Blog: VAGUE SPACE

Stage 17 featured 5 brutal climbs, including four Cat-1s, and Saxo Bank flexed its muscles about halfway through in honor of injured teammate Jens Voigt ( who is recovering nicely in the hospital ). Then when the road shot up for the 2nd to last climb of the day, the difficult Col de Romme (a first for the Tour), the Shleck brothers began attack after relentless attack and cleared the already small leading group to only four elite riders -- themselves and Astana teammates Alberto Contador and Andreas Kloden. Saxo's worker boys, mainly Nikki and Chris Sorensen (no relation), had [...]