Italian Lampre leads

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Alessandro Petacchi, 36, was faster than all his younger colleagues in the calmer days of the Tour.
The hearts of the cyclists do not take any more excitement and therefore the short trip between Cambrai and Reims (153.5 km) was a peaceful ride, excited by the fugitives of the day. Dimitri Champion (AG2R), Iban Mayoz (Footon-Servetto), Nicolas Vogondy (bbox-Bouygues Telecom), Francis De Greef (Omega Pharma-Lotto) and Inaki Isasi (Euskaltel) has not waited for the final sprint of the peloton and immediately jumped to the first pedaling.
The teams of the sprinters, tired of falls and missed opportunities, would not lose one more chance to discuss how the step should be. With Cervelo to lead the chase so the escapees were swallowed to enter the final ten kilometers. The conditions seemed ideal for a fight between two giants of the greatest sprint: Mark Cavendish and Thor Hushovd.
But what was supposed to be a sprint two was merely a struggle of small nudges, ignored by Alessandro Petacchi who, on his return to the tour, he returned to find their way to victory. "Ale Jet" looks like a young man of 36 years, immune to the passage of years, and the prolonged absence of major international race velocipede.
In five days, the Italian Lampre leads already won two stages, and is a serious candidate for the green jersey. The other, the yellow remains securely in the body of Fabian Cancellara.

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The Man Of Team Columbia

	"Cav" conseguiu a sua primeira vitória nesta edição

After days of disappointments, the man of Team Columbia responded to the perfect work of his team reaching 11. Nd won stages in Tour
The "bad boy" of the sprint is back and at the highest level. Shut up the critics that Mark Cavendish win the Tour again, relaunching its aura of best sprinter in the peloton. The merit will have to share it with your team, Team Columbia, relentless in pursuit of flight of the day and preparing to attack the goal.
The train of "Cav", co-author of his seven wins in last year's edition, left the priest himself, only in the final meters, as with most rivals out of the fight. And this time, the British did not waste the work of their colleagues and hit the goal line Boasson Hagen and Gerald Ciolek to secure their first victory this year, 11. º in three editions of the "Grande Boucle".
But the rider of Team Columbia was not the only star of the day. Highlights were also Jurgen van de Walle (QuickStep), Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) ae Julian El Fares (Cofidis), who jumped from the peloton at km 13 and fought until the final ten kilometers. The last of the "brave" to give up the trail was the Spanish champions, who with a mission to find a sponsor to ensure the continuity of the Caisse d'Epargne in mind, withstood up to four kilometers from the target.
In the serene leadership continues Fabian Cancellara, immune to the confusions of the league.

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