Tag: Haussler
TdF: Not much fun today
by Robert Thompson on Jul.17, 2009, under Guestbook
At least that’s the way it looked. Racing 200k in rainy, cool weather looks downright miserable. There was barely a smile caught on camera all day long. Even Hienrich Haussler, who won the stage by being in front of the peloton for 195 of 200k’s, looked more overcome by emotion than joy.
Despite the lousy conditions, there were no crashes. That’s a good thing. The bad news is that Levi Leipheimer broke his wrist in a crash yesterday. He didn’t realize it until this morning. He is now out and no one likes to see that.
The suspense of who is going to what when isn’t easing up. Despite it being a long race, the GC contenders only have one or two shots and they need to be both present in the corral and able to fire their bullets at the right time. Without Levi around, the shootout looks like it will be even more interesting.
