Tues - Stage 4 - The Time Trial

Tuesday was the team time trial (Stage 4). No surprises here, team Astana led by Lance won the day hands down.

They just have too much power and skill to contend with.
Enough so that Lance gained 40 seconds on the Yellow Jersey leader and now only trails 1st place by 20 one hundredths of a second.
This is the closest time gap in Tour history.

Only because stop watches are new to the French.

They used to measure time by bottles of wine consumed.

And from the looks of some of the French riders during the time trial, they consumed quite a bit. One French man got dropped by his team, and then followed this guy around town for the next day and a half.



Good work fellas!