13:09 - Prize Category Summary: White Jersey
With his 2nd stage victory, Andy Schleck put time into every rider except for his main rival Alberto Contador. The Luxembourger is going to win the white jersey for a record-equaling third time – all he has to do, really, is make it to Paris without any incident and he will be the youth classification winner. He is 6’33” ahead of Robert Gesink (RAB) and 10’04” ahead of Kreuziger (LIQ). Julien El Fares (COF) is the only other young rider less than an hour behind Schleck in the overall rankings.
13:07 - “Sunny and Cloudy”
The weather report from Sebastien Piquet of Radio Tour for the start is a confusing one. “It’s sunny and cloudy,” he just told LeTour.fr. Pushed for further explanation, he explained that there is no rain in Salies-de-Bearn and above are blue skies with patches of high cloud. We all okay with that appraisal? Right. So let’s move on and wait for the names from Mr Piquet of the seven escapees...
13:20 - The Breakaway Members
The four in the lead of the stage by 1’10”” are:
Daniel Oss (LIQ)
Jerome Pineau (QST)
Benoit Vaugrenard (FDJ)
Matti Breschel (SAX)
13:18 - Four Lead By 1’10”
We’re still waiting to see if there’s any life in the escape... the peloton is responding quickly to the attacks. It could be that the latest selection is the right one but we don’t yet have the names of those involved.