How do you single out one rider as “the tough guy” in a race where 200 races participate in 21 days of racing nearly back-to-back, over the highest mountains in all kinds of weather. How do you single out one rider in a race where a 3-hour 100km Stage raced a bloc over the Telegraph, Galibier, and up l’Alpe d’Huez figures as a “short” stage? How do you pick out one rider in a race lasting more than 86 hours fought out by competitors so tough and closely matched that the time differences are measured in factions of minutes, not fractions of hours?
http://www.velominati.com/blog/the-rules/tour-de-france-rule-5-award-johnny-hoogerland/
Thought we could have a finishing up thread.
http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/07/tour-de-france-2011-1st-week-highlights/
http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/07/tour-de-france-2011-2nd-week-highlights/
What a fabulous tour, and we should at least have a few weeks before the drugs allegations start..
