Its fast turning into the Mark Cavendish show.
Lets hope either the other cyclists find some form quickly or Cavendish has numerous tyre blowouts, punch ups with other cyclists (as he apparently did in Stage 2) and sustains more dead legs than the fat kid in the playground. Failing that, it will be reminiscent of a formula one season when Schumacher dominated from start to finish.
As unlikely as that may be, Cavendish is, however, fast approaching the hills and that will surely be his downfall. The man can sprint but he sure as hell cant climb. Nevertheless, Cavendish is currently riding a wave of success on the flats brought about by some solid training and some equally impressive natural ability.
Last night, saw some other interesting moves with Armstrong jumping ahead of his team mate Contador in the overall standings. So the main question is just who really is the team leader of Astana?
Stage results:
- Mark Cavendish (GB/Team Columbia) 5 Hours 1 minute 24 seconds
- Thor Hushovd (Nor/Cervelo) same time
- Cyril Lemoine (Fra/Skil-Shimano) "
- Samuel Dumoulin (Fra/Cofidis) "
- Jerome Pineau (Fra/Quick Step) "
Overall, the standings are:
- Fabian Cancellara (Swi/Saxobank) 9 hours 50 minutes 58 seconds
- Tony Martin (Ger/Columbia) + 33 secs
- Lance Armstrong (USA/Astana) + 40 secs
- Alberto Contador (Spa/Astana) + 59secs
- Bradley Wiggins (GB Garmin) + 1 Min
http://www.letour.fr/indexus.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8137119.stm
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