FTDF Stage 2 - Cav Doesn't Miss The Train

In the run up to this year’s Tour, there was a shedload of speculation as to what Mark Cavendish would get up to. Will he finish the race, or quit early to save himself for a shot at a shiny gold medal at the Olympics? Has his weight loss hurt his top-end speed? How will he do without a dedicated lead-out?

Well, after today’s stage it looks like at least some of those questions have been answered. He came past Andre Greipel and took the first real bunch sprint of the race.

 

Yesterday I tipped Marcel Kittel for a result, but I hear he's got "intestinal issues", which is a shame, especially as the Argos-Shimano kit has so much white in it. 

Rounding out the top three was Bile Beans fastman Matt Goss, who may not have got the win, but is still doing quite well in my points/cost ratio calculations. In fact, it looks that Hutarovich is the best investment so far...... but early days, etc.

Rider	Team	Cost	Score		Score/Cost
Yauheni HUTAROVICH	FDJ	6	60		10
Mark CAVENDISH	SKY	18	171		9.5
Andre GREIPEL	LTB	14	121		8.64
Matthew GOSS	GEC	12	103		8.58
Juan Jose HAEDO	SAX	6	50		8.33
Dries DEVENYNS	OPQ	4	32		8
Alessandro PETACCHI	LAM	12	80		6.67
Mark RENSHAW	RAB	6	40		6.67
Tyler FARRAR	GRM	12	30		2.5
Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOV	12	25		2.08

Best score of the day went to Hell of the North, as the Flamin’ Nadgers sprinter, Petacchi could only manage 5^th, but the Nadgers seem to be hanging at the top of the table for the moment. 

MINI LEAGUE SCORES

Tour De Pance

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		Flamin` nadgers	Andrew Windrum	1361
2		Hell of the North	Vincent Lavallee	1221
3		The Charmers	Craigatron	1092
4		Crazy Uncle Vince	Baby Lavallee	1026
5		Return of Reflex	Karl	1014
6		TEAM ITV4	Andrew Danson	976
7		Drews Riders Using Genuine Supplements	Drew Stephenson	943
8		Evil Chanbots	Danny Chan	932
9		Velo raptors	Warwick Anderson	922
10		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	872
11		Team Awesomeness	William MacKenzie	856
12		temple of FROOME	Tom	783
13		Cejay`s Vanguard	Cejay	782
14		TheFastMenOnBikes Part II:THE SEQWHEEL!	Teagan	759
15		10 minute team	dspeck	753
16		ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	732
17		Its Sky Time	Mark	697
18		Rouleurs	tdm911	676
19		To Infinity and Beyond	Nick Cuthbert	667
20		15	Joe Danson	635
21		RaboBrad	Brad	635
22		Dexter`s Midnight Wheelers	noj	604
23		Looking Good in Lycra	Catherine Windrum	547
24		Ned`s Boys	Elizabeth MacKenzie	521
25		Smugblokes	Mark Philo	489
26		Marmite Men	Alasdair MacKenzie	485
27		Ph.Dizzles	Ben	466
28		Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	433
29		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	419

It should be an interesting stage tomorrow, as there’s some definite lumps to spoil things for the pure sprinters. Could it be another one for new points leader Peter Sagan? Or maybe Sylvain Chavanel might have a go? He’s been looking good in the race so far, and I want him to earn me lots of points.