The JERSEY standings through today's stage and most likely to end that way by tomorrow's grand finale:
YELLOW=Contador , GREEN=Petacchi , (red) POLKA DOT=Charteau, WHITE=Schleck, TEAM=Team RadioShack
Tidbits about the jersey classifications:
YELLOW=Contador , GREEN=Petacchi , (red) POLKA DOT=Charteau, WHITE=Schleck, TEAM=Team RadioShack
Tidbits about the jersey classifications:
YELLOW: Alberto Contador will win his 3rd consecutive Tour and "Yellow Jersey" / "Maillot Jaune" a.k.a "Mellow Johnny" as dubbed by that other rider you may recall, Lance Armstrong, The Texan, who will retire after this Tour having not performed as well as he wanted.
GREEN: Alessandro Petacchi (213 pts) still has to hold off Thor Hushovd (203 pts) and Mark Cavendish (197 pts) through one more stage tomorrow with the same 10 point lead if he is to win this "Sprinters" jersey. Petacchi rides for Team Lampre, Hushovd rides for Team Cervélo and Cavendish rides for Team HTC-Columbia. Yep, it remains a three-man race with 35 points up for grabs on the Champs-Elysées tomorrow.
(red) POLKA DOT: Anthony Charteau has won this jersey as of Friday. He holds off Christophe Moreau who is second. Charteau clearly has the points for this "King of the Mountains" category with no more mountains to climb, of course, and no more points as of Friday's stage for any other rider to attain and to try to surpass Charteau. Congrats to Anthony!
WHITE: Schleck has won this jersey which is also awarded daily to the best young rider, "Youth Jeresy" under 25 yrs of age. Although he would have preferred the yellow jersey, he has clearly defined himself as a rider of the future proving he can ride with the best. He will place on the podium twice. In GC he will be second and of course the victor of the "Youth" classification. Not to be overlooked Andy also gave quite a performance during the mountain and summit portions of the Tour through the Alps and the Pyrenees. He was strong enough to be in third place in the "King of the Mountains" (red polka dot jersey) classification behind Charteau and Moreau. Schleck may have fallen short today in overtaking Contador and the maillot jaune during the ITT stage (stage 19) as he is not a strong sprinter - not yet - but he continues to show strength, valor, and true sportsmanship during the ups and downs which clearly always does plague the riders during the Tour. Even through adversity Andy never gave up, never faltered and never stopped being the gentleman which is first and foremost definitive of all Tours de France. Way to go, Andy Schleck. My favorite rider in GC despite the outcome.
TEAM: Team RadioShack holds onto the lead with total time through today of 267h 55' 00" Team Caisse D'Epargne in 2nd under by time of + 09' 15". They (Team RadioShack) began to slip today and almost lost the lead in this classification but came out okay after all riders respectively finished today's ITT. This classification is determined by adding the times of the best three riders of each squad in each stage.
GREEN: Alessandro Petacchi (213 pts) still has to hold off Thor Hushovd (203 pts) and Mark Cavendish (197 pts) through one more stage tomorrow with the same 10 point lead if he is to win this "Sprinters" jersey. Petacchi rides for Team Lampre, Hushovd rides for Team Cervélo and Cavendish rides for Team HTC-Columbia. Yep, it remains a three-man race with 35 points up for grabs on the Champs-Elysées tomorrow.
(red) POLKA DOT: Anthony Charteau has won this jersey as of Friday. He holds off Christophe Moreau who is second. Charteau clearly has the points for this "King of the Mountains" category with no more mountains to climb, of course, and no more points as of Friday's stage for any other rider to attain and to try to surpass Charteau. Congrats to Anthony!
WHITE: Schleck has won this jersey which is also awarded daily to the best young rider, "Youth Jeresy" under 25 yrs of age. Although he would have preferred the yellow jersey, he has clearly defined himself as a rider of the future proving he can ride with the best. He will place on the podium twice. In GC he will be second and of course the victor of the "Youth" classification. Not to be overlooked Andy also gave quite a performance during the mountain and summit portions of the Tour through the Alps and the Pyrenees. He was strong enough to be in third place in the "King of the Mountains" (red polka dot jersey) classification behind Charteau and Moreau. Schleck may have fallen short today in overtaking Contador and the maillot jaune during the ITT stage (stage 19) as he is not a strong sprinter - not yet - but he continues to show strength, valor, and true sportsmanship during the ups and downs which clearly always does plague the riders during the Tour. Even through adversity Andy never gave up, never faltered and never stopped being the gentleman which is first and foremost definitive of all Tours de France. Way to go, Andy Schleck. My favorite rider in GC despite the outcome.
TEAM: Team RadioShack holds onto the lead with total time through today of 267h 55' 00" Team Caisse D'Epargne in 2nd under by time of + 09' 15". They (Team RadioShack) began to slip today and almost lost the lead in this classification but came out okay after all riders respectively finished today's ITT. This classification is determined by adding the times of the best three riders of each squad in each stage.
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