‘In the (Time) Zone'
David Olle, France, +33 66 16 909 87

Tour de France, July 3 - 25, 2010, Report Stage 16
Stage 16    Tuesday, July 20    196 km     Bagneres-de-Luchon → Pau
Results    
1      Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom      5:31:43      
2     Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux           
3     Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

General classification after stage 16    
1      Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana      78:29:10      
2     Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank     0:00:08     
3     Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi     0:02:00

General report
Today's eight man break, that organized itself over the Tourmalet,  achieved success for the French, but not for the man who drove it along, hunting for a final win in the final week of his final tour.  All Lance had to do was check with me, though, as last night I drew Radioshack in our sweep.  He could have saved himself for another day, when I would be riding on some other lower order squad.  Note well, this is France's sixth win in this tour, not a record of course, as they have dominated Le Tour before,( just not won it for a quarter of a century).    
photos:  http://www.twitpic.com/26zugb, http://www.twitpic.com/271iyd , http://twitpic.com/271mxx

Skippy report:  a twit from Robbie McEwen yesterday ‘Majority of bunch wanted 2b in break tday.absolute attack fest!survived again. Tmoros stg will be the decider of reaching Paris I think.'  

I have no idea if he made the time cut, as I write this, keep your fingers crossed.

Tomorrow:  Restday 2, Pau