FTDF Stage 11 - GT Wins GT Stage and Leads GC

Those sprints from the first week seem a distant memory now, as the race has become a bit more lively GC wise as we hit the Alps. There were some cheeky breaks from the likes of Valverde and Dumoulin, but at the end of the day, Sky were in control and Geraint Thomas finished it off for them nicely, taking the win and the race lead.

The Dudes must have been saving the good stuff for the mountains, they got a lot a points.

Team	Manager	Stage 11
Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	467
History Boys	Warwick Anderson	399
Smugblokes	Mark Philo	352
Chanbots Ultra	Evil Dr Chan	331
Running with the Bulls and an Inhaler	Delphiakid	299
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	267
BarmbyWorld	Clive Jeffery	260
The Golden Lions eating a baguette	Lisa	197
The Charmers	Craig E Pance	183
Kloefekappers FC	Jan Van Belleghem	173
Do Androids Dream of Chris Froome	Eric Mortier	114

As one of the few riders in my team who is earning me any points its good to see GT doing well and maybe emerging from the shadow of Froome. Still there's a long way to go and the Welshman does have a tendency to fall off. There's no falling off the top spot for the History Boys though.

Team	Manager	Total
History Boys	Warwick Anderson	4090
Running with the Bulls and an Inhaler	Delphiakid	3288
Chanbots Ultra	Evil Dr Chan	3020
BarmbyWorld	Clive Jeffery	2893
Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	2666
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	2205
The Charmers	Craig E Pance	2092
The Golden Lions eating a baguette	Lisa	2001
Do Androids Dream of Chris Froome	Eric Mortier	1704
Kloefekappers FC	Jan Van Belleghem	1503
Smugblokes	Mark Philo	1459

Stage 12 takes in  theCol de la Madeleine, Croix-de-Fer and L'Alpe d'Huez. I've never heard of any of them, time to check Wikipedia to see what to expect.