Fantasy Giro Stage 7: Hansen is MmmTop

Hats off to Adam Hansen for his stage win today.  He's one of those workhorses of the peloton. They work every bit as hard as the big stars, but without the results, or the money.  Every now and again though, such a rider has his chance and today Hansen seized his.  He was in the early break, and as those around him faded, he plodded-on to take a very well-derseved win.

As is my way, I must point out that Hansen is as far as I know, no relation to mop-haired former teen sensations Hanson.


Although mop-haired former teen sensations Hanson are related to diminutive art-popster Beck Hansen, (I think he's their cousin).

Hansen slipped away, but a lot of other riders were slipping over on some wet and twisty roads.  Bradley Wiggins was one of the men down, he was up soon enough, but had lost contact with the favorite's group.  He ended up crossing the line about a minute down, in a Giro that doesn't seem to be going his way.

It wasn't a great day for the Bile Beans, not a single rider in the top 10. At least my budget GC pick, Beñat Intxausti has sneaked into the race lead, after riding consistently all week.

Doing best with the scores today were Mungo, who've been off to a quiet start so far.  Not so many points for the Smugblokes.

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	210
2		Fulgas	Vincent Lavallee	203
3		Cornerstone Clydesdales	James Patterson	194
4		MDR	Matt Reeve	174
5		Amgen	Bradley Dean	173
6		Team Doodle	RobbieT	171
7		Cat 2 Grupetto	Sherwood	158
8		Zero Resistance	Christopher Rowley	155
9		Rouleurs	tdm911	144
10		Dudes Riding Using Great Substances	Drew Stephenson	135
11		Get Jacked	robert thompson	88
12		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	65
13		Sit up and beg	Denspeck	61
14		Kiwi Nation (no actual kiwis)	Eddy	61
15		Synergy	Adrian Leggett	60
16		Camembert Electrique	Mark	59
17		Charmers	Craigatron	54
18		hitfbsuckers	Warwick Anderson	45
19		Evil Chan Bots	Evil Dr Chan	41
20		Return of Reflex	Karlos	35
21		Cofeedis	Tom Fee	33
22		Smugblokes	Mark Philo	27

MDR still leads the pack in the overall.

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		MDR	Matt Reeve	1464
2		Zero Resistance	Christopher Rowley	1308
3		Cat 2 Grupetto	Sherwood	1273
4		Amgen	Bradley Dean	1254
5		Return of Reflex	Karlos	1079
6		Smugblokes	Mark Philo	1076
7		hitfbsuckers	Warwick Anderson	1044
8		Synergy	Adrian Leggett	1022
9		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	969
10		Cofeedis	Tom Fee	959
11		Dudes Riding Using Great Substances	Drew Stephenson	943
12		Get Jacked	robert thompson	940
13		Rouleurs	tdm911	932
14		Fulgas	Vincent Lavallee	895
15		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	892
16		Camembert Electrique	Mark	862
17		Cornerstone Clydesdales	James Patterson	821
18		Kiwi Nation (no actual kiwis)	Eddy	788
19		Team Doodle	RobbieT	764
20		Sit up and beg	Denspeck	735
21		Charmers	Craigatron	573
22		Evil Chan Bots	Evil Dr Chan	540

It's the big time trial tomorrow.  It's a long 'un at 54.8km, and if Wiggins doesn't win it, he might as well go home.  Even if Sir Bradders does win, he won't be able to do much more than make up his losses so far.  He might take the Pink Jersey, but he'll likely get hammered as soon as the race hits the hills again.