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Tour de France 2011: Stage 10

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January 1 - July 24, Aurillac, France, Road - HIS (Hist🌳oric൩al Calendar)

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The second week of the Tour starts with a short stage.  It is a lumpy st𓃲age, which may well end up with a mass sprint.

This afternoon we travel a mere 158km from Aurillac to Carmaux, as we continue to head south.  We ho🔴pe that everyone had a ꧂good rest day and is ready to go again!

What a rude shock this afternoon!  We were promised sunshine and warm temps, but w🍸hat were we greeted with at the start? A hailstorm!

This is a day destined for a long breakꦕaway.  Those teams w💖ho so far haven't really accomplished anything are the most likely to send a rider up the road.

The riders are currently rolling through the neutralized zone, and co𝄹mpetition director Jean-Cl൩aude Peschaux is reminding everyone "Safety is the main concern!"

We understand that Johnn𒈔y Hoogerland of all people had to undergo an early morning doping test today!

They're off and Lars Boom of Rabobank has the ✱first puncture of the day!

178 riders were at the st🤪art today.  Yaroslav Popovych of RadioShack has been suffering from a fever for two days, and the team took him out.  Alexandr Kolobnev (Katusha) is out after his positive doping control for a diuretic.

150km remaining from 161km

Juan Antonio Flecha, who has his own crash experiences, was caught behind 🦋that crash and is now in a sm✅all group trying to catch the peloton.

144km remaining from 161km

Now 💎six leaders with one chaser but the peloton ♕at 12 seconds.

The riders with a handful of secods over the peloton are:  Di Gregorio (AST), Vichot (FDJ), Minard (COF), El Fares (COF), 🧸Marcato (VCE) and Delaplace (SAU).

Minard is not with𒈔 Cofidis,but with AG2R, of course.

Leukemans and Galland, who were involved in the early crash, are now off t🔯he back of the pelotoওn.

40 seconds now for the six leaders.  Many riders are🐼 trying to join, but not getting away.  Yellow jersey Thomas Voeckler has moved to the front of the fieldꦏ to try and quiet things down.

125km remaining from 161km

120km remaining from 161km

Vichot attacks and takes the sprint points.

Looks like Gilbert has plans:  Lots of hard-riding Omega Pharma-Lotto𝓀 riders at the head oꦬf the peloton.

A group of 10 or so riders with lots of HTC and Lott🐷o riders, break out forꦚ the sprint.

Cavendish takes the sprint of the field.

Things have quieted down in the field now and many riders are ♏pulling over to the sideไ of hthe road for a nature break.

We have four ranked climbs today, two each category 3 and category 4.  Here are the details, as per the race website:

Km 62.5 - Côte de Figeac - 2.3 km climb to 6 % - Category 3
Km 70.5 - Côte de Loupiac - 2.5 km climb to 4.1 % - Category 4
Km 99.5 - Côte de Villefranche-de-Rouergue - 4.1 km climb to 5.9 % - Category 3
Km 143.0 - Côte de Mirandol-Bourgnounac - 3.9 km climb to 4.1 % - Category 4
 

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Green jersey Philippe Gilbert𒊎 drops back to the team car for a chat.🌸 And a quick repair.

The gap has now crept up to nearly four minutes.  No problem for Voeckler though:  the highest ranked of the escape group is El Fares, who is꧑ more than 15 minutes down.

Di Greg🅘orio had dro▨pped back to his team car and now scurries back up to his break companions.

As usual, our quick pack back at who is adorned with which special jersey.  Thomas Voeckler of Europcar finally wrestled the yellow jersey off the large shoulder of Thor Hush🎀ovd (Garmin-Cervelo).  The Frenchman leads Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) and Cadel Evans (BMC).

Spe🗹aking of Gilbert and Hushovd, they are spending a lot of time together in conversation in this stage.

Leipheimer had pulled over an𒁃d gotten help from the team car for some sort of mechanical prob🌞lem.  He is now heading back up to the others.

Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) probably doesn't agree with Kermit the Frog that “It's not that easy being green.”  the Belg🍎ian is happy to be leading the 🌠points competition ahead of Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) and Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad).

Did J✱erome Pineau of Quick Step crash?  He is back at the team car getting some repairs to his shorts♏.

Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM), who made that dramatic flight into the barbed wire on Sund♌ay, has hung on to start today's stage in the polka-dotted jersey of the King of the Mountains.  He leads new yellow jersey Voeckler and Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad).

97km remaining from 161km

Robert Gesink of Rabobank is best young rider, followed by Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) and Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ).
 

Marcato 🥂jumps to grab the two mountain points. Delaplace takes the remaining one point.

Twenty riders have so far left the race. Think that's a lot?  It's not.  The tenth stage today has 188 riders, and here is how it compares to the last few years:

2010 – 181 riders
2009 -  179 riders
2008 – 169 riders
2007 – 171 riders

David Millar is at the♔ very tail end 📖of the field.  He too is suffering from crash injuries, having removed virtually all the skin from one elbow.

No sooner is the first climb conquered, the second one is right there.  The category four Cote de Loupiac shouldn't be too much of a challenge, 𓆏though.

Di Gregorio and Mina෴rd have a 🍃chat on their way up.

Di Gregario calls again for his team car.

Ah, he needed the stage map, and discusses it with the teaಞm leader in the car.

As we are all now sadly aware, the Tour has its first doping case, with Katusha's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alexandr Kolobnev tꦕesingဣ positive for HCT.  He has voluntarily removed himself from the race, but of course 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:declares his innocence.

There is nly one point to be gained at this Cat. 4 climb, and✨ it go🌌es to Marcato again.

Oh, the irony.  Thomas Voeckler is known for his breakaways -- but that is exactly what he can't do as race leader.  One of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:disadva🐬ntages of wearing the yellow jersey...

Robert Gesink of Rabobank has stopped to have his handlebars adjusted.  He was involved in the early ♐crash today, so perhaps something happened there.  He is now working his way up through the team cars, with three teammates there to help him.

We were frankly horrified to see the big crash on Sunday. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果: So was Cadel Evans.

80km remaining from 161km

Shoe pro♔blems for Jerome Coppel of Saur Sojasun.  That's a tric🦄ky thing to mess with while riding.

Alberto Contador is a bit further down in the GC than one might have expected, but don't count the  defending champion out yet.  Even with knee problems, he is already planning his attacks tꦜhe rest of the way.

On a personal note, we would like to wish a happy birthday today to Cyclingnews' Sue George and Peter Hymas.

70km remaining from 161km

Vacansoleil-DCM DS Hilaire Van der Schueren took a look back at the auto crash which took out Johnny Hoogerland and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:talked about its consequences for his ꧟rider, his team, the race and cycling&♋nbsp; in general.

A punꦆcture for a Liquigas rider -- Alessa🌊ndro Vanotti.

Bernie 🌟Eisei of HTC-HIghroad is the next ꦗto puncture.

Beautiful sunshin𝕴e again now as Di Gregorio slides slightly through a 𒆙corner....

Gianni Bugno, head of the cyclists' union, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:calls for more safety measures.  He also says that recent events are good cause to re-thin🅘k the radio ban.

The le🐻ad group is now on its way up the third climb o♚f the day, the Cote de Villefranche-de-Rouergue, category three.

We see Hoogerland in the field, looking rather mummy-l𓆏ike.  But we are happy to see him the♔re at all!

Did we mention he ♔has 33 stiches in his legs?  Ouch!  And is still💧 riding!

60km remaining from 161km

Tyler Farrar is falling off the back of the field on thiඣs climb.  Ryder Hesjedal and David Millar are with him.

🦩Millar loads up 🍃with bidons as long as he is back there.

Another mountain ranking fꦬor tꦑhe lead group.  And another two points for Marcato.

The gap keeps on coming down, with HTC-Highroad pulling the peloton along, 🅠followed by BMC.

The question is, of course, who is HTC-High▨road ridin💯g for today -- Cavendish or Goss?

Again some mechanical﷽ work for Di Gregorio.  He is having a time of it to♒day.

 
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46km remaining from 161km

Hoogerland wasn't the only one involved in that incident Sunday.  In fact, it was Juan Antonio Flecha who was actually hit by the car.  168澳洲5最新开奖结果:He has now discussed the matter, and said that the driver never even stopped to see what had haꦉppened.

Liquigas, Sky and Katusha 𒉰have also sent rider𒁏s up the front to help HTC-Highroad.

Team Sky also has two options for today.  Ben Swift is the "traditional" sprinter, but💮 this may be more one for Edvald Boasson Hagen agaiꦜn.

38km remaining from 161km

Richie Porte of Saxo Bank-SunGard is hyped about the Tour and about Contador's chanes to win.  But he 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:expects some strong challenges from the Schlecks and Evans, as well.

What are those rainb🧸ow stripes doing at the very end of the peloton?  We have gotten more used to seeing Thor Hushovd of Ga♍rmin-Cervelo at the front of the field.

Shoe problems for Thor as well.  He is now driving with one shoe and oꦐne sock.....

31km remaining from 161km

Christian Knees of Sky had taken over the lead work, but no𝄹w HTC-Highroad has things fir𝓡mly in hand again.

Oh oh, we see some rain drops....

The sunshine from earlier is definitely gone.  Let's just hope that the hail from even earlier doesn't make a return appea𝔍rance!

Bauke Mollema of Ra🌠boban🧔k is doing raingear-carrying duty.

22km remaining from 161km

Two riders hܫave taken off from the lead group, Marcato and Minard.  And the sun𒊎 is shining again!

Vichot has joined them.

20km remaining from 161km

The leading trio takes on the final climb of the dayꦏ.

The other three are now ba🗹ck in the field, which is only 23 seconds back.

Omega Pharma-Lotto has jumped into the lead work.  Gilbert is third wheel,൩ with V🌟oeckler right behind him.

Joh🅘n Gadret of AG2R can't hold the pace and dropꦬs back.

With the pelot🌄on breathing down his neck, Marcato jumps again to try for the remaining mountain point.

16km remaining from 161km

Marcato takes it out and lets the pe✃loton swoop past.

KOM Hoogerland is in a group which has fallen ba꧑ck.

The pelo♛ton has defini🧜tely split, as Gilbert attacks yet again.

Gallopin, Gilbert, Voeckler and Mar♛tin go for it, with a Quick Step rider whose name we didn't get.

They tear through🃏 the mountain r🔜anking and keep on going.

Vocekler took the one available mountain point.

They have a decent sized lead now.  Martin is a threat on GC, though, and Gilbert is always dangerous, so the fi๊eld will want to catch them.

Dri♔es Devenyns is the Quick Step rider, who now tries another attack.   The otehr four won't have any o𓆉f that, though.

The 🗹peloton doesn't look quite ♓as organized as it could be.......

10km remaining from 161km

The gap is holding steady at around 15 seconds.

Voeckler is tired 🎉of doing the lead work and tells the other to help.  Hushovd does so.

Devenyns is tired of the games and takes off again.  Martin🌳 is right behind him.

An Euskaltel rider attacks out of the field.

The five lea🅰ders are no longer working together.&n🌞bsp; Gallopin is out of the group and nearly caught again.

Gilbert now goes for it.

Gilbert leads, and pulls away.

5km remaining from 161km

They are ꦛall going up a small climb here, working hard.

HTC is putting up an i🧔mpossible pace at the front of the field, a two other riders try to get away.

Gilber has be🧸en caught and Ruijgh (Vac) and Kadri have a two☂-second lead.  Oops, caught now.

Milar attacks, bandages and all!

159km remaining from 161km

25 riders or so in the first group?

Last km and a turn.

Sieberg of Omega Pharma.Lotto leds the way.  Geipel is in💫 there too.

Gfeipel on Cavendish' wheel.

Both claim the win!

And it gꦆoes to Griepel!  He f💝inally beats his rival, winning by a good wheel length!

Third place goes to Rojas, with Hushovd fourth.

That is Greipel's first Tour stage win, and the first time he has beat Cavendish head to head.&♊nbsp;

Greipel and his best friend/teamma💦te Marcel Sieberg r🔥ejoice in the finish zone.

Stage:

No change in the GC.  Voeckler continues to lead ahead of  Sanchez 🧜and Evans.

Here is the top ten on the stage:

That's it for today, and weren't we al🌸l happy to hav🀅e an almost crash-free stage!

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