Stage Five...
Stage Five:
1st: Oscar Freire - Spain - Rabobank - 5:18:50
2nd: Tom Boonen - Belgium - Quickstep - 5:18:50
3rd: Inaki Isasi - Spain - Euskeltel - 5:18:50
Overall:
1st: Tom Boonen - Belgium - Quickstep - 25:10:51
2nd: Michael Rogers - Austrailia - T-Mobile (+ :13)
3rd: Oscar Freire - Spain - Rabobank - (+ :17)
Other notables:
4th: George Hincapie - USA - Discovery (+ :17)
7th:Paolo Savoldelli - Italy - Discovery (+ :27)
8th: Floyd Landis - USA - Phonak (+ :28)
12th: Cadel Evans - Australia - Lotto - (+ :32)
16th:Dave Zabriskie - USA - CSC (+ :35)
17th: Andreas Kloden - Germany - T-Mobile (+ :36)
20st: Bobby Julich - USA - CSC (+ :37)
22rd: Yaroslav Popovich - Ukraine - Discovery (+ :39)
25th: Levi Leipheimer - USA - Gerolsteiner (+ :40)
88th:Egoi Martinez - Spain - Discovery (+ 1:39)
93th: Jens Voight - Germany - CSC (+ 1:51)
Yellow Jersey (Overall Leader): Tom Boonen
Green Jersey(Top Points Earner): Robbie McEwen
White Jersey(Best Young Rider): Marcus Fothen (Germany)
Red Polka Dot Jersey (King of the Mountain): Jerome Pineau (France)
Yellow Numbers (Best Team): Discovery
Red Number (Most Competitive): Samuel Dumoulin (France)
The sprinters are having a rough time this year, I must say. Today's stage was the closest they've come to an organized sprint thus far, but they almost let a 195 km, two-man breakaway spoil it for all of them. The timing is just off for everyone, it seems. Everyone but Freire. His finish was perfect as he accelerated from the back to the opposite side of the field to steal the win from Boonen. McEwen broke too early into the headwind and therefore couldn't score higher than 5th. he holds the lead in the points competition by one over Boonen, who remains in the yellow jersey and increased his lead with the second place time bonus. Discovery scared me today, when yesterday's best competitor, Martinez took a spill. He almost didn't get back up, but did manage to finish out the race 1:17 behind the lead, losing him his 5th place overall standing. Zabriskie was also caught up in a crash, but it was within the 3 km mark, so he took the same time as the leaders. Personally, I am desparate for a time trial. I need a little separation here. These tightly packed stages make me so nervous. Being so involved with this thing is not good for my heart.
In other news, today marks one year. One year since my hardcore addiction to the tour for reasons most of you can probably figure out. In the words of Lance - Live strong...
1st: Oscar Freire - Spain - Rabobank - 5:18:50
2nd: Tom Boonen - Belgium - Quickstep - 5:18:50
3rd: Inaki Isasi - Spain - Euskeltel - 5:18:50
Overall:
1st: Tom Boonen - Belgium - Quickstep - 25:10:51
2nd: Michael Rogers - Austrailia - T-Mobile (+ :13)
3rd: Oscar Freire - Spain - Rabobank - (+ :17)
Other notables:
4th: George Hincapie - USA - Discovery (+ :17)
7th:Paolo Savoldelli - Italy - Discovery (+ :27)
8th: Floyd Landis - USA - Phonak (+ :28)
12th: Cadel Evans - Australia - Lotto - (+ :32)
16th:Dave Zabriskie - USA - CSC (+ :35)
17th: Andreas Kloden - Germany - T-Mobile (+ :36)
20st: Bobby Julich - USA - CSC (+ :37)
22rd: Yaroslav Popovich - Ukraine - Discovery (+ :39)
25th: Levi Leipheimer - USA - Gerolsteiner (+ :40)
88th:Egoi Martinez - Spain - Discovery (+ 1:39)
93th: Jens Voight - Germany - CSC (+ 1:51)
Yellow Jersey (Overall Leader): Tom Boonen
Green Jersey(Top Points Earner): Robbie McEwen
White Jersey(Best Young Rider): Marcus Fothen (Germany)
Red Polka Dot Jersey (King of the Mountain): Jerome Pineau (France)
Yellow Numbers (Best Team): Discovery
Red Number (Most Competitive): Samuel Dumoulin (France)
The sprinters are having a rough time this year, I must say. Today's stage was the closest they've come to an organized sprint thus far, but they almost let a 195 km, two-man breakaway spoil it for all of them. The timing is just off for everyone, it seems. Everyone but Freire. His finish was perfect as he accelerated from the back to the opposite side of the field to steal the win from Boonen. McEwen broke too early into the headwind and therefore couldn't score higher than 5th. he holds the lead in the points competition by one over Boonen, who remains in the yellow jersey and increased his lead with the second place time bonus. Discovery scared me today, when yesterday's best competitor, Martinez took a spill. He almost didn't get back up, but did manage to finish out the race 1:17 behind the lead, losing him his 5th place overall standing. Zabriskie was also caught up in a crash, but it was within the 3 km mark, so he took the same time as the leaders. Personally, I am desparate for a time trial. I need a little separation here. These tightly packed stages make me so nervous. Being so involved with this thing is not good for my heart.
In other news, today marks one year. One year since my hardcore addiction to the tour for reasons most of you can probably figure out. In the words of Lance - Live strong...
posted by Pam @ 7:56 PM
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