And then,one day,Andy Schleck's white jersey became yellow...

As predictable,right now Fangirl is crazy.She's euphoric.Entusiastic.Super happy.She's been screaming: "Dài dài Andy!" for the last 10 minutes and now she's making me think seriously about not going to my driving license lesson this evening.The excuse? 'Maillot jaune celebration'.

Yes,as I had predicted,Andy Schleck is finally wearing yellow.And now,the Tour seems a question between 2 riders: the 25 year old Luxembourgian and Alberto Contador.Alberto Contador who,after a week of race and a rest day,hasn't dropped Andy yet.Actually,it's Andy who gained some seconds on him in the last days.So,go go Andy!!!!

Obviously the yellow jersey is something that requests a lot of work from the team of the man who wears it.As well as that,having the yellow jersey is stressful: interviews everyday,anti doping everyday,a lot of attention from fans and medias,a lot of pressure on your team...But still,wearing it is the dream of every rider of the world.Because wearing that jersey means that,for a day or more,you're better than anyone else.Because it makes you feel closer to cycling legends who wore it in the past.It gives you a lot of motivation and you can even get some energy from it in the hardest moment.And then,talking about the amount of work that this symbol involves,Chris Sorensen has recently written on his blog that having the yellow jersey is good because it allows you to stay at the head of the peloton without making efforts and,at the same time,it allows you to avoid crashes.And Chris Sorensen in this Tour is a helper,so he knows what he's talking about.And if he says that having the yellow jersey isn't bad for the team,I think we must trust him.Even Contador last year got the jersey after just one week,but he and his team didn't have problems in keeping it.

A man who has always had problems with keeping his leader jerseys instead is Cadel Evans.Today he went through sportive hell,since he got dropped with 8 kms to the top of Col de la Madeleine and crossed the finish-line almost 10 minutes after the day's winner,Sandy Casar.His tears after the finish-line,together with Santambrogio's hug,have created one of the most moving moments of this year Tour.

Also Lance Armstrong struggled a lot the other day,on the road towards Morzine-Avoriaz.I didn't think he could have ended up on this year's podium,so that wasn't a big surprise to me. Still,it was sad to see him crossing the finish-line 11 minutes after Andy Schleck.In that moment,he really looked old.Contador said that,after Sunday,his admiration for Armstrong has grown.The same worths for me,since sir Lancelot refused to retire and said that now he'll ride just to have fun.

As far as today's stage is concerned,it was won by Sandy Casar.In the last meters I was supporting Damiano Cunego,but he threw away all his work by coming 3rd.

Some GC riders, then,simply disappeared on the last climb.Between them there were Wiggins, Hesjedal, Kreuziger and Rogers.Samuel Sanchez instead rode very well,even if in the finale he had some problems with his right thigh.As far as Contador is concerned,then,he looked much stronger than the other day.And his team is amazing: Vinokourov,Navarro, Tiralongo...3 helpers that on tough climbs can set an infernal pace.However,also Saxo Bank's guys were amazing this afternoon: Chris Sorensen,Jakob Fuglsang and the fucking amazing Jens Voigt simply rocked the climbs.

Talking about Saxo Bank: Riis has finally found 2 sponsors and so his team will exist for other 2 years.Things now are much more complicated for the Schleck brothers' team.For example,Chris Sorensen is going to stay with Riis,since he had extended his contract with him already some months ago.And I think that Jens,Fabian,Nicki,Stuart and some of the team young guns will stay with Bjarne as well.Also Breschel and Fuglsang are probably going to stay with Riis,since they have recently said that they would have preferred to remain with Riis rather than change team.In particular,Jakob would love to race a Tour as team leader one day,and that wouldn't be possible in the team of the Schleck brothers.

Anyway,let's just forget about this for a while.Our boy's got the yellow jersey right now,and that's what matters the most.He and the Saxo Bank boys still have to face half of the long and winding road to Paris and so they need to focus completely about that.Then,it will be time of explanations,contracts and,perhaps,for the riders and the supporters it will be time to become very emotional.But what counts now is that so far,after more than a week of race,Andy Schleck has been the best Tour rider.Allez man!

(Pic by Reuters)