Tour de France Preview - Stage 6, July 9th

Cavendish showed today why you either love him or hate him. Sprinters in general bug me, there are exceptions of course, Zabel, Hushovd, Cippo, Boonen. Mark has been especially dangerous lately, blind ambition can drive that in a bad direction. Today he won the right way. The final two category 4 climbs in Stage 6 are too far away from the finish to cause a disruption and  141 miles is too long for a breakaway to be successful. Tomorrow he'll get to kiss the pretty girls again.

photo by Bettini