TDF 2014 Stage 6 - Kittel Collapses, Greipel Gains

Just when it was looking like there was no stopping Marcel Kittel, he finally didn't win a sprint. Apparently he just didn't have the legs, luckily his homeboy Andre Greipel was there to keep the sprint crown on a German head.

Sprints aside, it was another wet day in the saddle for the peloton and there were plenty more splits and crashes on the way to Reims.  So if you have any of these guys, then no more points for you.

If you're team has been hit hard by crashes and poor form in the first week of the race, then your chances of winning the league are slim to none.  Sorry.  Don't worry though, for all is not lost.  You can still redeem yourself with a good showing in the King of the Mountains competition.  So why not pick a team and have a go?  After all, if you went for Cav and Froome in your main team, then you can't really do any worse.  The league code for the KOM competition is the same as the main Tour De Pance league, 27134154.  

On to the scores for the day and another good result for my tip for the top ENRICO 666.

Stage 6

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	1	256
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	2	244
Holy Toledo	Andrew Ramos	3	223
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	4	222
Olliepops	OJ	5	222
Drews Riders, Useless Generally Speaking	Drew Stephenson	6	189
Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	7	174
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	8	162
Huntington Pharmacy	Late night meds from	9	160
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	10	160
Three Little Pigs	Isabel Harrison	11	140
Rouleurs	tdm911	12	138
The Doom of Froome	Warwick Anderson	13	134
Stans Finest	Mark	14	127
2.35.24	Den	15	114
Charmers	Craigatron	16	92
Evil Yorkshire Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	17	62
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	18	62
Miffy`sMountain Goats	Helen S	19	60
School of Hardknotts	Jonathan Wilcox	20	46
The Hopalongs	Dave	21	45
Expensive Bike Pumps due to Inflation	Vinny PL	22	35
Wilko	Oliver Wilkens	23	33
A True Underdog Story	Patches O`Houlihan	24	16

If we cast our eyes at the overall table, we see that Haxby Pharma are still in charge, but Mungo and the Olliepops are closing in.  And I think a special mention should go to Patches O'Houlihan, for a team that is making everyone else feel better by being so bad - well done!

Overall

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	1	1779
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	2	1712
Olliepops	OJ	3	1704
The Doom of Froome	Warwick Anderson	4	1597
ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	5	1466
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	6	1329
2.35.24	Den	7	1322
Three Little Pigs	Isabel Harrison	8	1271
Evil Yorkshire Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	9	1213
Holy Toledo	Andrew Ramos	10	1193
Drews Riders, Useless Generally Speaking	Drew Stephenson	11	1184
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	12	1152
Huntington Pharmacy	Late night meds from	13	1141
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	14	1128
Stans Finest	Mark	15	1091
Rouleurs	tdm911	16	1074
Charmers	Craigatron	17	1058
Expensive Bike Pumps due to Inflation	Vinny PL	18	818
Wilko	Oliver Wilkens	19	794
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	20	672
Miffy`sMountain Goats	Helen S	21	508
School of Hardknotts	Jonathan Wilcox	22	490
The Hopalongs	Dave	23	423
A True Underdog Story	Patches O`Houlihan	24	82

We're almost at the end of the first-week sprint-fest.  Stage 7 is a bit uppy-hilly at the end, so might not favour the burlier riders.  Can Kittel get his mojo back? Or will it be someone else's turn to get the win?