2010 Tour de France – Stage 6 Wrap-Up

Fotoreporter Sirotti

It’s the end of the Tour’s first week.  With the Alps looming, I thought it might be a good time for a look at how some of the race’s 22 teams have fared over the first 7 days.  And in honor of Sébastien Turgot’s third consecutive, sixth-place finish today, I think a series of six-word memoirs might be a fun way to go about it.  Enjoy!

1. Saxo Bank

Stage Three: won battle.  Lost war?

2. Footon

Made some breaks; kit still ugly.

3. Garmin

Vandevelde out; Farrar healing; lead-out broken.

4. Rabobank

Gesink upright; Menchov lurking; Freire who?

5. Astana

Thank you, Peter; cobbles were fun!

6. Radio Shack

Lance gets no gifts—just watch.

7. Quick Step

No Tom Boonen, pas de probleme!

8. HTC-Columbia

Boy Racer, Cry Baby–The Man!

9. Cervelo TestTeam

Thor in green; Sastre in mountains?

10. Lampre

Petacchi wins with and without crashes.

11. BMC

Evans looks solid; stripes suit him.

As you can see, I only covered half of the Tour’s 22 teams.  I’m hoping you’ll all help me with the rest.  Leave your suggestions as comments, and I’ll add them to the list above.

Remember: six words only. Numbers count, but hyphens don’t.  Be creative and clever!