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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