Stage 3 – Comments and more

July 6, 2009

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS

Stage 3 could be – and this comes after seeing multiple Tour stages in person – one of the coolest moments in a Tour de France race.

Want the spoiler? Here it is.

Lance went from 10th to 3rd in a single stage and leapt past a number of his teammates in the GC.

That’s the general classification if you’re not up on the lingo.

What’s that mean? Who knows!

To me it means that Team Astanà is going to be in some disarray tomorrow and over the next few days.

It also means that this could be the most contentious tour since Hinault/Lemond.

What happens when the team time trial happens?

Are you happy Lance made this move today? Versus viewers are currently running 96% FOR Lance’s move and 3% or so against. Hmmm, fan favorite?

I’m loving this Tour and may even watch the stage again.

Oh, Cavendish won his second stage today. Almost forgot to mention that. 🙂

The standings for the top 15 are as follows now…

1. CANCELLARA Fabian 33 TEAM SAXO BANK 9h 50′ 58″
2. MARTIN Tony 76 TEAM COLUMBIA – HTC 9h 51′ 31″ + 00′ 33″
3. ARMSTRONG Lance 22 ASTANA 9h 51′ 38″ + 00′ 40″
4. CONTADOR Alberto 21 ASTANA 9h 51′ 57″ + 00′ 59″
5. WIGGINS Bradley 58 GARMIN – SLIPSTREAM 9h 51′ 58″ + 01′ 00″
6. KLÖDEN Andréas 23 ASTANA 9h 52′ 01″ + 01′ 03″
7. GERDEMANN Linus 181 TEAM MILRAM 9h 52′ 01″ + 01′ 03″
8. EVANS Cadel 11 SILENCE – LOTTO 9h 52′ 02″ + 01′ 04″
9. MONFORT Maxime 77 TEAM COLUMBIA – HTC 9h 52′ 08″ + 01′ 10″
10. LEIPHEIMER Levi 24 ASTANA 9h 52′ 09″ + 01′ 11″
11. ROGERS Michael 79 TEAM COLUMBIA – HTC 9h 52′ 11″ + 01′ 13″
12. KREUZIGER Roman 93 LIQUIGAS 9h 52′ 11″ + 01′ 13″
13. HINCAPIE George 74 TEAM COLUMBIA – HTC 9h 52′ 15″ + 01′ 17″
14. NIBALI Vincenzo 95 LIQUIGAS 9h 52′ 16″ + 01′ 18″
15. LARSSON Gustav 34 TEAM SAXO BANK 9h 52′ 20″ + 01′ 22″