Hushovd!

So,it has happened again.My video recorder recorded a hour and a half of the race,but "forgot" to record the last 15 kms.Anger,anger...
Btw,let's talk about the stage.Yesterday it was again a very wet and cold day,but 4 brave riders (Mollema,Louder,Vandborg and White) decided to make a breakaway (I don't know why,but my way of describing what happened in the stages seems ridiculous to me...Hope you don't get that feeling too!). On one of the first climb of the stage Mancebo joined them,but then he found himself again in the main group.During the first part of the stage Levi Leipheimer had a fall,that you can watch on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL-mD1Zem0Q .He was behind sir Lancelot and they touched their wheels.Btw,the American rider managed to come back in the group soon. During the last part of the stage (before my video recorder's refuse to keep on recording) I was finally able to see Andy for some minutes.The chronists said: "Here's Andy Schleck,one of the strongest rider of the group.I'm sure this year will be a nice one for him.I really admire him and it's always a very nice thing to see him"...Of course I agree.Who (apart from my sister) doesn't like Andy? Btw,the youngest of the two brothers took his gloves off (in a funny way,I must say) and then gave his best (together with other riders of different teams) in pulling in front of the group in order to catch the men in the breakaway.The brave 4 guys were finally caught and the sprinters prepared for the sprint.Sprint that was won by Thor Hushovd.Here's part of the stage classification:
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam
2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad
6 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam
7 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
8 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing
9 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team
10 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
11 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
15 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas
16 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
20 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad
23 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
25 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad
31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
36 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
63 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas
64 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
65 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
71 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
72 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank

Unfortunately I haven't been able to find photos of the Schleck brothers anywhere. :(
Anyway,tonight,ehm,today's stage is supposed to be the queen stage of Toc with its 5 climbs.Of course I hope the Schleck brothers will have a good result.And I also hope my video recorder won't betray me again tonight.Otherwise,I think I'll get very angry.Is it clear?
BASSO DIARY: If somebody's interested,I've found Ivan Basso's diary on Cyclingnews.That's the link: http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2009/diaries/basso/?id=basso0902 .

(Photos from TDW).