Cav does it again

Today's tour stage featured no changes in the top ten of the general classification. It did however feature the first two crashes of this year's race. Frank Schleck, one of the two brothers from Luxembourg, went down but was able to rejoin the main pack for the finish. I have been a pretty big fan of Frank and Andy Schleck ever since last year when they rode a very quality tour. I hope that they do well this year too.

One thing that I didn't mention in yesterday's post is that with Alberto Contador from Spain, team Astana, claiming 2nd place in the general classification, Lance Armstrong may find himself riding in a supportive role protecting Contador during the tour this year and not being able to have the blessing of being the team's most protected rider. He knew this coming into the tour, and I hope that he does well in whatever capacity his team needs him.

Today's stage ended in a mass sprint and I don't think that anybody is too surprised that Mark Cavendish from team Columba High Road won that. George Hincapie from the same team, a long timme veteran of the peleton, hinted that Mark Cavendish is the fastest sprinter in pro cycling, and that if he is delivered well to the sprint he will win most of the time. I agree. Of all the races I've seen this year, whenever Cavendish is among the leaders in the last half kilometer, he wins. It's really pretty amazing that he wins so frequently and consistently. Way to co Cavendish.