Stage Ten...
Stage Ten:
1st: Juan Miguel Mercado - Spain - Agritubel - 4:49:10
2nd: Cyril Dessel - France - AG2R - 4:49:10
3rd: Inigo Landaluze - Spain - Euskatel - 4:50:06
Overall:
1st: Cyril Dessel - France - AG2R - 43:07:05
2nd: Juan Miguel Mercado - Spain - Agritubel - (+ 2:34)
3rd: Serhiy Honchar - Ukraine - T-Mobile - (+ 3:45)
Other notables:
5th: Floyd Landis - USA - Phonak - (+ 4:45)
9th: Andreas Kloden - Germany - T-Mobile (+ 5:35)
11th: Cadel Evans - Australia - Lotto - (+ 5:37)
12th:Dave Zabriskie - USA - CSC (+ 5:38)
15th: Paolo Savoldelli - Italy - Discovery (+ 5:55)
19th: George Hincapie - USA - Discovery (+ 6:15)
24rd: Yaroslav Popovich - Ukraine - Discovery (+ 7:12)
33th:Egoi Martinez - Spain - Discovery (+ 8:18)
58th: Levi Leipheimer - USA - Gerolsteiner (+ 10:28)
129th: Jens Voight - Germany - CSC (+ 32:18) *Pretty much out of contention
Yellow Jersey (Overall Leader): Cyril Dessel
Green Jersey(Top Points Earner): Robbie McEwen (Austrailia)
White Jersey(Best Young Rider): Marcuz Fothen (Germany)
Red Polka Dot Jersey (King of the Mountain): Juan Miguel Mercado*
Yellow Numbers (Best Team): AG2R
Red Number (Most Competitive): Juan Miguel Mercado
*Should be Dessel, but one jersey at a time, people
Mountains today. And tomorrow. Here's where the field gets turned upside down, and this year it has proved that there is no clear-cut leader of this tour. Again and again no-namers from teams that never dreamed of getting the yellow jersey are winning stages and taking the lead. Today T-Mobile almost willing conceded the malloit jaune to Dessel, allowing the leader of the breakaway, which started with 13 riders and split up further so that just two finished together, to be as far as 11:00 minutes ahead of the Peloton. Not a smart idea when you've got functional climbers ahead of you. Still, I guess they don't have the depth to defend the jersey when it's still fairly early in the race. The biggest mistake, in my opinion, came from Discovery which didn't put a man in the breakaway yet again. They also allowed way too many other teams to put their men out there while a few Discovery guys fell quite behind. Team Discovery is down to 8th in the team standings which is unheard of and really disappoints me. I thought that since Martinez and a few others were up towards the front of the Peleton today they might try something (anything) but nope. Leipheimer, who added to his deficit yesterday, acquiring a flat tire in the final stretches was at the front of the Peleton today in an attempt to gain back some time. Voight, who was in the original breakaway ended up losing more time in the end. He's pretty much out of it. Discovery had better hope that tomorrow the riders of today are exhausted and not ready for the five major climbs set for stage 11, the most difficult stage in the Pyrenees.
1st: Juan Miguel Mercado - Spain - Agritubel - 4:49:10
2nd: Cyril Dessel - France - AG2R - 4:49:10
3rd: Inigo Landaluze - Spain - Euskatel - 4:50:06
Overall:
1st: Cyril Dessel - France - AG2R - 43:07:05
2nd: Juan Miguel Mercado - Spain - Agritubel - (+ 2:34)
3rd: Serhiy Honchar - Ukraine - T-Mobile - (+ 3:45)
Other notables:
5th: Floyd Landis - USA - Phonak - (+ 4:45)
9th: Andreas Kloden - Germany - T-Mobile (+ 5:35)
11th: Cadel Evans - Australia - Lotto - (+ 5:37)
12th:Dave Zabriskie - USA - CSC (+ 5:38)
15th: Paolo Savoldelli - Italy - Discovery (+ 5:55)
19th: George Hincapie - USA - Discovery (+ 6:15)
24rd: Yaroslav Popovich - Ukraine - Discovery (+ 7:12)
33th:Egoi Martinez - Spain - Discovery (+ 8:18)
58th: Levi Leipheimer - USA - Gerolsteiner (+ 10:28)
129th: Jens Voight - Germany - CSC (+ 32:18) *Pretty much out of contention
Yellow Jersey (Overall Leader): Cyril Dessel
Green Jersey(Top Points Earner): Robbie McEwen (Austrailia)
White Jersey(Best Young Rider): Marcuz Fothen (Germany)
Red Polka Dot Jersey (King of the Mountain): Juan Miguel Mercado*
Yellow Numbers (Best Team): AG2R
Red Number (Most Competitive): Juan Miguel Mercado
*Should be Dessel, but one jersey at a time, people
Mountains today. And tomorrow. Here's where the field gets turned upside down, and this year it has proved that there is no clear-cut leader of this tour. Again and again no-namers from teams that never dreamed of getting the yellow jersey are winning stages and taking the lead. Today T-Mobile almost willing conceded the malloit jaune to Dessel, allowing the leader of the breakaway, which started with 13 riders and split up further so that just two finished together, to be as far as 11:00 minutes ahead of the Peloton. Not a smart idea when you've got functional climbers ahead of you. Still, I guess they don't have the depth to defend the jersey when it's still fairly early in the race. The biggest mistake, in my opinion, came from Discovery which didn't put a man in the breakaway yet again. They also allowed way too many other teams to put their men out there while a few Discovery guys fell quite behind. Team Discovery is down to 8th in the team standings which is unheard of and really disappoints me. I thought that since Martinez and a few others were up towards the front of the Peleton today they might try something (anything) but nope. Leipheimer, who added to his deficit yesterday, acquiring a flat tire in the final stretches was at the front of the Peleton today in an attempt to gain back some time. Voight, who was in the original breakaway ended up losing more time in the end. He's pretty much out of it. Discovery had better hope that tomorrow the riders of today are exhausted and not ready for the five major climbs set for stage 11, the most difficult stage in the Pyrenees.
posted by Pam @ 2:16 PM
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