Thursday, July 17, 2008

Three for Three

Mark Cavendish hasn't lost a mass field sprint in this year's TdF yet. And judging by the way he's going, he's not going to either. He takes his third win with another furious pummeling of the other fast men.

English on the Ball, indeed. The young Brit gives Matt's team its second win of the Tour. 260 points ahead of Team Runner Up's 230. Zed's Dead, Baby and You Like Samurai Swords, I Like Baseball tied for third with 190. Zed's Dead, Baby still holds the overall lead. But Team Runner Up creeps up ever closer and now sits a scant 20 points back. Those 25 points for each day Evans holds onto yellow are sure coming in handy. So will the extra 600 if he hangs onto it until Paris. But to do that, he has to survive the CSC onslaught in the Alps first.

We've got ourselves quite the battle for the laterne rouge as well. Turn Up the Good, Turn Down the Suck! looked to have it in the bag. But with 125 points today, courtesy of Sebastian Chavanel's 2nd place finish, Team Viva Italia is only 5 points away and the Poison Ivy Weedwackers are separated by just 25 points.

Stage 12 Results:

English on the Ball (Matt) 260
Team Runner Up (Mike) 230
Zed's Dead, Baby (Chris) 190
You Like Samurai Swords, I Like Baseball (Arlene) 190
Team Toulouse (Vic) 145
Nothing Stops a Party Barge (Donna) 145
Powered by Veggies (Jonny B) 130
Annie Proffitt's Kids (Rachel) 125
Turn up the good, turn down the suck! (Paddy & Naomi) 125
Los Lobos Soundcheck Disaster (Bill) 95
Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs (Jonny M) 90
You Suckers Don't Have a Chance Against the King (Andy) 90
Arms Akimbo (Brad) 70
Mylie Sigurdur's Wheels of Fury (Dallas) 35
The A Team (Adam) 30
Viva Italia (David S) 30
Dolphin Ankle Tatoos (Ian) 50
Farm Team (Tinker James) 15
Frequent Flyers (Tom K) 0
Sturmy-Archer All-Stars (Kevin) 0
Fuck It, Let's Go Bowling (Colin) 0
Don't Stop to Smell the Flowers (LeAnn) 0
Poison Ivy Weedwackers (Hal) 0


Overall Standings:

Zed's Dead, Baby (Chris) 1590
Team Runner Up (Mike) 1570
Los Lobos Soundcheck Disaster (Bill) 1415
Mylie Sigurdur's Wheels of Fury (Dallas) 1345
Team Toulouse (Vic) 1325
Powered by Veggies (Jonny B) 1320
Frequent Flyers (Tom K) 1200
English on the Ball (Matt) 1200
Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs (Johnny M) 1175
Nothing Stops a Party Barge (Donna) 1140
Farm Team (Tinker James) 1100
You Like Samurai Swords, I Like Baseball (Arlene) 1095
You Suckers Don't Have a Chance Against the King (Andy) 925
Fuck It, Let's Go Bowling (Colin) 860
Sturmy-Archer All-Stars (Kevin) 815
The A Team (Adam) 795
Annie Proffitt's Kids (Rachel) 695
Dolphin Ankle Tatoos (Ian) 715
Arms Akimbo (Brad) 570
Don't Stop to Smell the Flowers (LeAnn) 410
Poison Ivy Weedwackers (Hal) 380
Viva Italia (David S) 360
Turn up the good, turn down the suck! (Paddy & Naomi) 355

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