It helps to have guys who are still racing

The past few days have been good to the teams whose sprinters are still in the race. Rachel won it this time, with Greipel and Bozic netting her 155 points. The combination of Greipel and Breschel got me 150 points and second place on the day. Luke E was third. He had 135 points courtesy of Roelandts and Gasparotto.

Paul and Hal both got shutout. So Rachel has increased her lead in the overall race. It's up to 190 points now. But we're heading back into the mountains for a couple of stages, so it should even out a bit. Paul and Hal are still hanging on to their 2nd and 3rd place standings. But watch out for Chris O. He's getting very close to the podium, sitting just 30 points back of Hal. Chris A, Olli, Craig, Darryl, and Mike are all within a 100 or so points from the podium as well. It should make for an exciting finish.

Brad once again got shutout. That's four stages in a row. He has just 5 points over the last six stages. That is some big time suckage. Fortunately for him, Dallas keeps getting shut out as well. So the Impaler still has a 25 point cushion in his bid to avoid the lanterne rouge.

Full results here.