Stage 13 - Contador in Control

Today we saw another dominant slice of riding from Alberto Contador. He put time into all his main rivals, but left the stage win to Jose Rujano.

It was no surprise to anyone to see that Petacchi, Cavendish and some other sprinters didn't show up for the start today. There are no more sprints for the fast men, and at the moment it looks like Contador could make off with the points jersey, as well as the Mountains Jersey and the Pink Jersey. He's certainly going to be raking in the Velogames points if he keeps on going as he is.

In the league, the positions are unchanged. The gap between first and second is still plenty tight, and there's still a load of points to come, so I hope the Evil Dr Chan isn't counting his chickens just yet. Watching today, I was pleased to see Hoogerland in the break, but dismayed to see Kev Seeldraeyers have a nasty crash, and Sylvester Szmyd climbing like an old lady. Looks like I've got third spot sewn-up.

Tomorrow we should have been treated to a trip up and down the Crostis. But apparently it's been declared too dangerous on the descent. I can't imagine why. Don't worry, there's still the Zoncolan.

In case you hadn't heard, the Rapture is happening tomorrow. I'm not sure what this will mean for the race, but I'll make sure I'm wearing clean underwear just in case. Whatever happens, it should still be an epic stage, so catch it on the TV/internets if you can.