A little after 3AM & the boy and I are up feeding (me blueberries, him milk) - so we'd like to share our predictions for the stage outcome for today.
Rather simply - it'll be chaos for the yellow jersey. One after another (some together even) all the major podium contenders - be it Evans, Sastre, Zubeldia, Levi, or Contador - will attack.
Disco has a major 1-2 punch sitting in 2nd and 4th and will use them effectively, with Levi going mid-stage to claw within time he can still take away during the ITT on Saturday. Contador will wait until the lower slopes of the mythic Col d’Aubisque (16km at 7 percent) when Rasmussen will be exposed without any further teammates to cover every move thrown his way. Contador's repeated accelerations will prove too much for a tired Rasmussen to follow.
The results will have Sastre or Evans as the stage winner, with Contador in yellow. Rasmussen will cross the line thoroughly whipped. Levi will move into 3rd on GC (behind Evans) as a result of the ITT. Then on with the sprinter parade into Paris Sunday.
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