Tour de France, Stage 10. Andre Greipel takes his maiden Tour stage win
Today started being about several men: how would Hoogerland and Flecha (among others) cope with their injuries?; how would Voeckler go about defending his jersey?; would Gilbert keep adding to his Green jersey lead?
In the end, it came down to the tape, and to two men: Andre Greipel and Mark Cavendish. On the line, Greipel just edged it and was a worthy winner.
What’s not been said though, is that - as far as I can tell - Greipel doesn’t hate Cavendish; and Cavendish doesn’t hate Greipel. Their circumstances have made them rivals but trying to make it anything more than that changes it from enthralling sport to catty sideshow.
