FTDF Stage 5 - Peter Sagan Shows Total Lack of Compassion for People Who Didn't Pick Him

Once again business as usual for first week fun. The Direct Energie team riders must have something written into their contracts that obliges them to take a chance in the suicide break of the day. Today was Sylvain Chavanel and Lilian Calmejane's turn to get on the TV.

With 4 road stages ticked off, we still only have 2 stage winners. Gaviria and Sagan seem to be taking it in turns to win the sprints, and today it was Sagan's turn.

There's no stopping the History Boys with these scores.

Team	Manager	Stage 5
History Boys	Warwick Anderson	442
Running with the Bulls and an Inhaler	Delphiakid	303
Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	291
The Golden Lions eating a baguette	Lisa	267
BarmbyWorld	Clive Jeffery	265
Chanbots Ultra	Evil Dr Chan	252
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	224
The Charmers	Craig E Pance	216
Smugblokes	Mark Philo	172
Kloefekappers FC	Jan Van Belleghem	82
Do Androids Dream of Chris Froome	Eric Mortier	43

So Waca extends his lead at the top of the overall.

Team	Manager	Total
History Boys	Warwick Anderson	1963
Running with the Bulls and an Inhaler	Delphiakid	1712
BarmbyWorld	Clive Jeffery	1609
Chanbots Ultra	Evil Dr Chan	1257
Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	1247
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	1161
The Charmers	Craig E Pance	1020
The Golden Lions eating a baguette	Lisa	1006
Do Androids Dream of Chris Froome	Eric Mortier	870
Kloefekappers FC	Jan Van Belleghem	535
Smugblokes	Mark Philo	531

Stage 6 then, and there may be a possible break from the Sagan/Gaviria domination. The finish up the Mûr-de-Bretagne could see a few of the GC contenders throw their hats in the ring for a Stage win. Or Sagan could win again, but I'd rather he didn't.

FTDF Stage 4 - Sprintness As Usual

Week one of the Tour eh? There were a few surprises the first couple of stages, but today went pretty much according to the script. Break, catch and a sprint, which was won by the man who would seem to be Fernando Gaviria.

With a sprint pairing of Gaviria and Sagan, the History Boys are on top again. But will Warwick run out of steam in the mountains? I sure hope so.

Team	Manager	Stage 4
History Boys	Warwick Anderson	467
Running with the Bulls and an Inhaler	Delphiakid	416
BarmbyWorld	Clive Jeffery	399
Chanbots Ultra	Evil Dr Chan	302
Do Androids Dream of Chris Froome	Eric Mortier	266
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	256
Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	210
The Charmers	Craig E Pance	187
The Golden Lions eating a baguette	Lisa	171
Smugblokes	Mark Philo	140
Kloefekappers FC	Jan Van Belleghem	87

Wacca's still on top for the overall then....

Team	Manager	Total
History Boys	Warwick Anderson	1521
Running with the Bulls and an Inhaler	Delphiakid	1409
BarmbyWorld	Clive Jeffery	1344
Chanbots Ultra	Evil Dr Chan	1005
Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	956
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	937
Do Androids Dream of Chris Froome	Eric Mortier	827
The Charmers	Craig E Pance	804
The Golden Lions eating a baguette	Lisa	739
Kloefekappers FC	Jan Van Belleghem	453
Smugblokes	Mark Philo	359

The finish for Stage 5 looks a little more challenging, you know Sagan will be up there somewhere.

FTDF Stage 3 - BMC's TTT puts GVA in YJ

BMC just edged out Sky to take the win in the Team Trial.

Which puts Greg Van Avermaet into the Yellow Jersey instead of G Thomas, which was what Sky might have liked. 

Hats off to GVA then, he's a pretty good rider and he's probably pleased with leading the Tour De France. Although I bet he's still pretty pissed off about not being able to beat my time on the "Full Throttle" segment on Stockton Lane.

There's not too many points up for grabs in the TTT, but the Chanbots got the most of them.

Team	Manager	Stage 3
Chanbots Ultra	Evil Dr Chan	237
Running with the Bulls and an Inhaler	Delphiakid	228
History Boys	Warwick Anderson	207
BarmbyWorld	Clive Jeffery	200
Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	198
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	176
Kloefekappers FC	Jan Van Belleghem	123
Smugblokes	Mark Philo	90
The Golden Lions eating a baguette	Lisa	84
Do Androids Dream of Chris Froome	Eric Mortier	79
The Charmers	Craig E Pance	48

Some slight score re-calibrations have occurred for Stage 2, but you'll have to take my word for it. Still leading the pack are the History Boys.

Team	Manager	Total
History Boys	Warwick Anderson	831
Running with the Bulls and an Inhaler	Delphiakid	750
Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	746
BarmbyWorld	Clive Jeffery	745
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	681
The Charmers	Craig E Pance	582
The Golden Lions eating a baguette	Lisa	484
Do Androids Dream of Chris Froome	Eric Mortier	480
Chanbots Ultra	Evil Dr Chan	449
Kloefekappers FC	Jan Van Belleghem	241
Smugblokes	Mark Philo	113

Stage 4 is another one of those 'first week of the Tour' kind of stages.

FTDF Stage 2 - Sagan the Man Agan

I'll have to keep it brief, as I've been Excelling again. I think I've got it set up so that the team scores should be easier to calculate from here on out. And the Evil Dr Chan isn't as bad as he makes out, as he's done a top job helping with stage scores. It seems that the early stages of the early stages are pretty easy to predict. French guys up the road, etc..... As the finish line approaches though, things start to get a little more unpredictable. Things were looking good for Yellow Jersey Gaviria, until an tricky corner thinned the sprinter's group dramatically. Still upright, as usual, was Peter Sagan, who beat Sonny Colbrelli to the line.

So Peter Sagan now has the Yellow Jersey, not to mention the Green Jersey, and come to think of it the World and Slovak Champion's Jerseys. And a lot of points for you Sagan Selectors. Coming out on top today were the Chancers, whoever they are.

Team	Manager	Stage 2
The Charmers	Craig E Pance	393
History Boys	Warwick Anderson	331
BarmbyWorld	Clive Jeffery	299
Running with the Bulls and an Inhaler	Delphiakid	291
Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	271
The Golden Lions eating a baguette	Lisa	265
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	219
Do Androids Dream of Chris Froome	Eric Mortier	146
Kloefekappers FC	Jan Van Belleghem	103
Chanbots Ultra	Evil Dr Chan	79
Smugblokes	Mark Philo	45

In the overall, the History boys have what can only be described as a shit ton of points.

Team	Manager	Overall
History Boys	Warwick Anderson	831
Running with the Bulls and an Inhaler	Delphiakid	750
BarmbyWorld	Clive Jeffery	745
The Charmers	Craig E Pance	582
Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	533
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	490
The Golden Lions eating a baguette	Lisa	484
Do Androids Dream of Chris Froome	Eric Mortier	480
Chanbots Ultra	Evil Dr Chan	449
Kloefekappers FC	Jan Van Belleghem	241
Smugblokes	Mark Philo	113

It's Team Time Trial time tomorrow. Some teams will do well, some won't.