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Stage 11 - Vatan to St Fargeau, 192km
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1156: From anon via text on 81111: "Any snails spotted yet?"
1152: A few of you on 606 have pointed out there is an intermediate sprint after just 26.5km of today's stage at Quincy (the French town, not the American coroner/detective). Six points on offer for the winner, which is exactly how far Mark Cavendish is behind current leader Thor Hushovd in the battle for the green jersey.
1148: TOUR DE FRANCE 2009 AFTER STAGE 10:Yellow jersey: Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita/AG2R)
Green jersey: Thor Hushovd (Nor/Cervelo Test Team)
Polka dot jersey: Egoi Martinez (Spa/Euskaltel)
White jersey: Tony Martin (Ger/Team Columbia)
1146: GENERAL CLASSIFICATIONAFTER STAGE 10:1. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita/AG2R) 39hrs 11mins 04secs
2. Alberto Contador (Spa/Astana) + 6secs
3. Lance Armstrong (USA/Astana) + 8
4. Andreas Kloden (Ger/Astana) +54
5. Levi Leipheimer (US/Astana) "
1144: After the 'excitement' of yesterday's apparent go-slow protest over the ruling that stopped radio contact between riders and team managers, you'll be relieved to know that the radios are back on today - let's hope for a bit more drama than we got yesterday (highlights were the riders stopping at a level crossing and some snails trying to cross the road)...watch out for helicopters trying to blow riders off the road again though...
1142: From anon via text on 81111: Morning. I'm confused about Bradley Wiggins losing time yesterday - don't riders get the same time if affected by a crash in the last 2km?" It is the last 3km, but that rule only kicks in for a major pile-up involving multiple riders. Yesterday's crash near the end only involved one rider (sorry, don't know who) so, although it undoubtedly caused the split in the peloton, the second bunch of riders got a separate time. I agree that it was harsh on Wiggo and Levi Leipheimer though - to name but two of the 100+ men affected.
1140: Lance and Alberto only have to look at what happened to Bradley Wiggins and Levi Leipheimer (who got caught on the wrong end of a split in the main bunch after a crash near the end of yesterday's stage) as a warning of how easily you can lose a few seconds. Wiggo and Levi only lost 15 seconds but they still dropped down the general classification.
1138: The riders will roll out of the neutral zone in Vatan in around 10 minutes and get stage 11 under way. Rinaldo Nocentini, in his fourth day in yellow, will be looking to keep the overall lead - while Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador will hope to stay out of trouble in the peloton.
1137:
ghost_of_cygan on 606:
"I predict a breakaway to be caught within 10k, of the finish and Cav to win, providing Columbia have the legs or a bit of help from one or two other teams pulling on the front towards the end of the day to reel the breakaway in."
1135: So, does Cav fancy his chances? Erm, what do you think? "There are four more opportunities for bunch sprints, three more this week, and I'll keep on going for the wins," the Isle of Man star said after his stage win on Tuesday. "My big objective is to win on the Champs Elysees in Paris on the last day."
1132: Yep, Mark Cavendish goes into today's stage 11 - a fairly flat 192km trek from Vatan to St Fargeau - looking for his fourth stage win of this year's race. If he manages it, the Manx Missile will equal Barry Hoban's British record of eight Tour stage wins.
1130 BST: Morning all, and welcome back to the Tour de Manx. The big question for today is can Cav do it again?
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