Le Tour 2006: Stage 1 Strasbourg
Not much to say about the first stage of this year’s tour. George Hincapie, an American, from Team Discovery Channel, a team mate of Lance’s during his 7 year reign is in yellow at the end of the day. I liked how Phil Liggett put it as Hincapie gains a few seconds in an intermediate sprint to claim the maillot jaune, “Cheeky.”
Anyway, the big news is that yestarday’s proluge winner who started out in yellow goes down with a bad laceration after the bunch sprint. It looked nasty on tape as there was a lot of bleeding for Thor Hushovd. I hope he’s okay and can continue with the race tomorrow and contend in the next three weeks.
Here’s some links to some blog commentary for those who need it:
Velo Gal’s blog
Caroline Yang Photography
Oh and if you can find it, pictures of the podium girls are well worth it. They are some hot french babes. My favorites are the girls that present the stage winners, because they wear white tops, navy skirts and nice heels. MMMM. Podium girls, I salivate over.
