stage 10

a win by sébastien hinault took a lot of people by surprise. especially since most of the big sprinters were still in the mix at the end. the other big surprise was yesterday's winner van avermaet coming in third and looks to be a sprinter to watch as robbie leaves silence-lotto. no change to the overall.

on the tipping front, the biggest slip of the day was when team escalon tipped daniel bennati. usually a good pick in these situations, but he apparently pulled out overnight and therefore his tip goes down as a default rider (as per the rules). overall it wasn't a very big slip and only lost 27 sec to damnchickens. the only major move was on the mountain points as creditless onthedole was the only tipster to get points and jumped to take an equal lead.

stage 10

cadel in yellow.
third stage win for saunier duval.
valverde cracks big time.
what a great stage. it all came down to whether cadel would end up in yellow or would frank schleck take it. 1 sec was the difference.

as far as the tipping comp goes, we had two stage winners last night and this propelled CreditLess OnTheDole up the overall standings to be within less than a minute away from Team BaumBaum.

the mountain points classification is heating up with two teams neck and neck but with still a long way to go till we finish the mountains.

rest day tonight, which means that i will get to bed early and catch up on some sleep. once we hit stage 11, the slate is clean and you can tip riders from the first week again.

as for my tips, as i have the kiss of death (chavanel, cunego) i won't tip cadel so that he has a better chance of winning.