There was drama in today's stage. A twelve man breakaway was off and running and had an eight minute lead at 30k to race. George Hincapie was the virtual leader on the road, and it looked like he had a good chance to take the Yellow jersey off Nocentini. Sadly for George, the peloton took off in the last four k's to deliver the sprinters across the line, and he was beaten by 5 seconds. They were sprinting for 13th place which still carries points in the green jersey competition between Cavendish and Hushovd. After the race George was interviewed and he blamed the Astana team for ruining his chances at yellow. Hey George, get a grip, you don't win bike races by other people riding slow! Turns out he was misinformed as it was his own team, Columbia, that sped up the peloton to deliver their sprinter Cavendish to the line.
Well, the whole thing backfired for Team Columbia today anyway as Cavendish as relegated to the end and got no points at all for not staying on his sprint line. All in all a VERY disappointing day for team Columbia.
Tomorrow we go to the mountains, and we'll see who the real contenders are for this year's win. Go Lance!
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