The JERSEYS being worn/won through today's stage
YELLOW= Contador, GREEN=Petacchi, (red) POLKA DOT: Charteau, WHITE: Schleck, TEAM: Team RadioShack
Tidbits about the jerseys being worn and their respective wearers, if you will:
YELLOW= Contador, GREEN=Petacchi, (red) POLKA DOT: Charteau, WHITE: Schleck, TEAM: Team RadioShack
Tidbits about the jerseys being worn and their respective wearers, if you will:
Yellow: Contador keeps the yellow jersey (a.k.a. the "maillot jaune", the "mellow johnny") for another day with the same 8 second gap between him and Schleck. Holding onto the yellow jersey is referred to as "renting the jersey" in le Tour.
Green: Petacchi retakes the "Sprinter's" jersey from Hushovd today; only 10 points separates green jersey leader Petacchi (213) from second place Hushovd (203), while Cavendish, who won today's stage is in third with 197 points. Toady's stage 18 was just calling out to all the sprinters, and I am sure each one heard their own name being called out from start to end. The race for green remains just as tight as the race for yellow.
(red) Polka Dot: Charteau keeps the "King of the Mountains" jersey with 143 points just 15 points more than second place Moreau who has 128 points while Andy Schleck is in third in this most arduous category with 116 points. That's just four more points than Contador who has 112 points and is impressively in fourth place. This category though has been a two-man-race, but more likely to be won by Charteau by now.
White: Schleck keeps the "Youth" or "Best Young Rider" (under 25) jersey, but I am sure that he would much prefer to be in yellow by the end of tomorrow's I-T-T race and for certain by the time they arrive at the Champs-Élysées in beautiful Paris on Sunday during the Tour's "grand finale".
Team: Team RadioShack keeps striving, attacking and maintaining the right to lead in this team category. Yes, Lance Armstrong's team. He may just make the podium in the end but as part of a team versus his usual individual accolades which we have grown accustomed to seeing him attain in years past. By the way this classification does not hand out jerseys, it rather denotes the leader's and the winner's of the Team category by yellow bands with black numbers.
Green: Petacchi retakes the "Sprinter's" jersey from Hushovd today; only 10 points separates green jersey leader Petacchi (213) from second place Hushovd (203), while Cavendish, who won today's stage is in third with 197 points. Toady's stage 18 was just calling out to all the sprinters, and I am sure each one heard their own name being called out from start to end. The race for green remains just as tight as the race for yellow.
(red) Polka Dot: Charteau keeps the "King of the Mountains" jersey with 143 points just 15 points more than second place Moreau who has 128 points while Andy Schleck is in third in this most arduous category with 116 points. That's just four more points than Contador who has 112 points and is impressively in fourth place. This category though has been a two-man-race, but more likely to be won by Charteau by now.
White: Schleck keeps the "Youth" or "Best Young Rider" (under 25) jersey, but I am sure that he would much prefer to be in yellow by the end of tomorrow's I-T-T race and for certain by the time they arrive at the Champs-Élysées in beautiful Paris on Sunday during the Tour's "grand finale".
Team: Team RadioShack keeps striving, attacking and maintaining the right to lead in this team category. Yes, Lance Armstrong's team. He may just make the podium in the end but as part of a team versus his usual individual accolades which we have grown accustomed to seeing him attain in years past. By the way this classification does not hand out jerseys, it rather denotes the leader's and the winner's of the Team category by yellow bands with black numbers.
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