On a day where Contador solidified his lead over Bradley Wiggins, but his youthful impatience hurt his own teammates' standings in relation to the Schleck brothers, the real story was Thor Hushovd scooping up sprint points by getting over category 1 climbs first to garner a 30 point lead over Mark Cavendish. There is still one more flat stage, but with a category 2 climb only 18 km away from the finish, it doesn't look like a good day for a field sprint to develop. So, if the last stage were to be held tomorrow, and Cavendish did actually want to win the final green jersey, at the very least he would have to win on the Champs-Elysees and Hushovd would have to finish out of 21st place to pick up 31 points over the Norwegian.
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