Here is an update about yesterday’s doping scandal. La Gazzetta dello Sport says that Ricco has been fired by the Saunier Duval team for violating the team’s ethics code. Leonardo Piepoli has also been let go amid rumors of another positive doping test. Due to this news, Saunier Duval is considering withdrasing its sponsorship. Ricco insists that he is innocent and has never doped.
Another sprint stage, another breakaway, this one contains Niki Terpstra (Milram) and Florent Brard (Cofidis). They have about eight minutes on the chasing peloton. They had an advantage of 10 minutes at 21km into the stage, but it’s starting to fall.
At the feed zone, the break still had a 6:18 advantage, with about 100km to go.
74km to go and the two-rider break continues, Brard and Terpstra have 4:41 to the field.
The break was passed, and the sprint starts to pan out in the last 2.5 km. Here is the finish… Mark Cavendish takes his fourth stage of the 08 Tour! Second was McEwen, third was Romain Feillu. So Cavendish moves into second in the points competition. The jerseys and standings remain the same, with no problems or crashes to speak about.
Log on tomorrow for MATT FAVOINO’s triumphant return to the blogging world as the race heads into the Alps. Don’t give him too hard of a time.
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