Stage results, Chavanel:
1. CHAVANEL Sylvain 131 QUICK STEP 4h 40’ 48”
2. BOUET Maxime 82 AG2R LA MONDIALE 4h 44’ 44” + 03’ 56”
3. WEGMANN Fabian 149 TEAM MILRAM 4h 44’ 44” + 03’ 56”
4. MC EWEN Robbie 75 KATUSHA TEAM 4h 44’ 44” + 03’ 56”
5. KNEES Christian 145 TEAM MILRAM 4h 44’ 44” + 03’ 56”
6. ROELANDTS Jürgen 108 OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO 4h 44’ 44” + 03’ 56”
7. HUSHOVD Thor 95 CERVELO TEST TEAM 4h 44’ 44” + 03’ 56”
8. GERDEMANN Linus 141 TEAM MILRAM 4h 44’ 44” + 03’ 56”
9. LADAGNOUS Matthieu 65 FDJ 4h 44’ 44” + 03’ 56”
10. EISEL Bernhard 112 TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA 4h 44’ 44” + 03’ 56”
11. MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 107 OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO 4h 44’ 44” + 03’ 56”
12. CANCELLARA Fabian 13 TEAM SAXO BANK 4h 44’ 44” + 03’ 56”
Intriguing is not exactly how I would put it. It will be interesting to see what the race referees do with this. But it would be a sin to strip Chavanel of yellow. Maybe give all other finishers the 2nd place time? Or let the results stand as they are. I think Levi put it best in his post race interview.
I’m wondering if these times will stand if (and I think there was) some kind of foreign substance on the road surface?