TDF 2014 Stage 4 - Kittel Makes It 3 Out Of 4

While I'm sure it's exciting if you're Marcel Kittel, I'm about ready to see someone other than Marcel Kittel winning a stage on the Tour this year.  It was a close one today though with barely a wheel separating the top 3.

In the GC fight, there were no changes, but there was a little scare for the Froome-Dog as he was caught-up in a crash and lost a bit of skin.  He seems alright, but time will tell.

In the scores for the day, ENRICO 666, show that it's all about consistency.  Placing three riders in the top 5 earned Eric more points than the Haxby Pharma Kittel/Sagan double-act.  With a recent run of good form and some guys who might actually score some points in the mountains, ENRICO 666 should not be underestimated.

Stage 4

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	1	368
Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	2	327
Evil Yorkshire Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	3	320
The Doom of Froome	Warwick Anderson	4	310
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	5	298
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	6	264
2.35.24	Den	7	223
Charmers	Craigatron	8	220
Holy Toledo	Andrew Ramos	9	219
Expensive Bike Pumps due to Inflation	Vinny PL	10	215
Olliepops	OJ	11	201
Wilko	Oliver Wilkens	12	200
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	13	196
Drews Riders, Useless Generally Speaking	Drew Stephenson	14	191
Three Little Pigs	Isabel Harrison	15	178
Rouleurs	tdm911	16	174
Stans Finest	Mark	17	167
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	18	163
Huntington Pharmacy	Late night meds from	19	150
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	20	75
School of Hardknotts	Jonathan Wilcox	21	63
Miffy`sMountain Goats	Helen S	22	52
The Hopalongs	Dave	23	47
A True Underdog Story	Patches O`Houlihan	24	8

It may not last, but Haxby Pharma are still hanging on at the top of the overall table.

Overall

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	1	1353
The Doom of Froome	Warwick Anderson	2	1320
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	3	1066
Olliepops	OJ	4	1063
ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	5	1007
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	6	1004
Evil Yorkshire Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	7	988
2.35.24	Den	8	939
Three Little Pigs	Isabel Harrison	9	918
Charmers	Craigatron	10	891
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	11	853
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	12	846
Holy Toledo	Andrew Ramos	13	830
Stans Finest	Mark	14	811
Rouleurs	tdm911	15	805
Drews Riders, Useless Generally Speaking	Drew Stephenson	16	759
Huntington Pharmacy	Late night meds from	17	738
Wilko	Oliver Wilkens	18	732
Expensive Bike Pumps due to Inflation	Vinny PL	19	713
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	20	456
School of Hardknotts	Jonathan Wilcox	21	327
Miffy`sMountain Goats	Helen S	22	324
The Hopalongs	Dave	23	322
A True Underdog Story	Patches O`Houlihan	24	58

A quick look at the profile tomorrow might have you thinking that we'd be in for another episode of the Kittel Sprint Show.  A closer look will reveal that there are cobbles to contend with.  And according to the weather forecast, they might be wet cobbles.  The GC boys will be looking to stay out of trouble, but the Classics riders like Cancellara will be looking for a stage win.