Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Tour de France 2008

Today's 4th stage is a 29.5 KM (18.3 miles) individual time trial in the town of Cholet.

The riders start every 2 minutes and they are racing the clock. No team for support. They get to use their time trial bikes. It's basically 35-40 minutes of pain.

The time trial was won by Stefan Schumacher of Germany which put him into the yellow jersey over Kirchen and Millar by 12 seconds.


The Jersey status:

Maillot Jaune (yellow jersey - overall leader) - Stefan Schumacher of Germany who rides for Gerolsteiner

Green Jersey (points leader for sprinting) - Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg who rides for the American team, Team Columbia

Polka Dot Jersey (best in the mountains) - Thomas Voeckler of France who is the leader of the French team BOUYGUES TELECOM

White Jersey (best young rider - under 25) - Thomas Lovkvist of Sweden who rides for Team Columbia

Au revoir

2 comments:

Catherine said...

Bonjour,
Schumacher (Micheal,Ralf,Stephan!) et la vitesse! Don't you want to change your name to have more chance to win on November?

Rob said...

Salut,

Win in November?! I just want to finish the race and not die.

à toute à l'heure