TDF 2014 Stage 21 - Kittel Conquers Closing Kilometers

He had looked to be struggling a little after all his success in the first week of the Tour, but Marcel Kittel schooled everyone on the Champs Elysees and brought his stage-win tally up to 4.  He was still way behind Sagan in the Green Jersey competition mind.

The Bile Beans scored highest for the stage.  For some reason my Kristtoff/Coquard combo did better than Haxby Pharma's Sagan/Kittel combo.

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	1	264
Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	2	251
Expensive Bike Pumps due to Inflation	Vinny PL	3	248
Evil Yorkshire Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	4	245
ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	5	228
The Doom of Froome	Warwick Anderson	6	205
Wilko	Oliver Wilkens	7	200
Charmers	Craigatron	8	192
2.35.24	Den	9	177
Holy Toledo	Andrew Ramos	10	150
The Hopalongs	Dave	11	133
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	12	126
Olliepops	OJ	13	122
A True Underdog Story	Patches O`Houlihan	14	120
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	15	101
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	16	94
Rouleurs	tdm911	17	93
Drews Riders, Useless Generally Speaking	Drew Stephenson	18	76
Three Little Pigs	Isabel Harrison	19	70
Huntington Pharmacy	Late night meds from	20	70
Stans Finest	Mark	21	69
Earligold	Ed Rawlings	22	53
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	23	44
School of Hardknotts	Jonathan Wilcox	24	34
Miffy`sMountain Goats	Helen S	25	16

TDF 2014 Stage 20 - Tony's Top Time Trial Time

I called it way back on Stage 9, and it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that Tony Martin won the only time trial of the race this year.  With no Sir Bradley of Wiggins or Spartacus of Cancellara, there wasn't any real competition.  But he did ride quite fast all the same.

The battle for the top ten (except the top one, Nibali could have stopped for ice-cream on the way round and still won the race) was still all to play for.  Doing nicely was Jean-Christophe Péraud, who did enough to finish in second.  And not doing so nicely was my boy Valverde, who was looking tired in the final week and couldn't find the legs to round-out the podium.

A poor ride from Valverde was offset by a good ride from Tom Dumoulin, whose second place helped earn the Bile Beans the mostest points for the stage. 

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	1	206
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	2	176
Stans Finest	Mark	3	162
Wilko	Oliver Wilkens	4	156
Evil Yorkshire Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	5	146
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	6	141
Earligold	Ed Rawlings	7	138
Expensive Bike Pumps due to Inflation	Vinny PL	8	128
Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	9	109
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	10	108
Rouleurs	tdm911	11	71
Olliepops	OJ	12	54
2.35.24	Den	13	51
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	14	49
Three Little Pigs	Isabel Harrison	15	47
Holy Toledo	Andrew Ramos	16	27
Drews Riders, Useless Generally Speaking	Drew Stephenson	17	22
Huntington Pharmacy	Late night meds from	18	22
A True Underdog Story	Patches O`Houlihan	19	20
ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	20	18
Charmers	Craigatron	21	13
The Hopalongs	Dave	22	13
The Doom of Froome	Warwick Anderson	23	11
School of Hardknotts	Jonathan Wilcox	24	9
Miffy`sMountain Goats	Helen S	25	8