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Saturday, July 14th Today's stage was fairly exciting, but there were no real shake-ups as far as the G.C. went. The marquee riders simply marked each other and rode as group all day. Linus Gerdemann, the eventual winner, certainly had a very aggressive descending style. He basically plastered himself to his top tube and rocketed down the slopes. I wouldn't try it myself, but that's only one of many reasons that I'm not a pro bike rider. Tomorrow's Stage: Stage 8 - Le Grand Bornand to Tignes - (165km) Now we're getting to the real action: three Category One climbs and a mountaintop finish. The G.C. contenders will finally start to attack each other. It's possible a break will go up the road, but I expect a pack big name riders to hit the foot of the last climb. Then, all hell breaks loose. I think Valverde will take the stage; however, if Rasmussen is riding for himself and not helping Menchov, I wouldn't doubt if he goes for broke, attacking from the next to last climb to solo to victory. |
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