Sarthe stage 1: Playing cat & mouse in the cold

Author: Woody

8 Apr

The report from stage 1. It was super cold and we had to play cat and mouse with a breakaway of two. Then Chris Sutton, Christian Vande Velde and Pat McCarty got caught up in a crash. We lost some time, but not much. And there are still four more stages left.

Tomorrow we get up at 6:45 am and start at 9:45 for the morning stage. And they predict that it will be near freezing temperatures!

French version

Slipstream stage 1 results
1. Anthony Ravard 4:49′45″

25. Julian Dean +6″
40. Christian Vande Velde +6″
71. Dan Martin +6″
80. Kilian Patour +6″
95. Chris Sutton +9′54″
96. Pat McCarty +13′01″

Slipstream GC after stage 1
1. Anthony Ravard 4:49′29″

25. Julian Dean +22″
40. Christian Vande Velde +22″
70. Dan Martin +22″
79. Kilian Patour +22″
95. Chris Sutton +10′10″
96. Pat McCarty +13′17″

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One Response for "Sarthe stage 1: Playing cat & mouse in the cold"

J. Schafer April 8th, 2008 at 2:22 pm 1
Don’t take this the wrong way, but is anyone inside the armada concerned about all of the crashes the team has had this year? It doesn’t seem as though there is a race that where all of the guys have been able to keep it upright. Here’s to warmer weather and better fortunes!