makarchuk 25
17 Adrian Das 24
17 Viva Espania 24
19 Blaine Penny 23
19 Julie Deschenes-Furry 23
21 Nadzilla 22
21 Annie Letourneau 22
23 Chris Holzauer 18
23 Top Chillin 18
25 Paul Scafel 17
26 Christopher Holloway/Katherine Murray 16
27 Adam E 15
27 Rob Kerr 15
27 Team of Some Young Guys 15
30 Meylina Kandoy 14
30 Bryan Gormley 14
32 Dopeless Bloodhounds 13
32 Matthew Ellis 13
32 Mike & Marnie 13
32 Rob Grondin 13
32 Superfan 13
37 Shaw 12
38 Tom Nightingale 11
38 Mike Larochelle 11
40 FEV 10
40 Barnet Cycling Club 10
42 Devil's Island CC 8
42 Chris White 8
42 Team 18 Wheeler 8
45 Here We Go Again 7
45 Claire McAneney 7
47 David Markin 6
47 Sebastien Robillard-Cardinal 6
47 Tyler Lawler 6
50 Paul McAneney 5
50 Remi Berube 5
50 Noddy 5
53 Bill Hurley 4
53 Stefan Sander 4
55 Paul Gagnon 3
55 Jeffrey Furry 3
55 Deb Hine 3
58 Natasha Elliot 2
59 Nat Faulkner 1
59 Derrick St John 1
59 Luise Sander 1
59 Gord's Wife 1
63 Those Wacky Stage Guys-Kris Westwood 0
63 Kiwi Mike 0
63 Team Off the Back 0
66 The Hamburglars -2
67 Markus Chiang -3
68 Peter Metuzals -4
68 Earl Wexler -4
70 Paul Havey -5
70 Kate Scallion -5
72 Mhairi Gilmore -6
73 Team Alpe D'Huez -7
73 Oro Rocks -7
73 Michael DeKelver -7
73 The Sensational S's -7
77 Grimpeur George -8
78 Ian Dalling -9
78 JBoys -9
80 Jamie Bryan -10
80 VillaEva -10
82 Ian Dewar -12
82 Wilby McNight -12
82 Graham Chafe -12
85 Dick und Doof -13
86 Jefferb -14
86 Paul O'Bleines -14
88 Bill Richardson -19
88 Gordon Dalling -19
90 Kevin Nelson -21
91 Helena DeVeer -22
92 Stefano DiCiclismo -24
92 The Bat Returns -24
94 Shawn Clarke -26
95 Donelli -27
96 La Bambina -28
97 Leslie & Reed Archer -29
98 Catherine & Richard -32
Overall results
Rank Name Score
1 Chris Holzauer 556
1 Paul Scafel 556
3 Meylina Kandoy 553
4 Alex Lai 532
5 The Hamburglars 524
6 Blaine Penny 521
7 Ed Makarchuk 501
8 David Markin 497
9 Sebastien Robillard-Cardinal 492
10 Paul McAneney 480
11 Markus Chiang 467
12 Peter Metuzals 462
13 Ian Dalling 461
14 Liisa Bjerkelund 452
15 Adrian Das 447
16 Devil's Island CC 439
17 Nat Faulkner 432
18 Sheri Jay 424
19 Adam E 421
20 Grimpeur George 419
21 Team Alpe D'Huez 418
22 Christopher Holloway/Katherine Murray 413
22 Dopeless Bloodhounds 413
22 Here We Go Again 413
25 Les Boyz 410
26 Vinnie 409
27 Stefano DiCiclismo 403
28 Team Damdom 402
29 Orange Scheisse 399
30 Duane Smith 390
30 Matthew Ellis 390
32 Derrick St John 388
33 Bill Hurley 386
34 Tom Nightingale 385
34 Paul Gagnon 385
36 Henry Mai 384
36 Jeffrey Furry 384
36 Helena DeVeer 384
39 FEV 374
40 Rob Kerr 373
41 Jamie Bryan 370
42 Mhairi Gilmore 368
43 Cynthia Phelan 365
44 Top Chillin 363
45 Natasha Elliot 353
46 Mike & Marnie 352
47 Chris White 342
47 Luise Sander 342
49 Rob Grondin 340
50 Nadzilla 331
51 Ian Dewar 330
52 Remi Berube 324
53 Shawn Clarke 322
54 Claire McAneney 318
55 Ben Sporer 316
55 Tyler Lawler 316
55 Jefferb 316
58 Donelli 312
59 Deb Hine 311
60 Mike Larochelle 307
60 Gord's Wife 307
62 Stefan Sander 295
62 Those Wacky Stage Guys-Kris Westwood 295
64 John Fee 287
65 Martha Guy 268
66 Bryan Gormley 261
67 Oro Rocks 260
68 Shaw 255
69 Superfan 247
70 Bill Richardson 228
71 Wilby McNight 227
71 The Bat Returns 227
73 Annie Letourneau 225
74 Hujine 219
75 VillaEva 216
76 JBoys 215
77 Gordon Dalling 214
78 Julie Jay 210
79 Graham Chafe 208
80 Paul O'Bleines 205
81 Michael DeKelver 196
82 Earl Wexler 192
83 Viva Espania 189
83 Julie Deschenes-Furry 189
85 Kevin Nelson 173
86 Barnet Cycling Club 172
87 Dick und Doof 159
88 Noddy 142
89 Team 18 Wheeler 141
90 Kiwi Mike 134
91 Leslie & Reed Archer 133
92 Team of Some Young Guys 132
93 Catherine & Richard 131
94 La Bambina 77
95 Paul Havey 36
96 The Sensational S's 6
97 Kate Scallion -4
98 Team Off the Back -20
Two days ago, Vinokourov destroyed everybody in the time trial. Yesterday, he had no legs and finished 28 minutes back. And then today, he soloed away from the second group on the final climb, went straight past the break and won the stage.
Who knows what the Kazakh has in store for us after tomorrow's rest day, but it's sure to be interesting. As is the Contador-Rasmussen battle: today, Contador's relentless pressure dropped everyone except Rasmussen, and the yellow jersey must surely be happy to have put yet more time in the riders that can time trial so much better than him. With Evans at four minutes, and Leipheimer and Kloden at more than five, it will take a 2005-style meltdown for Rasmussen to lose yellow.
Having said that, he will be looking to gain more time in the final mountain stage on Wednesday because Saturday's time trial is less likely to flatter the Dane than the race in Albi. The roads are flatter and straighter, so the true TT specialists will have their chance to shine.
But plenty can happen between now and then. A single bad day can put anyone out of contention, as we saw with Vinokourov, and Rasmussen has two long and tough stages on Thursday and Friday to worry about Astana-style aggression from Discovery or Lotto.
Rasmussen could learn a valuable lesson from the Icarus-like fate of Chris Holzhauer, who is fading fast after showing such promise earlier on, and now sits third, a point behind joing leaders Paul Scafel. The Hamburglars are still sitting tough in fourth.
Props to Alex Lai who has picked up another stage win. Like Vinokourov, she likely finds this small consolation for her dashed hopes in the overall standings.
Special mention to team Here We Go Again, which finished joint second on the stage and is now 21st in the overall ...
Until tomorrow ... we should have some announcements on the prize list for this year's Tour Pool -- KW
Stage: 15
Haute montagne
Date: Lundi 23 juillet
Start/Finish: Foix-Loudenvielle-Le Louron
Distance 196 km
1st 15 VINOKOUROV Alexandre
2nd 12 KIRCHEN Kim
3rd 10 ZUBELDIA Haimar
4th 8 COBO ACEBO Juan Jose
5th 6 GARATE Juan Manuel
6th 5 ARROYO David
7th 4 KOHL Bernhard
8th 3 VANDEVELDE Christian
9th 2 TURPIN Ludovic
10th 1 CONTADOR Alberto
Mountains 2 GARATE Juan Manuel
Young rider 1 KOHL Bernhard
Aggressive 1 VINOKOUROV Alexandre
Teams 3 Astana
Abandon -5 GILBERT Philippe
Abandon -5 POZZATO Filippo
Abandon -5 LE MEVEL Christophe
Abandon -5 DESSEL Cyril
Abandon -5 RODRIGUEZ Fred
Yellow 7 RASMUSSEN Michael
Team 7 Astana
Green 5 BOONEN Tom
Polka dots 5 RASMUSSEN Michael
Young rider 5 CONTADOR Alberto
Stage results
1 Alex Lai 49
2 Devil's Island CC 44
2 Liisa Bjerkelund 44
2 Here We Go Again 44
5 Meylina Kandoy 43
5 Blaine Penny 43
5 Ed Makarchuk 43
5 Paul McAneney 43
5 Markus Chiang 43
10 Team Alpe D'Huez 40
11 Paul Scafel 39
11 Tom Nightingale 39
13 Christopher Holloway/Katherine Murray 38
13 Jeffrey Furry 38
13 Mike & Marnie 38
13 Claire McAneney 38
17 The Hamburglars 37
17 Ian Dalling 37
17 Peter Metuzals 37
20 VillaEva 36
21 JBoys 35
22 Sheri Jay 34
22 Matthew Ellis 34
22 Henry Mai 34
25 Chris Holzauer 33
25 David Markin 33
25 Sebastien Robillard-Cardinal 33
25 Nat Faulkner 33
25 Grimpeur George 33
25 Adam E 33
31 Derrick St John 32
31 Oro Rocks 32
33 Jamie Bryan 31
33 Mhairi Gilmore 31
33 Shawn Clarke 31
33 Luise Sander 31
33 Donelli 31
33 Jefferb 31
39 Adrian Das 28
39 Rob Kerr 28
39 Natasha Elliot 28
39 Team Damdom 28
39 Chris White 28
39 Rob Grondin 28
39 Remi Berube 28
39 Gord's Wife 28
39 Stefan Sander 28
48 FEV 27
49 Bill Richardson 26
49 Gordon Dalling 26
49 Graham Chafe 26
49 Michael DeKelver 26
49 Catherine & Richard 26
54 Bill Hurley 23
55 Les Boyz 22
55 Duane Smith 22
55 The Bat Returns 22
55 Bryan Gormley 22
59 Stefano DiCiclismo 21
59 Helena DeVeer 21
59 Paul Gagnon 21
59 Ian Dewar 21
59 Tyler Lawler 21
59 Mike Larochelle 21
59 Leslie & Reed Archer 21
66 Ben Sporer 18
67 Vinnie 17
67 Nadzilla 17
69 Wilby McNight 16
69 Paul O'Bleines 16
69 Earl Wexler 16
69 Kevin Nelson 16
69 Dick und Doof 16
69 Viva Espania 16
75 Deb Hine 15
75 Annie Letourneau 15
77 Cynthia Phelan 12
77 Shaw 12
77 Martha Guy 12
77 Hujine 12
77 Barnet Cycling Club 12
82 Orange Scheisse 11
82 John Fee 11
82 La Bambina 11
85 Dopeless Bloodhounds 5
85 Top Chillin 5
85 Those Wacky Stage Guys-Kris Westwood 5
85 Superfan 5
89 Team of Some Young Guys 1
90 Julie Jay 0
90 Noddy 0
90 Kiwi Mike 0
90 Team 18 Wheeler 0
90 Paul Havey 0
90 The Sensational S's 0
90 Kate Scallion 0
90 Team Off the Back 0
98 Julie Deschenes-Furry -5
Overall results
1 Paul Scafel 539
1 Meylina Kandoy 539
3 Chris Holzauer 538
4 The Hamburglars 526
5 Blaine Penny 498
6 Alex Lai 497
7 David Markin 491
8 Sebastien Robillard-Cardinal 486
9 Ed Makarchuk 476
10 Paul McAneney 475
11 Markus Chiang 470
11 Ian Dalling 470
13 Peter Metuzals 466
14 Devil's Island CC 431
14 Nat Faulkner 431
16 Grimpeur George 427
16 Stefano DiCiclismo 427
18 Team Alpe D'Huez 425
19 Adrian Das 423
20 Liisa Bjerkelund 420
21 Here We Go Again 406
21 Adam E 406
21 Helena DeVeer 406
24 Dopeless Bloodhounds 400
25 Christopher Holloway/Katherine Murray 397
26 Sheri Jay 390
27 Derrick St John 387
28 Bill Hurley 382
28 Paul Gagnon 382
30 Jeffrey Furry 381
31 Jamie Bryan 380
31 Les Boyz 380
33 Matthew Ellis 377
34 Tom Nightingale 374
34 Mhairi Gilmore 374
36 Vinnie 369
37 FEV 364
38 Duane Smith 359
39 Rob Kerr 358
40 Henry Mai 357
40 Orange Scheisse 357
42 Natasha Elliot 351
43 Team Damdom 350
44 Shawn Clarke 348
45 Top Chillin 345
46 Ian Dewar 342
47 Luise Sander 341
48 Mike & Marnie 339
48 Donelli 339
50 Chris White 334
51 Jefferb 330
52 Rob Grondin 327
53 Remi Berube 319
54 Cynthia Phelan 317
55 Claire McAneney 311
56 Tyler Lawler 310
57 Nadzilla 309
58 Deb Hine 308
59 Gord's Wife 306
60 Mike Larochelle 296
61 Those Wacky Stage Guys-Kris Westwood 295
62 Stefan Sander 291
63 Oro Rocks 267
64 Ben Sporer 265
65 John Fee 259
66 The Bat Returns 251
67 Bill Richardson 247
67 Bryan Gormley 247
69 Shaw 243
70 Wilby McNight 239
71 Superfan 234
72 Gordon Dalling 233
73 Martha Guy 228
74 VillaEva 226
75 JBoys 224
76 Graham Chafe 220
77 Paul O'Bleines 219
78 Michael DeKelver 203
78 Annie Letourneau 203
80 Earl Wexler 196
81 Kevin Nelson 194
82 Hujine 189
83 Julie Jay 180
84 Dick und Doof 172
85 Julie Deschenes-Furry 166
86 Viva Espania 165
87 Catherine & Richard 163
88 Leslie & Reed Archer 162
88 Barnet Cycling Club 162
90 Noddy 137
91 Kiwi Mike 134
92 Team 18 Wheeler 133
93 Team of Some Young Guys 117
94 La Bambina 105
95 Paul Havey 41
96 The Sensational S's 13
97 Kate Scallion 1
98 Team Off the Back -20
A phenomenal day of bike racing today ended with Michael Rasmussen taking a serious option on overall victory in the Tour de France. The Dane was matched only by the 24-year-old Alberto Contador, who took the win on the Plateau de Beille, and the pair now occupy the top two spots in the overall standings.
Contador now sits in second overall at 2:23, Evans is at 3:04, and Leipheimer is at 4:29. None of those riders took more than 1:41 out of Rasmussen in the Albi time trial, so they must now be wondering if they will have any chance to win the overall even with the stage 19 time trial to come. And Rasmussen still has tomorrow's monster stage to gain time on his rivals, plus a rest day on Tuesday to recover for the final five days of the Tour.
Vinokourov may has raised hopes of a comeback with his time trial win yesterday, but they were dashed today when he cracked on the Col de Pailheres and ended the stage almost a half hour down. To add injury to insult, he crashed when a spectator's flag got caught in his teammate's wheel.
Amid all the other action, stage 9 winner and rising star Juan Mauricio Soler finished third on the stage and moved to just two points behind Rasmussen in the polka-dot jersey competition.
Of course, the subplot of all this is, as usual, doping suspicions and allegations. This time it's been revealed that Rasmussen has missed some out-of-competition tests and has been kicked off the Danish national team, and a former teammate has come forward saying the Dane tried to trick him into smuggling doping products back in his mountain biking days. It's tough to know what to believe anymore ... we may also need to start dope testing in the Pool, especially if Holzhauer continues to hang on to his lead.
Alex Lai took the stage win in the Pool, with Henry Mai in second and Liisa Bjerkelund and Sheri Jay tied for third. It was a high scoring stage, but not for the Hamburglars who have faded back down to fourth place. Holtzhauer continues to lead by a mere five points, but now it's Paul Skafel in second, Meylina Kandoy in third at nine points and the Hamburglars 16 points down.
It goes without saying that Off the Back is still dead last at -20.
Some of you have wanted to "trash talk" in the Pool, and have noticed that you can't do this anymore. That's because I have turned off this feature on our blog due to "comment spam". I will try turning it back on for the next couple stages to see if the problem comes back, so for the time being, comment away!
More excitement, scandal, and ups and downs tomorrow. Until then -- KW
14
Haute montagne
Dimanche 22 juillet
Mazamet-Plateau de Beille
Distance 197 km
1st 15 CONTADOR Alberto
2nd 12 RASMUSSEN Michael
3rd 10 SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio
4th 8 LEIPHEIMER Levi
5th 6 SASTRE Carlos
6th 5 KLÖDEN Andréas
7th 4 EVANS Cadel
8th 3 COLOM Antonio
9th 2 KASHECHKIN Andrey
10th 1 POPOVYCH Yaroslav
Mountains 2 SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio
Young rider 1 CONTADOR Alberto
Aggressive 1 COLOM Antonio
Teams 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Abandon -5 VENTOSO Francisco
Overall:
Yellow 7 RASMUSSEN Michael
Team 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Green 5 BOONEN Tom
Polka dots 5 RASMUSSEN Michael
Young rider 5 CONTADOR Alberto
Stage Standings
Alex Lai 64
Henry Mai 59
Liisa bjerkelund 57
Sheri Jay 57
Tom Nightingale 56
Paul Skafel 51
Devil’s Island CC 50
Here We Go Again 50
Team Damdom 49
Orange (ohne scheisse) 49
Ben Sporer 49
Rob Kerr 47
Christopher Holloway & Katherine Murray: 47
Ed Makarchuk 47
Matthew Ellis 45
Jeffrey Furry 45
Chris White 43
Chris Holtzhauer 43
Claire MacAnneny 43
Blaine Penny 41
Adrian Das 41
Nat Faulkner 40
Fev 40
Bryan Gormley 39
Meylina Kandoy 39
Gord's Wife: 39
Bill Hurley 39
Rob Grondin 38
Paul MacAnneny 38
Sébastien Robillard-Cardinal 38
Mike and Marnie 38
Mike Larochelle 38
Martha Guy 38
Adam E 37
Vinnie 37
Cynthia Phelan 36
The Hamburglars 35
David Markin 35
Les Boyz 34
Stephan Sander 34
Grimpeur George 34
Duane Smith 33
Natasha Elliot 33
John Fee 32
Tyler Lawlor 29
Markus Chiang 29
Ian Dalling 28
Rémi Bérubé 28
Julian Hine 28
Oro ROCKS! 27
Julie Jay 27
Viva Espania 27
Team Alpe D’Huez 26
Pete Metuzals 26
THE BAT RETURNS 26
Nidzilla 26
Derrick St.John 25
Jamie Bryan 24
Earl Wexler 23
Paul Gagnon 23
Julie Deschenes-Furry 23
Wilby McKnight: 23
JBoys 21
Jefferb 20
Graham Chafe: 19
Luise Sander 17
Michael DeKelver 17
Deb Hine 16
Kris Westwood “Team of Some Young Guy” 16
Helena DeVeer 16
Shawn Clarke 16
Paul Havey 16
Bill Richardson 15
Mhairi Gilmore 15
Paul O’Bleines 14
VILLAEVA 13
Shaw 13
Annie Letourneau 13
Ian Dewar 13
Superfan 11
Stefano DiCiclismo 10
Donneli 10
Dick und Doof 10
Gord Dalling 9
Kevin Nelson 9
Barnet C.C. 9
Richard And Catherine 9
Team 18 Wheeler 9
Top Chillin' 9
Sean O'Donnell "The Sensational S's" 6
Kiwi Mike 5
Dopeless Bloodhounds 5
Kris Westwood “Those Wacky Stage Guys” 5
Leslie and Reed Archer 5
Kate Scallian 0
Noddy 0
LA BAMBINA 0
Team Off the Back 0
Overall
1 505 Chris Holtzhauer
2 500 Paul Skafel
3 496 Meylina Kandoy
4 489 The Hamburglars
5 458 David Markin
6 455 Blaine Penny
7 453 Sébastien Robillard-Cardinal
8 448 Alex Lai
9 433 Ian Dalling
9 433 Ed Makarchuk
11 432 Paul MacAnneny
12 429 Pete Metuzals
13 427 Markus Chiang
14 406 Stefano DiCiclismo
15 398 Nat Faulkner
16 395 Dopeless Bloodhounds
16 395 Adrian Das
18 394 Grimpeur George
19 387 Devil’s Island CC
20 385 Team Alpe D’Huez
20 385 Helena DeVeer
22 376 Liisa bjerkelund
23 373 Adam E
24 362 Here We Go Again
25 361 Paul Gagnon
26 359 Christopher Holloway & Katherine Murray:
26 359 Bill Hurley
28 358 Les Boyz
29 356 Sheri Jay
30 355 Derrick St.John
31 352 Vinnie
32 349 Jamie Bryan
33 346 Orange (ohne scheisse)
34 343 Matthew Ellis
34 343 Jeffrey Furry
34 343 Mhairi Gilmore
37 340 Top Chillin'
38 337 Duane Smith
38 337 Fev
40 335 Tom Nightingale
41 330 Rob Kerr
42 323 Henry Mai
42 323 Natasha Elliot
44 322 Team Damdom
45 321 Ian Dewar
46 317 Shawn Clarke
47 310 Luise Sander
48 308 Donneli
49 306 Chris White
50 305 Cynthia Phelan
51 301 Mike and Marnie
52 299 Rob Grondin
52 299 Jefferb
54 295 Deb Hine
55 292 Nidzilla
56 291 Rémi Bérubé
57 290 Kris Westwood “Those Wacky Stage Guys”
58 289 Tyler Lawlor
59 278 Gord's Wife:
60 275 Mike Larochelle
61 273 Claire MacAnneny
62 263 Stephan Sander
63 248 John Fee
64 247 Ben Sporer
65 235 Oro ROCKS!
66 231 Shaw
67 229 Superfan
67 229 THE BAT RETURNS
69 225 Bryan Gormley
70 223 Wilby McKnight:
71 221 Bill Richardson
72 216 Martha Guy
73 207 Gord Dalling
74 205 Paul O’Bleines
75 194 Graham Chafe:
76 190 VILLAEVA
77 189 JBoys
78 188 Annie Letourneau
79 180 Earl Wexler
79 180 Julie Jay
81 178 Kevin Nelson
82 177 Michael DeKelver
82 177 Julian Hine
84 171 Julie Deschenes-Furry
85 156 Dick und Doof
86 150 Barnet C.C.
87 149 Viva Espania
88 141 Leslie and Reed Archer
89 139 Richard And Catherine
90 137 Noddy
91 134 Kiwi Mike
92 133 Team 18 Wheeler
93 116 Kris Westwood “Team of Some Young Guy”
94 94 LA BAMBINA
95 41 Paul Havey
96 13 Sean O'Donnell "The Sensational S's"
97 1 Kate Scallian
98 -20 Team Off the Back
They say the yellow jersey gives you wings, and that applied to the Chicken today, who pulled out a very creditable 11th place in the first big time trial of the Tour. In the process, he defended his overall lead and set the Tour up for an exciting final week.
Rasmussen also put several of his erstwhile rivals to shame. He passed Valverde, who started three minutes ahead of him; Cancellara, Kloden and Contador all crashed on the slippery roads; and he took more than three minutes out of Mayo.
Vinokourov won the stage and is now back in the top 10 overall, but he still has more than five minutes to make up on Rasmussen.
Cadel Evans was only able to claw back a minute and 41 seconds on Rasmussen and now sits in second overall, a minute behind. Will he be able to stay close enough to the Dane in the mountains to take the lead in the final time trial? Who else will put themselves in GC contention? Will Rasmussen crack under the pressure? Or will he peck away at his rivals in the mountains enough to hang on to Paris?
The wind has changed in the Tour Pool slightly, with the Hamburglars regaining some lost ground with a strong stage result, tied for the win with Paul McAneney, with Liisa Bjerkelund just one point back. Holtzhauer came up 30 points short on the stage, and now leads by just five points over Kandoy and eight over the resurgent Hamburglars.
No changes at the back, sadly, as Off the Back continues to be exactly that.
Tomorrow will be another crucial day, with a mountain top finish at Plateau de Beille, preceded by the very difficult Col de Pailheres.
Until then -- KW
Date: Points: 13
Stage: Contre-la-montre individuel
Start/Finish: Samedi 21 juillet
Albi-Albi
Distance 54 km
1st 15 VINOKOUROV Alexandre
2nd 12 EVANS Cadel
3rd 10 KLÖDEN Andréas
4th 8 KASHECHKIN Andrey
5th 6 WIGGINS Bradley
6th 5 POPOVYCH Yaroslav
7th 4 CONTADOR Alberto
8th 3 CHAVANEL Sylvain
9th 2 LEIPHEIMER Levi
10th 1 ASTARLOZA Mikel
Mountains 2 CONTADOR Alberto
Mountains 2
Young rider 1 CONTADOR Alberto
Aggressive 1
Teams 3 ASTANA
Overall:
Yellow 7 RASMUSSEN Michael
Team 7 ASTANA
Green 5 BOONEN Tom
Polka dots 5 RASMUSSEN Michael
Young rider 5 CONTADOR Alberto
The Hamburglars 64
Paul MacAnneny 64
Liisa bjerkelund 63
Christopher Holloway & Katherine Murray: 61
Shawn Clarke 60
Devil’s Island CC 59
Tom Nightingale 59
Here We Go Again 59
Oro ROCKS! 57
Jeffrey Furry 57
Graham Chafe: 57
Alex Lai 56
Ed Makarchuk 56
Blaine Penny 56
Meylina Kandoy 54
Sébastien Robillard-Cardinal 54
Sheri Jay 53
Jefferb 52
Rob Kerr 51
Ian Dalling 50
Richard And Catherine 50
Derrick St.John 49
Michael DeKelver 49
Paul Skafel 49
Les Boyz 49
Claire MacAnneny 49
Gord's Wife: 49
Bill Hurley 49
Natasha Elliot 49
Markus Chiang 48
Gord Dalling 47
Bill Richardson 47
Team Damdom 46
Adrian Das 46
Luise Sander 44
Duane Smith 44
Mike Larochelle 44
Nat Faulkner 42
Pete Metuzals 42
Mhairi Gilmore 42
Grimpeur George 42
Jamie Bryan 42
Bryan Gormley 41
Henry Mai 41
Donneli 40
Earl Wexler 39
Chris White 39
Matthew Ellis 39
Stephan Sander 39
Mike and Marnie 39
Wilby McKnight: 39
Rémi Bérubé 39
VILLAEVA 37
Kevin Nelson 37
THE BAT RETURNS 37
Ben Sporer 36
Team Alpe D’Huez 35
Adam E 34
Chris Holtzhauer 34
Paul Gagnon 34
Fev 34
David Markin 32
Stefano DiCiclismo 30
Helena DeVeer 30
Nidzilla 30
Rob Grondin 29
Orange (ohne scheisse) 29
Deb Hine 28
JBoys 27
Dick und Doof 27
Cynthia Phelan 26
Leslie and Reed Archer 25
Julie Jay 24
Julie Deschenes-Furry 24
Julian Hine 24
Barnet C.C. 22
Tyler Lawlor 22
Team 18 Wheeler 22
Ian Dewar 22
Paul O’Bleines 20
Vinnie 19
John Fee 17
Top Chillin' 17
LA BAMBINA 15
Martha Guy 14
Shaw 12
Kris Westwood “Team of Some Young Guy” 12
Viva Espania 12
Kris Westwood “Those Wacky Stage Guys” 11
Kiwi Mike 10
Paul Havey 8
Annie Letourneau 7
Dopeless Bloodhounds 5
Superfan 5
Kate Scallian 0
Noddy 0
Sean O'Donnell "The Sensational S's" 0
Team Off the Back 0
1 462 Chris Holtzhauer
2 457 Meylina Kandoy
3 454 The Hamburglars
4 449 Paul Skafel
5 423 David Markin
6 415 Sébastien Robillard-Cardinal
7 414 Blaine Penny
8 405 Ian Dalling
9 403 Pete Metuzals
10 398 Markus Chiang
11 396 Stefano DiCiclismo
12 394 Paul MacAnneny
13 390 Dopeless Bloodhounds
14 386 Ed Makarchuk
15 384 Alex Lai
16 369 Helena DeVeer
17 360 Grimpeur George
18 359 Team Alpe D’Huez
19 358 Nat Faulkner
20 354 Adrian Das
21 338 Paul Gagnon
22 337 Devil’s Island CC
23 336 Adam E
24 331 Top Chillin'
25 330 Derrick St.John
26 328 Mhairi Gilmore
27 325 Jamie Bryan
28 324 Les Boyz
29 320 Bill Hurley
30 319 Liisa bjerkelund
31 315 Vinnie
32 312 Christopher Holloway & Katherine Murray:
32 312 Here We Go Again
34 308 Ian Dewar
35 304 Duane Smith
36 301 Shawn Clarke
37 299 Sheri Jay
38 298 Matthew Ellis
38 298 Donneli
38 298 Jeffrey Furry
41 297 Fev
41 297 Orange (ohne scheisse)
43 293 Luise Sander
44 290 Natasha Elliot
45 285 Kris Westwood “Those Wacky Stage Guys”
46 283 Rob Kerr
47 279 Tom Nightingale
47 279 Deb Hine
47 279 Jefferb
50 273 Team Damdom
51 269 Cynthia Phelan
52 266 Nidzilla
53 264 Henry Mai
54 263 Chris White
54 263 Mike and Marnie
54 263 Rémi Bérubé
57 261 Rob Grondin
58 260 Tyler Lawlor
59 239 Gord's Wife:
60 237 Mike Larochelle
61 230 Claire MacAnneny
62 229 Stephan Sander
63 218 Shaw
63 218 Superfan
65 216 John Fee
66 208 Oro ROCKS!
67 206 Bill Richardson
68 203 THE BAT RETURNS
69 200 Wilby McKnight:
70 198 Gord Dalling
70 198 Ben Sporer
72 191 Paul O’Bleines
73 186 Bryan Gormley
74 178 Martha Guy
75 177 VILLAEVA
76 175 Annie Letourneau
76 175 Graham Chafe:
78 169 Kevin Nelson
79 168 JBoys
80 160 Michael DeKelver
81 157 Earl Wexler
82 153 Julie Jay
83 149 Julian Hine
84 148 Julie Deschenes-Furry
85 146 Dick und Doof
86 141 Barnet C.C.
87 137 Noddy
88 136 Leslie and Reed Archer
89 130 Richard And Catherine
90 129 Kiwi Mike
91 124 Team 18 Wheeler
92 122 Viva Espania
93 100 Kris Westwood “Team of Some Young Guy”
94 94 LA BAMBINA
95 25 Paul Havey
96 7 Sean O'Donnell "The Sensational S's"
97 1 Kate Scallian
98 -20 Team Off the Back