FTDF Stage19 - Schleck Schlips Into Yellow

In the run-up to this year's Tour, this picture appeared.

I was thinking that having some specially painted Schleck Treks was a bit premature before the race had even started, but it looks like Andy will be riding one of them tomorrow. For he currently holds the Yellow Jersey.

He has it thanks to his plucky breakaway yesterday, and thanks to the fact that Thomas Voeckler finally cracked today.

Tommy V may be done, but at least the Frenchies finally got themselves a stage win in the race. Thanks to Tommy's Europcar team-mate Pierre Rolland on Alpe D'Huez.

It may have been a thrilling couple of days in the mountains, but alas, things have not gone the Bile Beans way, and we've slipped down to 15th in the overall classification. I can take some comfort in still being on top in the Tour de Pance and Facebook minileagues, but there's still plenty of points on offer and it could all go wrong in the last couple of days.

While Andy may have the yellow jersey for now, he's only 57 seconds ahead of Cadel Evans, who has been riding a smart race so far. But can he pull-back enough time on the crap-against-the-clock-Schlecks  tomorrow? It's the time trial around Grenoble, and if you were paying attention at the Dauphine Libere earlier in the season, you'd know its a tricky little circuit with a bit of a hill in. Tony Martin won back then, but Fabian Cancellara wasn't riding. Although I'll be interested to see who wins the stage, all eyes will surely be on the Schleck -Evans battle for the overall win. If you hadn't guessed, I'm hoping Cadel puts more than 58 seconds into Andy.