The early road stages are usually long and have lots of sprint bonuses in addition to the final, so break always are almost never successful in these stages. Because the bunch is usually together for the final sprint, the rider that won the prologue can often stay in the yellow jersey for several days. Resulting from his prologue win he also has the green sprinter's jersey. That will be gone tomorrow.
He also has his name in the record books as a stage winner and holds the white jersey for most aggressive young rider (under 23). My guess is he'll be able to hold on to that one for a while and if he can climb he's likely to have it back in Paris.
Thanks Bay for continuing the thread.
Always interesting to look for past contenders and see which team they are on.
Will be interesting to see what form Contador has this year and if he can reclaim a title without the aid of “ boosters”