Detail of Mark Cavendish’s bicycle at the start of Tour de France Stage 6. Cavendish races for Team Colubmia-HTC. At the conclusion of Stage 6 in Barcelona, he holds the Green Jersey by just a single point after Thor Hushovd bested him in the sprint finish. Photo by Bryn Lennon / Getty Images. See more read more
Rain + mountain roads + speeding bike race = crashes. I won’t spoil it for you all just yet, but the interesting players were David Millar, Amets Txurruka, Oscar Freire and Thor Hushovd. Links out to commentary, race results, and photos (with spoilers) below… David Millar pants like a race horse after his tremendous breakaway read more
Update: Click here for Tour de France Stage 6 results. The race turned out nothing at all like I surmised it might below! In video below, Bernard Hinault gives a “just the facts” summary of today’s stage 6 from Gerone to Barcelona. He gives some advice to Fabian Cancellara, telling him to stay on Lance read more
