This Tour has really been spectacular in all aspects. We have had an unthinkable number of crashes, some great stage wins, many surprises and some riders really showing us their talent. Cadel Evans is one of them, and he took the yellow jersey over Andy and Franck Schleck by a comfortable margin of one and a half minutes. Samuel Sanchez and Mark Cavendish win to my delight the polka dot and green jerseys respectively, the former winning 1 stage and the latter winning 5, including the last one on the Champs Elysees. Pierre Rolland, the young Frenchman who won on Alpe d'Huez wins the white jersey, while Garmin win the team prize and Jeremy Roy wins the most combative rider award.
If you asked me to pick out one moment from this year's Tour, I simply couldn't. It would be too hard as there have been so many events and moments that have really been edge of your seat stuff. However I can probably just about single out the 3 moments that stand out the most to me.
The first one is probably the win for Samuel Sanchez at Luz-Ardiden. He rides for my favourite team in Euskaltel-Euskadi (with Team HTC) and so I was really happy to see him win as Euskaltel don't get that many victories. He held off Franck Schleck and Jelle Vanendert to sprint away to the win in what was the first mountain stage of this year's Tour.
My next moment is Cadel Evans winning. You couldn't not have this as a key moment of this year's Tour as his performance in the time trial was phenomenal. Some people were wondering whether he would really be able to pull back the minute required on the Schlecks but he did more than that: he destroyed the Schlecks. Great moment, as it was really nice to see a bit of a surprise winner.
My third moment would be Mark Cavendish winning today at the Champs Elysees. He won 4 times previously and this really was the cherry on the cake. He also got the green jersey of course, and it really was just a recap of another great Tour for Mark Cavendish. Hopefully this green jersey won't be his last and he will be able to win more jerseys in the future.
What was the moment that out the most for you at this year's Tour de France??
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