McEwen Wins Again

This is Robbie McEwen's second sprint victory this year. There was a two-man breakway that lasted most of the ride, and unlike most of the breakways so far this year, they were certain of a victory, but the peloton reeled them in just in time for the sprinters to take over. This is a little sad to watch, but at the same time, it's one of the best things in bike racing.



McEwen sprints to the finish line.



The General Classification (GC) remained the same.

Answer to Cindi's Question:
A person that you've never heard of can take the leader's jersey because of a smart breakaway like the guy on Brioches la Bolangere did. The favorites are not scared because they know they will get the time back in the mountains, which start tomorrow. Lance says there should be an individual time trial (ITT) so that this won't happen, and only real contenders will get the jerey, but Jean Marie Leblanc (the guy in charge of the Tour) likes to have it the way it is. In order to have a exciting finish, he makes the real action (the mountains, not the crashes) at the end of the Tour with a sprinter's first part of the race.

So anyway, it's because of a breakway with the times so close together already.