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In The (Time) Zone by David Olle, France, +39 333 5959 217 (twitter feed @DavidOLLE)
Stage 11 July 13 Blaye-les-Mines - Lavaur 168 km
Results:
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 3:46:07
2 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
Good boy Cavvy.
General Classification:
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
4 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
Skippy report: No change to the GC, excellent for Cadel. Not so for Richie Porte, in the service of Alberto Contador. The Pyrenees start tomorrow!
French media report:
Women's football, front page of France's daily sporting rag EQUIPE, during the #TdF, what are they thinking!
Don't miss this:
Giant are sponsoring real people, instead of just prof athletes. 30 riders of any age, style or ability will be chosen.
Cuisine Reports I didn't get to in the first half of the TdF:
Marbré
de gésiers et joues de porc confites aux lentilles. Duck gizzards, pork cheek and lentils, served as a terrine. ‘It's the ducks guts Maxi!' (second time ever, I have been able to quote from Mad Max at the TdF).
The
cheese chariot Aligot:
Aligot is a dish from the Auvergne region of France. Specifically, Aveyron...and is a magnificent improvement on good ol' mashed potatoes. A simple recipe, and like all simple recipes, relies on using the best ingredients, and the right ones...none of this Italian cheese sliding into the process. To make it, you need potatoes, a little butter, a little creme fraiche or cream, garlic and one of the following cheeses: tomme d'Auvergne, tomme de Laguiole or tomme fraiche.
Tarte
aux fruits de saison Entremet pistache fraises (something with fresh pistachios?)
All the above served at
Auberge du Barrez, two of their chefs toured Australia, and worked at Vue du Monde, no less.
Tomorrow: Stage 12 July 14 Cugnaux - Luz-Ardiden 209 km, hilltop finish, a very tough day for a Frenchman to have a win, and as it is Bastille Day, that means everything, to the locals.