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I don't watch Tour De France, but my dad does, so I sometimes watch with him. People crashed a lot this year.

I try to follow but only when Sportscenter brings it up.

I don't know very much about the Tour De France, I prefer the Giro d'Italia.

I exactly the opposite of that goumas; I know almost nothing about the Giro, but pay a lot of attention to the Tour de France.

The standings after 9 stages

Overall: Time/ behind leader
1. Andy Schleck 43h:35':41"
2. Alberto Contador +41"
3. Samuel Sanchez +2':45"
4. Denis Menchov +2':58"
5. Jurgen Van Den Broeck +3':31"

Sprinter Points
1. Thor Hushovd 124
2. Alessandro Petacchi 114
3. Robbie McEwen 105
4. Jose Joaquin Rojas 92
5. Mark Cavendish 85

Climber Points
1. Anthony Charteau 85
2. Jerome Pineau 85
3. Christophe Moreau 62
4. Damiano Cunego 56
5. Andy Schleck 50

Team Time/ Behind Leader
1. Caisse D'Epargne 131h:05':36"
2. Radioshack +31"
3. Astana +35"
4. Rabobank +01':19"
5. AG2R La Mondiale +14':53"

Cadel Evens shot at victory appears to be gone after finishing almost ten minutes behind Contador and Schleck. At this point, Contador and Schleck look to be the only real contenders for the overall victory.

Lance Armstrong's career is done for. He's been involved in too many crashed in this race, and he just doesn't have the support of his teammates like he used to. Alberto Contador looks like he's going to win his third in a row. That guy is a total a-hole. I mean, his own teammate (Armstrong) congratulated him after his win last year, and he went on a rant about how Armstrong is washed up, and that he doesn't deserve his pity - since when is that good sportsmanship?

The standings after 10 stages

Overall: Time/ behind leader
1. Andy Schleck 49h:00':56"
2. Alberto Contador +41"
3. Samuel Sanchez +2':45"
4. Denis Menchov +2':58"
5. Jurgen Van Den Broeck +3':31"

Sprinter Points
1. Thor Hushovd 138
2. Alessandro Petacchi 131
3. Robbie McEwen 116
4. Jose Joaquin Rojas 98
5. Mark Cavendish 97

Climber Points
1. Jerome Pineau 91
2. Anthony Charteau 90
3. Christophe Moreau 62
4. Mario Aerts 58
5. Damiano Cunego 56


Team Time/ Behind Leader
1. Caisse D'Epargne 147h:07':02"
2. Radioshack +31"
3. Astana +14':54"
4. Rabobank +15':38"
5. AG2R La Mondiale +16':52"

Not much change. A breakaway was able to get a 12+ minute gap on the peleton (main field), but the peleton made no effort to catch the break, as all people in the break were well behind in the overall classification.

Well, the tour de france is officially complete, and an amazing duel came between Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador. But after racing through the Alps, the Pyrenees, across cobblestones, and many more challenges, Contador came up on top.

The final standings for each of the jerseys

final overall standings (yellow Jersey for first place)
1. Alberto Contador 91h: 58': 48"
2. Andy Schleck + 39"
3. Denis Menchov +02': 01"
4. Samuel Sanchez +03': 40"
5. Jurgen Van Den Broeck +06': 54"

Sprinters points (green jersey for first place)
1. Alessandro Petacchi 243 points
2. Mark Cavendish 232 points
3. Thor Hushovd 222 points
T4. Jose Joaquin Rojas 179 points
Robbie McEwen

Climbers points (polka-dot jersey for first place)
1. Anthony Charteau 143 points
2. Christophe Moreau 128 points
3. Andy Schleck 116 points
4. Alberto Contador 112 points
5. Damiano Cunego 99 points

Best young rider (under age of 25)(white jersey for first place)
1. Andy Schleck 91h: 59': 27"
2. Robert Gesink +08': 52"
3. Roman Kreuziger +11': 15"
4. Julien El Fares +52': 43"
5. Cyril Gautier +01h: 24': 33"

Best team (yellow numbers for first place)
1. Radioshack 276h: 02': 03"
2. Caisse D'Epargne + 09': 15"
3. Rabobank + 27': 49"
4. AG2R La Mondiale + 41': 10"
5. Omega Pharma-Lotto + 51': 01"


Can't wait for next year with both Schleck brothers able to compete as a major threat to Contador.

Cool, so what nationality won it?