Tour 2008 Continues

After three days of racing the 2008 Tour de France is just getting started.

The official Tour de France 2008 website has all the details and standings for all riders but here’s how things stand for the top ten riders at the moment.

1.	FEILLU Romain	124	AGRITUBEL	13h 27′ 05″
2.	LONGO BORGHINI Paolo	59	BARLOWORLD	13h 27′ 40″	+ 00′ 35″
3.	FRISCHKORN William	194	GARMIN CHIPOTLE	13h 28′ 47″	+ 01′ 42″
4.	VALVERDE Alejandro	31	CAISSE D’EPARGNE	13h 28′ 50″	+ 01′ 45″
5.	KIRCHEN Kim	41	TEAM COLUMBIA	13h 28′ 51″	+ 01′ 46″
6.	FREIRE Oscar	133	RABOBANK	13h 28′ 51″	+ 01′ 46″
7.	PINEAU Jérôme	145	BOUYGUES TELECOM	13h 28′ 51″	+ 01′ 46″
8.	MILLAR David	198	GARMIN CHIPOTLE	13h 28′ 51″	+ 01′ 46″
9.	EVANS Cadel	1	SILENCE – LOTTO	13h 28′ 51″	+ 01′ 46″
10.	POZZATO Filippo	61	LIQUIGAS	13h 28′ 51″	+ 01′ 46″

I’ve enjoyed seeing all the colour and the tactics over the past few days. Tour de France time is one of my favourite times of the year. It does mean late nights and mornings that come around far too soon but I’m enjoying watching the TV coverage half a world away in Perth, Western Australia.

The fun really begins with today’s stage.

Stage four is a 29.5 km time trial so we should start to see the main contenders come out to play. Although it’s only a short time trial I’m hoping to see Australia’s Cadel Evans put in a good performance to set himself up for greater things later in the three week event. It’s claimed that one of his main rivals, Alejandro Valverde, has been brushing up on his time trialling techniques.

Cadel’s strengths are in time trialling and his climbing ability so it’ll be interesting to see at least one of those strengths on display in today’s stage.

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