Sunday ended stage 9 and tomorrow will begin the tour again at stage 10.
We bid farewell to the Pyrénées (considered the first phase of the mountains) as the tour returns to the flatlands on Tuesday where the sprinters will once again vie for the opportunity at winning the "green jersey". After the grueling days in the Pyrénées, the sprinters, as they survived the mountainous terrain, are in their element in these flatlands. They stand ready to show us how why they are dubbed as "warriors of the road" by cycling guru Paul Sherwen
Paul goes on to remind us in his article, (written for and posted on versus.com )in which he reviews tomorrow's stage 10, that Team Columbia-HTC will regroup in plans to help their team-mate, Mark Cavendish (Great Britain), take back the points race to take back the "green jersey" which is currently held by Germany's Thor Hushovd. Mark won and wore the "green jersey" early on in this year's tour and had it for several stages, but Thor (who has won the overall points race in previous tours), took it away during the mountain stages.
We also look ahead to see what other teams have in mind and how their strategies will fair in trying to play take-away from the current jersey wearers of such respective races. Or how the team's of such current holders of said jerseys will fight to keep them.
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