I get the feeling that Petacchi, Thor, and Cav are going to eschew the intermediate sprints and go for all the marbles at the end.
Sure hope it doesn’t get wet before the end...
16:53 - 23rd – Lance Armstrong (RSH)
He’s won the title seven times and Lance Armstrong had little more to proof about his cycling panache after the 2005 race when he declared that he was officially retired. Then, at the end of 2008 he announced his comeback. He finished third in the Tour last year and helped his team at the time, Astana win the TTT in Montpellier. (Continued…)
16:53 - Lance Armstrong (Continued)
The Boss was back in the bunch again this year and this time he experienced misfortune. In the stage to Morzine-Avoriaz, he crashed early but got back on the bike… only to crash again twice before the finish. He lost over 10 minutes on the second day in the mountains and declared his race for the title was “over”. But he found the inspiration to go on the attack again later in the Tour. On the road to Pau he put himself in an escape group and finished sixth… (Continued.)
16:54 - Lance Armstrong (Continued)
This is to be the last day of racing for the leader of the RadioShack team. He will return to the podium at the end of the stage to collect the prize along with his team-mates for winning the team classification in the 2010 Tour. It’s the second time that he’s been on a team that’s won this prize.