FTDF Stage 11 - Lucky Pierre

A tough old day in the Alps today, and I was encouraged to see Bile Beans recruits Peter Velits and Pierre Rolland away in the break. And although Velits fell by the wayside, Rolland held on to take the stage win.

Meanwhile, slightly down the road, the Froome-Dog was putting the hurt on the GC men. We saw Evans crack and lose his second place to Sky's super domestique.

Riders may have been dropping like flies in this year’s Tour, but it’s taken up till now for the first withdrawal from the Bile Beans squad. And so, I bid farewell to Lieuwe Westra. He nearly snatched Paris-Nice from Bradley Wiggins earlier this year, so I thought he might be a good pick. How wrong I was. He cost me 6 credits and earned me 0 points. Why, oh why, didn’t I go with JJ Haedo? Westra's failings aside, it was a pretty good day for the Bile Beans, with the highest score of the day bringing me within spitting distance of second place. 

MINI LEAGUE SCORES

Tour De Pance

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		Flamin` nadgers	Andrew Windrum	4239
2		Return of Reflex	Karl	4114
3		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	4111
4		temple of FROOME	Tom	3796
5		ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	3414
6		TEAM ITV4	Andrew Danson	3410
7		15	Joe Danson	3386
8		Hell of the North	Vincent Lavallee	3380
9		TheFastMenOnBikes Part II:THE SEQWHEEL!	Teagan	3374
10		Drews Riders Using Genuine Supplements	Drew Stephenson	3329
11		RaboBrad	Brad	3324
12		The Charmers	Craigatron	3318
13		Velo raptors	Warwick Anderson	3306
14		Its Sky Time	Mark	3169
15		Evil Chanbots	Danny Chan	3036
16		Crazy Uncle Vince	Baby Lavallee	3028
17		Team Awesomeness	William MacKenzie	2949
18		Rouleurs	tdm911	2928
19		Cejay`s Vanguard	Cejay	2865
20		To Infinity and Beyond	Nick Cuthbert	2672
21		10 minute team	dspeck	2549
22		Ned`s Boys	Elizabeth MacKenzie	2523
23		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	2516
24		Ph.Dizzles	Ben	2379
25		Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	2340
26		The Hopalongs	Dave	2326
27		Marmite Men	Alasdair MacKenzie	1978
28		Looking Good in Lycra	Catherine Windrum	1974
29		Dexter`s Midnight Wheelers	noj	1867
30		Smugblokes	Mark Philo	1654

A break from hills tomorrow with a little something for a breakaway or Peter Sagan perhaps?