Fantasy Tour Stage 18: Frenchman in Stage Win Shocker!

The Frenchies finally had something to cheer about today, as they got themselves a stage win. The race hasn't been kind to French stars like Pinot, Voeckler, Bouhanni, Peraud and Rolland. Luckily old timer Christophe Riblon was on hand to overhaul Tejay Van Garderen on his second trip up T'Alpe d'Huez and bag a win.

Even more pleased than the Frenchies with today's events, were the commenters over at CyclingNews. As Chris Froome is now officially a cheater. Once again, ellenbrook2001 hits the nail on the head.

Also pleased with how things turned out is Karlos, as he was Emperor of the League (for the day).  There seems to be no shifting the Chan, but the Pance is down to third, as the Kloefekappers move up to second.

	Evil Chan Bots	Evil Dr Chan	4696
	KLOEFEKAPPERS	JAN VAN BELLEGHEM	4532
	Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	4506
	The Charmers	Craigatron	4396
	ENRICO 666	ENRICO 666	4377
	Mungo Cycling	Mungo	3981
	TEAM ITV4	andrew danson	3715
	FULGAS	Vincent Lavallee	3665
	It`s time to froome	Denspeck	3559
	Temple of FROOME	Tom	3553
	Market Weighton Pharmacy	Wolds Wonders	3538
	Team Lampreys	Edgar van Pimple	3512
	Haxby Group Pharmacy	Isabel Harrison	3509
	Huntington Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	3365
	Tight white lycra just aint right	WACA	3287
	Miffy`s Marvels	Helen	3259
	Rouleurs	tdm911	3179
	Return of Reflex	Karlos	2825
	The Atomic Supermen	Toby Hodges	2642
	Smugblokes	Mark Philo	2582
	Dudes Openly Performance Enhancing	blinddrew	2526
	Anyone for tennis?	Andrew Windrum	2453
	The Hopalongs	Dave Robertson	2390
	Holy Toledo	Andrew Ramos	1836

More mountains tomorrow. They start in Bourg-D'Oisans, which happens to be where I saw my first ever Tour Stage back in 1991. If I remember correctly Dimitri Konyshev won, Miguel Indurain set up his first Tour win and I picked up some cheap tat from the publicity caravan. It should be a good stage, but I think those GC positions are looking pretty dialled in by now.