Since the Pyrenees, the yellow jersey belongs to Nogentini, who gained it in an escape; with final win candidates Contador and Armstrong (both Astana) just 6 resp. 8 seconds behind.
Now today, there was an escape of a dozen riders, including a serious contender, Hincapie. That normally kills an escape. But, it seemed everyone in the peloton was looking for others to do the work of catching them...
But the end result was as perfect as unlikely it was. The peloton waked from the dead near Besançon, just enough for Nogentini: Hincapie is now 5 seconds behind overall -- just ahead of the Astana aces! I bet those three will now watch each other extra closely on tomorrow's final climb. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Also today, someone shot at the peloton with an air gun, hitting two bikers(!). I read police suspected two youths, but don't know if they caught them yet. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
A few days ago, a man in a demonstration was hit by a flash-ball shot in the eye, losing it, and getting a few fractures in the head.
But the prefect thought it was not clear the cause of the harm was the flash-ball shot. Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
