Tour de France: Entering mountains, Thor maintains overall lead
On a day when everyone assumed Garmin-Cervelo’s Thor Hushovd would lose the yellow jersey that goes with the overall lead of the Tour de France, he and the argyle armada powered up Saturday’s climbs and stuck with the main group. Despite the attacks and gaps that come with the mountain stages, Thor finished with the other leaders and maintained his 1-second lead in the general classification. And he did it with a smile on his face.
Immediately following the stage, Twitter lit up with praise for the argyle superhero and his seven days in yellow: >”The mighty Thor defending his maillot jaune with pride, guts & determination” >”all hail the god of thunder – incredible ride today by #Thor and the @Ride_Argyle team #TDF” >”Wow, Thor Hushovd still in yellow despite a day in the hills!! #TDF #GodOfThunder” >”Thor Hushovd, you are some kind of superman.” >”There is only one #thor…hushovd.”
Some are now predicting that Thor might keep the yellow jersey until Stage 12, but if and when he passes it on, he’ll be trading it in for an impressive consolation prize: the rainbow stripes of the reigning world champion. You can relive the action through the team’s Edge data as posted to Garmin Connect – such as Christian Vande Velde’s Stage 6 stats below – and be sure to follow @Garmin and @Ride_Argyle on Twitter and visit SlipstreamSports.com for in-depth race reports.
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