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Big time sleeper of a stage today. Nobody was really interested in racing until the final couple of kms. Unfortunately, there was some 180 kms to cover before then. They rode 15 kilometres in the first hour, 28.3 kilometres in the second and 31.3 kilometres in the third. By the fourth hour, they pushed the pace up to a blistering 33.1 km/h. That’s not much faster than a typical Tuesday Night Ride pace. And then the sprinters--or what's left of them--started to whip up the pace. Tom Boonen won it ahead of Pozzato and Haussler. Tommeke says he's quitting tomorrow to focus on the Worlds. Understandable, I suppose, but bad news for Tenacious V. More from CN and Pez. Tomorrow's another flat stage. Hopefully it'll be a little faster.

Over in the FGBC Pool, Jonny B is back in the headlines with a stage win. He racks up 190 points on the day. David and Vic tied for second with 170 points each. I'm still in the overall lead. But Vic has jumped ahead of Arlene into second place. Brad and Jonny B are engaged in a nice battle for fourth spot. Meanwhile, Dallas has ahd last place sewn up for a couple of weeks by now.

Stage 16 Results:

Jonny B 195
David 170
Vic 170
Chris 145
Brad 105
Arlene 75
Paddy 65
Ian 55
Hal 50
Matt 30
Dallas 0


Overall Standings:

Chris 2176
Vic 2091
Arlene 2025
Brad 1643
Jonny B 1641
Paddy 1568
Matt 1474
David 1412
Hal 1139
Ian 1084
Dallas 857