Fantasy Tour Stage 8: Froome Dog Mauls the Pack

They say the Tour can't be won on the first day in the mountains, but it can be lost. Well 'they' obviously don't know much about cycling, because in the space of about 5 km, Chris Froome has this year's race pretty much in the bag.

Sky used the "Sky Big Book Of Bike Racing" to perfect effect. They drilled it on the climbs and shelled-out pretty much everyone before the Frome-Dog decided it was time to pounce. No one could come close (except maybe his team-mate Richie Porte).

So if you have the double whammy of Froome and Porte, you did pretty nicely today.  If you have anyone else you'll just have to hope you get some points from the scraps they leave behind.  Or that the Sky duo have some kind of race-ending crash. Kings, (or Queens) of the day were the Evil Chanbots, who I must admit are looking dangerous. They still have to get past the Kloefekappers in the overall though.

1	KLOEFEKAPPERS	JAN VAN BELLEGHEM	1904
2	Evil Chan Bots	Evil Dr Chan	1862
3	Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	1794
4	The Charmers	Craigatron	1724
5	ENRICO 666	ENRICO 666	1698
6	Temple of FROOME	Tom	1522
7	Market Weighton Pharmacy	Wolds Wonders	1506
8	Huntington Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	1473
9	FULGAS	Vincent Lavallee	1403
10	Haxby Group Pharmacy	Isabel Harrison	1396
11	Team Lampreys	Edgar van Pimple	1376
12	Miffy`s Marvels	Helen	1336
13	Tight white lycra just aint right	WACA	1317
14	TEAM ITV4	andrew danson	1120
15	Return of Reflex	Karlos	1060
18	Rouleurs	tdm911	1012
17	The Atomic Supermen	Toby Hodges	935
19	Mungo Cycling	Mungo	913
20	It`s time to froome	Denspeck	863
21	The Hopalongs	Dave Robertson	844
22	Anyone for tennis?	Andrew Windrum	807
23	Smugblokes	Mark Philo	747
24	Dudes Openly Performance Enhancing	blinddrew	742
25	Holy Toledo	Andrew Ramos	465

Stage 9 is another tough one, but that downhill finish means we might not see the Froome Dog slip his leash again. There's a ton of Mountain points on offer, so I'm expecting some Frenchmen to be on the attack to try and get the Polka-dot Jersey.  They might as well, as there's no chance of them getting yellow.