Go Cav

I just watched Mark Cavendish wrap up his second stage win in this years Tour.  His team took it on with a 100 km to go. They rode their hearts out, in side winds to drop his main rivals Kittel and Greipel. This meant when it cam to a sprint there was only ever one likely outcome Cav easily besting Peter Sagan. If your being beaten for speed get smart, and Omega-Pharna Quick-Step did just that, really brave too. We might yet see Cav sprinting for the line in Harrogate, but I'm no longer sure the outcome is as certain as it looked last year, I'm not writing him off yet mind.

Chris Froome lost over a minute to Contador and what was looking like a procession to Paris for Sky looks very much like a race again. If you can't attack Froome in the Mountains, you can put him under pressure on the flat, Sky looked vulnerable today and seemed to blow up badly towards the end of the stage as they tried to limit Froome's losses. One by one Sky's riders were heading for the back of the field and whilst Froome said he was comfortable, he needed more support than he got.

Ladies and Gentlemen we have a bike race on our hands.