10 days to go
There's hope for us all.
As Tour de France rookie Juan Antonio Flecha shocks the cycling world by winning today's stage. Mind you, there were 130 riders who finished within 42 seconds of him. So it wasn't exactly a walkover. Considering the length of the stages, I have found it surprising how close the finishes are. But then I guess it's a platoon thing.
David Millar was one of the 130, coming 75th in today's fairly flat journey from Narbonne to Toulouse. He is now up to 19th overall which is a surprisingly elevated position and BBCi readers have voted him the second most likely to upset Lance Armstrong in tomorrow's time trial. Mind you, given Britain's passionless love affair with le Tour, I wouldn't pay too much attention to that. After all, the number one choice was Chinese rider No One.
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So stage 12 tomorrow is an individual time trial. This is the first one of these, so needless to say I had no idea what it was all about. But as far as I can fathom, it a fairly short stage (a mere 47km) where each rider sets off alone instead of all together. No doubt this means that there is likely to be a wider variation in finish times which could make it very important for the Yellow Jersey. Should be exciting...
9:42:21 PM 
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