Stage Thirteen (Abbreviated)...

Stage Thirteen:
1st: Jens Voight - Germany - CSC
2nd: Oscar Pereiro - Spain - Caisse d'Espargne-Illes

Overall:
1st: Oscar Pereiro - Spain - Caisse d'Espargne-Illes
2nd: Floyd Landis - USA - Phonak
3rd: Cyril Dessel - France - AG2R (+ :08)

Yellow Jersey (Overall Leader): Oscar Pereiro
Green Jersey(Top Points Earner): Robbie McEwen (Australia)
White Jersey(Best Young Rider): Marcus Fothen (Germany)
Red Polka Dot Jersey (King of the Mountain): David de la Fuente (Spain)
Yellow Numbers (Best Team): CSC

Love love love VCRs. So notice the change in yellow jersey. Strategy by Phonak apparently. Dumb strategy, if you ask me. A breakaway occurred again and Phonak, for some reason, let the riders gain almost half an hour on them. Yeah, you read that correctly - a half hour. We're talking about almost 30 minutes here. That moved Pereiro from 48th place to FIRST. But Discovery (coughHINCAPIEparticularlycouch) wishes they were apart of that one. So Phonak apparently didn't want the pressure of guarding the malloit jaune for the rest of the race. The feel like then can get it back. But it was like they had to TRY to lose it this time. I mean the people in the breakaway were little to worry about before....but now? Pereiro isn't noted for his climbing skills, but now Landis is about a minute and a half down...this could really come back to bite him this week. Tonight I can be all caught up to stage fourteen, and then tomorrow's a rest day. It'll give the riders (and me) a chance to recuperate. One more week. =/