Speaking of the white jersey, an impressive bunch of winners over the last few years. Andy has a good chance of duplicating Jan’s hat trick. And look at that former-Commie run in the mid-aughts:
1994 Marco Pantani (Ita)
1995 Marco Pantani (Ita)
1996 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
1997 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
1998 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
1999 Benoit Salmon (Fra)
2000 Francesco Mancebo (Spa)
2001 Oscar Sevilla (Spa)
2002 Ivan Basso (Ita)
2003 Denis Menchov (Rus)
2004 Vladimir Karpets (Rus)
2005 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
2006 Damiano Cunego (Ita)
2007 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa)
2008 Andy Schleck (Lux)
2009 Andy Schleck (Lux)
16:08 - First & Second Have Chat
Alberto Contador has come up to the right of Andy Schleck to have a little chat. Andy follows the wheel of former race leader Cancellara who is having a chat with Flecha...
16:04 - Watch The Wattage Of Rogers, Martin & Sivtsov...
There is a collaboration with SRM, Google and the HTC-Columbia team in the 2010. On the homepage of the team is a link taking you to a ’Velostream’ page which gives a read-out of the wattage and speed of riders from the US squad. Today, the riders providing readings are Michael Robers, Tony Martin and Kanstantsin Sivtsov... worth remember when it comes time for the lead-out. The numbers are too impressive at the moment but wait until the train is put on the rails for Cavendish.
15:57 - Garmin, Lampre, Liquigas... Leading
You couldn’t exactly call what the bunch is doing “chasing” today. Zabriskie (GRM) is at the front but he’s just tickling his pedals in what looks more liike a Sunday cyclo-tourist ride. The bunch is just 1’35” behind the three escapees but if they’re not careful they’ll ride past them soon...